DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrant</span></a> coalition raises alarm over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WellsME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WellsME</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> partnership as state debate looms</p><p>April 13, 2025</p><p>WELLS, Maine (WGME) -- "The executive director of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineImmigrantRightsCoalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineImmigrantRightsCoalition</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MufaloChitam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MufaloChitam</span></a>, says her organization is aware of the new agreement that the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WellsPoliceDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WellsPoliceDepartment</span></a> signed with ICE which allows officers to arrest people based on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/violations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violations</span></a>.</p><p>"Wells is the first town in Maine to take this step, though other towns have applied as well.</p><p>"Chitam says, for her organization and the people they represent, the important thing is to bring awareness to what this means.</p><p>"Around the country, departments in 37 states have signed on.</p><p>" 'It just brings reality to Maine. We’ve been seeing this around the country, and around other states, but not experienced it in Maine. So that’s significant for us. It makes it real, it brings it home,' Chitam said.</p><p>"Maine lawmakers may also debate a bill that would ban police departments from this partnership."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/immigrant-coalition-raises-alarm-over-wells-police-ice-partnership-as-state-debate-looms/ar-AA1CQ53l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/us/immigran</span><span class="invisible">t-coalition-raises-alarm-over-wells-police-ice-partnership-as-state-debate-looms/ar-AA1CQ53l</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEDetention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICEDetention</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deportations</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsAbuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsAbuses</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainePol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEDetentions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICEDetentions</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistICE</span></a></p>