DHS Said It Was Targeting the 'Worst of the Worst' in Maine. It Swept Up Asylum Seekers and Noncriminals.
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Feb 12, 2026, 12:21 pm89 ptsIn the aftermath of a surge of federal immigration officers to Maine by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), civil rights groups and local media say the federal government mostly swept up people without criminal records, such as asylum seekers, not the "worst of the worst" that the DHS said it…
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