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Paul LePage Says ICE Is Deporting His Relative

LePage said ICE should target gang members and criminals as he defended a relative facing deportation and opposed a new cooperation limit.

  • On Monday, Paul LePage revealed his son's father-in-law, a legal resident with a work permit, faces deportation because "certain people in Washington" dislike the relative's home country.
  • Earlier this year, the Trump administration launched Operation Catch of the Day in Maine, detaining nearly 200 people; 68% of those arrested between January and July had no criminal record.
  • In July, ICE agent David Brouillette fatally shot 25-year-old Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero in Biddeford during a traffic stop; neither agent wore a body camera, marking at least the 11th fatal shooting since Trump's inauguration.
  • During the same Augusta event, LePage criticized a state law restricting police cooperation with ICE, arguing federal agents should focus on "gang people and the criminals" rather than legal residents.
  • The National Immigration Project reports at least 26 deaths in immigration detention centers this year as of September 1, following 33 deaths recorded in 2025.
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Bangor Daily News broke the news in Bangor, United States on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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