ICE detains Maine Medical Center nurse, prompting protest
Union and coworkers say the nurse is legally authorized to work and urge Maine Medical Center to sponsor her for permanent residency.
- On Wednesday, nurses at Maine Medical Center in Portland protested to demand the release of colleague Debora Kapisha, a registered nurse detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Boston Logan International Airport on July 30.
- ICE issued a statement claiming Kapisha is an 'illegal alien' who failed to depart after her visa expired on November 13, 2024, though the Maine State Nurses Association contends she is legally authorized to work pending asylum processing.
- National Nurses United Vice President Cokie Giles said, 'ICE is imprisoning a nurse who cares for and saves lives every day in our community,' while MaineHealth Southern Region President Britt Crewse confirmed the hospital is seeking congressional information about her status.
- Moving Kapisha from Massachusetts to Louisiana on Wednesday would distance her from family and legal counsel, prompting her attorneys to work preventing the transfer and securing her release.
- Attorney Kerry Doyle warns aggressive enforcement tactics in Maine risk procedural errors, citing previous cases where ICE mistakenly deported individuals including U.S. citizens as evidence of systemic due process concerns.
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