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Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
 
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
 
Not one dime for this cruelty.

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DATA PRIVACY: "Maine lawmakers are moving ahead with a comprehensive data privacy law that would amount to some of the strictest consumer protections in the country."

The Maine Senate is set to take up LD 1822 Thursday, though subsequent enactment votes will be needed in both chambers.

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Judge grants bond for Cumberland County corrections officer arrested by ICE Emanuel Ludovic Mbuangi Landila's ties to the community were wrongly characterized by the Department of Homeland Security, his attorney argues.

Judge grants bond for Cumberland County corrections officer arrested by ICE

ICE said it was arresting ‘the worst of the worst’ in Maine. We only found a few criminals. The BDN used court records and other sources to identify 67 of roughly 200 people arrested in Maine during last month's surge.

ICE said it was arresting ‘the worst of the worst’ in Maine. We only found a few criminals. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/02/09/m...

JUDGE JOHNSTON: “Today, immigrants are being detained without due process. Tomorrow, under the Government’s interpretation of the law, American citizens could be subject to the same .. This Court will not allow such an unraveling of the Constitution.”

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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow

Folks!!!

Bad Bunny made it clear at the Super Bowl that his global popularity translates seamlessly to the biggest U.S. stage, AP's Maria Sherman writes in her review of the halftime show.

#APPhotos by Matt Slocum and Charlie Riedel
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“The only thing more powerful than hate is love….
Together we are America!🇺🇸”
—Bad Bunny

I can’t believe Ricky Martin sang “Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii”!! Amazing!

halftime show

what a shot

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”

MAGA wanted you to boycott this.

OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit

Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp where she was imprisoned.

Republicans are trying to keep college students from voting.

ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.

ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say

But Liam was scared and frequently asked what they had done wrong, where they were and what happened to the little blue knit hat he wore the day he was detained, Conejo said. There wasn’t much he could say to his son, “except hug him and tell him everything would be OK,” Conejo said. Worried about further upsetting his son, Conejo said, he was forced to bite back his own tears.

Liam has since been reunited with his hat and continues to wear it, even inside the house, his dad said Thursday. Asked how he might one day explain to Liam everything that has happened, Conejo said he would tell his son that he had become the face of hope and change. "He was the global figure who did all this so that the voices of the people demanding freedom would be heard, especially those of the children who are still locked up," Conejo said. “I would tell him he was very brave and that I am very proud of him.”

welp, this destroyed me first thing upon waking up

Top Trump ally Brian Kilmeade says on the radio that Trump "wants Susan Collins to win" and they paused the ICE surge there to "help Susan Collins" with her re-election.

They're not even pretending any more.

#mesen #mepolitics

Inside Kash Patel’s F.B.I.: Meltdowns, Chaos, Vendettas Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.

That fraud scheme in Minnesota involving Somali Americans that Trump has trumpeted? FBI agents were pulled off the case to do routine immigration work, delaying the investigation, according to this revelatory oral history by Emily Bazelon and @rachelposer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A man with no criminal record whose car window was smashed in while his baby was inside.

An engineer who earned his master’s from UMaine and was here on a work visa. He also had his car window smashed in.

Another mom with a pending asylum case who was abducted by ICE in front of her kids. (2/4)

The Mainers detained by ICE What we know about the people swept up in a federal immigration crackdown.

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DHS is bragging about capturing 200 people in Maine.

Thus far, only 8 of those identified have been accused or convicted of a crime.

Who are some of the other so-called “worst of the worst”?

A mother whose only “crime” was letting her 4-year-old play soccer with other kids outside. (1/4)

A closer look at the Maine names on Homeland Security’s ‘worst of the worst’ list Federal officials have publicized a database of arrests as part of the justification for recent enhanced enforcement efforts, but the list cites decades-old charges and arrests made by local police mo...

ICE says 4 people of 200+ detained in Maine had criminal records: 2 assault, 1 DUI, & 1 woman with a summons for child endangerment because her 4-yr-old wandered off for several hours to play with neighborhood kids.
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Asylum seeker detained by ICE on Friday had no criminal history in Maine, attorney says Francoise Makuiza is one of more than 200 people arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Maine since an enforcement surge began last week.

Francoise Makuiza came to the U.S. legally—with a visa, after fleeing genocide in the DRC and awful treatment in Colombia.

She’s lived here for 12 years, raising her children and working at an assisted living facility.

She has no criminal record.

On Friday, Francoise was abducted by ICE. (1/2)

Live updates: More than 200 in Maine arrested by ICE so far, DHS says The uptick in federal immigration activity in Maine continues to unfold after a 2nd U.S. citizen was fatally shot in Minnesota.

Live updates: Free to access

* ICE arrested Angolan man going home after visiting newborn in the hospital, pastor says
* Portland firm offers advice on preparing for possible detention by immigration officials
* Hotel chain says it will follow the law if ICE agents request a guest list

Live updates: More than 200 in Maine arrested by ICE so far, DHS says The uptick in federal immigration activity in Maine continues to unfold after a 2nd U.S. citizen was fatally shot in Minnesota.

Live updates: Free to access

* More than 200 in Maine arrested by ICE so far, DHS says
* Asylum-seeker taken by ICE had no criminal history in Maine, attorney says
* Wife of detained man says he was moved despite habeas petition and judge’s order

Maine Sen. Collins at center of ICE funding fight after another deadly shooting in Minnesota Democrats' recent threats to withhold support for a bill that would give $10 billion to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could threaten Collins' work to avert another government shutdown.

Maine Sen. Collins at center of ICE funding fight after another deadly shooting in Minnesota * This story has been made free to access as a public service to our Maine communities.

The working immigrants caught up in Donald Trump’s crackdown on Maine The focus on Maine has brought the might of the federal government down on a state with one of the smallest immigrant populations in the country.

The first three days of the operation suggest that it is far more indiscriminate and includes immigrants who had already been working with the federal government to obtain permanent permission to live here. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/01/23/m...

#MePolitics #ICE = #BrownShirts

Breaking into homes without warrants. Racial profiling. Arresting American citizens. ICE is no longer enforcing the law. They’re breaking it. I will not vote to give this goon squad more taxpayer money to terrorize our communities.

I Need To Correct An Error Folks, I made an error in a piece I wrote the other day.

Just FYI, a government shutdown will not affect ICE funding.

"The Dems should have been sounding this from the rooftops to let voters know..."

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