Insurrection?

Maine Secretary of State refuses to issue new federal license plates amid ICE activity concerns

According to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, the BMV recently received a request from U.S. Customs and Border Protection for undercover Maine plates. That request comes as rumors swirl about possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Maine and amid concerns about federal law enforcement activity in other states.

Bellows says the state has not revoked any plates already in use but has paused new ones until officials can be assured Maine plates won’t be used for what she calls “lawless purposes.”

Read Bellows full statement below:

“The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles received a request for confidential, undercover Maine license plates from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. These requests in light of rumors of ICE deployment to Maine and abuses of power in Minnesota and elsewhere raise concerns. We have not revoked existing plates but have paused issuance of new plates. We want to be assured that Maine plates will not be used for lawless purposes.”

Enforcement of federal immigration laws is not laless: interference with the execution of those laws is. Bellows is the same person who tried unsuccessfully to keep Donald Trump off the Republican primary ballot, sued to stop the turnover of voter registration data to the DOJ, and this week order all employees to immediately report any signs of ICE presence or activities around state offices, including DMV sites.

An ambitious darling of the left, s announced her candidacy for Governor last summer.