ICE ends enhanced immigration operations in Maine, Collins says

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

January 29, 2026 / 9:00 AM EST


Washington — Federal immigration officials have brought an end to enhanced immigration enforcement operations in Maine, Sen. Susan Collins said Thursday.

"While the Department of Homeland Security does not confirm law enforcement operations, I can report that Secretary Noem has informed me that ICE has ended its enhanced activities in the State of Maine," Collins, a Republican, wrote on social media. "There are currently no ongoing or planned large-scale ICE operations here."

The senator from Maine said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue normal operations, which have been ongoing in the state for years. "I have been urging Secretary Noem and others in the Administration to get ICE to reconsider its approach to immigration enforcement in the state," Collins said. "I appreciate the Secretary's willingness to listen to and consider my recommendations and her personal attention to the situation in Maine."

The Department of Homeland Security announced last week that it would be launching new immigration enforcement operation in Maine, dubbed "Operation Catch of the Day" and said it had detained people from Angola, Ethiopia, Guatemala and Sudan who had criminal histories. A Homeland Security official told CBS News that Somali immigrants were among those who ICE was targeting as part of the effort.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maine-enchanced-immigration-operations-ending-susan-collins/

[sakabatou]

1. I'll believe it when they actually do

I can't take anything at Collins' word.

[Lovie777]

2. I'll say it right now, Collins is full of shit..............

[mountain grammy]

3. Exactly! kick, kick, kick

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. You got that right! ...n/t

[Scrivener7]

5. Sure they do, Suzie.

[twodogsbarking]

6. Shit and leave without flushing.

That is disgusting, on purpose.

[Javaman]

7. yeah cool story collins

[2naSalit]

8. She 'says'...

She says a lot of shit but never follows through nor does she actually DO anything of value.

[Don1]

9. I am not Charlie Brown and I am not going to kick the football

[twodogsbarking]

10. A number of suspicious looking lobsters were apprehended.

Immigrant shrimp were booked and cooked. The Gnome says it was a successful mission.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. One of these things is not like the other

One of these things doesn't belong.
Can you guess which thing is not like the other now before I finish this song?!



Extremely rare orange lobster caught in Maine’s Casco Bay has new home

[RainCaster]

12. I'm not believing her

She's a Republican, therefore she lies.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. They probably did it to buy a future vote from her

(she knows how to play that extortion game too)