STATEMENT: Maine Public Health Association Condemns Aggressive ICE Tactics

February 6, 2026

STATEMENT: Maine Public Health Association Condemns Aggressive ICE Tactics

AUGUSTA – In recent weeks ICE activity in Maine and across the country has intensified, leading to violent confrontations between ICE agents, U.S. citizens, and immigrants in which people have been harassed, illegally detained, and even killed.

The aggressive and intimidating conduct exhibited by immigration officials is unacceptable. We are seeing far reaching ripple effects in our communities in Maine, and across the country, where ICE operations have prevented children from going to school, parents from going to work, and sick people from getting the care they need. Altogether, the loss in academic and social development, business operations, and increase in community anxiety are significantly harming the public's health.

We can have sensible immigration enforcement without the violence and fear that’s accompanied ICE operations in recent weeks. Maine Public Health Association urges our elected officials to support de-escalation in ICE operations across the country, recommitment to due process, and increased oversight and transparency of ICE operations.

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