Maine Sen. Susan Collins said early Thursday that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ended its “enhanced activities” in the state.
In a post on X, Collins wrote that while ICE doesn’t confirm law-enforcement operations, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told her about the agency’s shift.
“There are currently no ongoing or planned large-scale ICE operations here,” Collins wrote.
She said that she has been urging Noem and officials in the administration to have ICE “reconsider its approach” to immigration enforcement in Maine.
Both ICE and US Customs and Border Protection would continue their “normal operations” in the state, Collins said, adding that such activities have been “ongoing here for many years.”
The statement follows protests in cities including Minneapolis and Portland, Maine, where immigration officials had been carrying out stepped-up enforcement actions.
The news comes a day ahead of a planned strike on Friday in which activists are calling for businesses and schools to close to protest ICE’s recent activities.
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