Bangor-Area Faith and Community Leaders Speak Out Against Plan for Newport ICE Facility

What we know about plans for new ICE facility at former Maine courthouse

Mixed reactions have emerged from residents, while faith leaders in the Bangor area are asking the owner of the Newport property to terminate the lease.

Bangor-area faith and community leaders speak out against plan for Newport ICE facility

More than a dozen local leaders decried the plan in a letter they sent to the Bangor attorney who owns a property in Newport that may become home to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement center.

Bangor-area faith leaders urge Newport building owner to not lease to ICE

Greater Bangor faith leaders are urging landlord Charles Cox to not rent a Newport property to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.