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1. 2 yesterday 2:56 PM

   Online commenters mock LePage's about-face on ICE crackdown

   Social media users noted LePage's discomfort with deportation only surfaced once it touched his own family, citing Maine ICE data showing most of those arrested had no criminal record.

   “Paul LePage wants ICE to only go after gang members, now that the leopards ate his own family's face.”

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     A Republican running for the Maine's open 2nd Congressional District seat expressed outrage that a member of his family is facing deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. MAGA candidate fumes after his relative deported: 'That's not right'

     laurenmeidasa.bsky.socialBluesky9h ago320▲view on Bluesky ↗

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     Paul LePage wants ICE to only go after gang members, now that the leopards ate his own family's face. 68 percent of people rounded up in Maine had no criminal record, but that only became a problem for him once it was his son-in-law's dad on the bus. Welcome to the club you built, Paul. MAGA candidate fumes after his...

     wellborn.net@bsky.brid.gyMastodon11h ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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     Ouch, Karma meets Schadenfreude and I am all for it MAGA candidate fumes after his relative deported: ‘That’s not right’ https://www. rawstory.com/paul-lepage-ice-n ew-maga/

     Darkphoenix@universeodon.comMastodon8h agoview on Mastodon ↗

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2. 1 yesterday 12:00 PM

   LePage discloses relative faces ICE deportation

   At an Augusta event accepting the Maine Fraternal Order of Police endorsement, LePage told a Portland Press Herald reporter that his son's wife's father, in the country legally with a work permit, is being deported; he said ICE should instead focus on 'gang people and the criminals.'

   “I have a father, my son's wife's dad is here legally, but he's being deported because he came from a country that's not of the certain liking of some people in Washington. That's not right.”

   1. 2 outlets MAGA candidate fumes after his relative deported: 'That's not right'

      first by Mastodon, 12h ago · also Raw Story

   2. 1 outlet Fmr Maine Gov. LePage: Son's Father-in-Law Being Deported

      first by NewsMax.com, 14h ago

3. backgroundSep 1

   National Immigration Project tallies detention deaths — The group reported at least 26 deaths in immigration detention nationwide so far in 2026, following 33 deaths in 2025.

4. backgroundJul 15

   ICE agent kills Colombian man during Biddeford traffic stop — An ICE agent shot and killed 25-year-old Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero, a Colombian living in the U.S. legally with his wife and daughter, during an attempted traffic stop; he was not the person named in the warrant and neither agent wore a body camera.

5. backgroundJan 15

   Trump administration surges ICE agents into Maine — Under 'Operation Catch of the Day,' federal agents flooded Maine; the operation ended early amid national backlash after two protesters were fatally shot in Minneapolis. Of nearly 200 people detained in the surge, only 11 had criminal convictions.