ICE Removes All of Its Inmates From Cumberland County Jail, Sheriff Says

ICE removes all of its inmates from Cumberland County Jail, sheriff says

Sheriff Kevin Joyce said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed all ICE inmates from the Maine facility, just hours after he criticized ICE agents.

Sen. King, Gov. Mills suggest cutting ICE funding over ‘aggressive tactics’

Meanwhile, ICE detainees being held at the Cumberland County Jail were moved out of the facility Thursday night, hours after the county sheriff criticized the agency's tactics as 'bush-league policing.'

Janet Mills calls on Congress to cut ICE's funding until in ends 'aggressive tactics'

Gov. Janet Mills is calling on Congress to cut funding to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement until the agency curtails its “aggressive tactics.” She made that plea in a Friday morning statement in which Mills said such tactics are “instilling fear and anxiety” across Maine. “The Trump administration has ramped up its ICE operations in Maine. We’ve seen ICE agents separating mothers from young children without any empathy or any respect for…

Gov. Mills says Congress should cut ICE funding ‘until they stop their aggressive tactics’

Meanwhile, ICE detainees being held at the Cumberland County Jail were moved out of the facility Thursday night, hours after the county sheriff criticized the agency's tactics as 'bush-league policing.'

‘We don’t believe in secret arrests or secret police’: Here’s how Maine lawmakers are responding to new ICE operation - The Boston Globe

The immigration enforcement push, which ICE officials are calling “Operation Catch of the Day,” has sparked both outrage and supportive statements.

Feds pull immigrants held in Cumberland County Jail as they send recent detainees out of state

Sign outside the Cumberland County Jail in Portland. Jan. 23, 2026. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star)The federal government has moved detained immigrants out of Maine’s largest jail, a marked shift after the jail had been a detention hub during President Donald Trump’s second term so far.  While this comes amid U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s heightened activities in Maine, the people known to have been detained during the op…