Smart move: Maine's current governess and would-be Senate candidate will be having a tough time maintaining her asylum stance tomorrow

“We will resist any attempt to take away the civil rights and liberties of our residents in Maine or to use provocative actions to terrorize people on the streets of our cities,” says Gov. Janet Mills as Maine braces for new ICE operations.   …

ICE reels in the worst of the worst with Operation Catch of the Day in Maine

Federal agents target 1,400 criminal illegal aliens convicted of violent crimes, including aggravated assault and child endangerment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched Operation Catch of the Day across Maine, arresting criminal illegal aliens convicted of violent crimes as part of a crackdown ordered by President Donald Trump and Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem.

The operation was launched Tuesday and focuses on individuals convicted of violent offenses and crimes involving public safety and child welfare.

On the first day, ICE arrested over 50 people, and, according to ICE Deputy Assistant Director Patricia Hyde, there are about 1,400 targets in Maine.

DHS said the initiative prioritizes individuals it describes as the most dangerous offenders, including criminal illegal aliens convicted of aggravated assault, false imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child and living unlawfully in the state.

DHS said the operation follows ongoing disagreements with Maine officials over cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and comes as the administration increases pressure on jurisdictions it says limit arrests of criminal illegal aliens.

"Governor Mills and her fellow sanctuary politicians in Maine have made it abundantly clear that they would rather stand with criminal illegal aliens than protect law-abiding American citizens," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. "We have launched Operation Catch of the Day to target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in the state.

"On the first day of operations, we arrested illegal aliens convicted of aggravated assault, false imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child," she continued. "Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, we are no longer allowing criminal illegal aliens to terrorize American citizens."

Portland, Maine, Mayor Mark Dion last week released a statement opposing a potential ICE presence in the area.

"Our community is anxious and fearful regarding the understanding that ICE is planning to send agents to Portland and Lewiston next week," Dion said. "There is no evidence of unchecked criminal activity in our community requiring a disproportionate presence of federal agents. In that view, Portland rejects the need for the deployment of ICE agents into our neighborhoods."

He added that the Portland Police Department does not cooperate with ICE and does not participate in enforcing federal immigration law.

ICE agents are on the streets and in your neighborhoods precisely because your police force is forbidden to cooperate with ICE and hand them over in jail.

Here’s Maine’s Congresswoman for the area, Chellie Pingree, multimillionaire trust fund beneficiary of The Pingree Heirs, largest landholders in Maine; we’ll see what she has to say tomorrow