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Maine's ICE enhanced operations ends after Minneapolis shootings Sen Susan Collins

Collins said she pressed the administration to reconsider ICE operations in Maine, which she was told had ended.

Maine's ICE enhanced operations ends after Minneapolis shootings Sen Susan Collins
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This article1 analysis · Oct 11, 2026
Jan 29, 2026
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Sen. Susan Collins said enhanced ICE operations in Maine had ended after she urged the administration to reconsider its approach. The operations had led to more than 200 arrests, according to DHS, and followed the fatal shooting of an anti-ICE protester in Minneapolis.

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Susan M. Collins
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Maine senator who urged the administration to reconsider enhanced ICE operations

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose administration Mills asked to remove ICE agents from Maine

Kristi Noem
Former U.S. Representative (R-SD)

Homeland Security secretary who informed Collins that enhanced ICE operations had ended

Maine governor and Senate candidate who had asked the administration to remove ICE agents

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Susan Collins Says Large-Scale ICE Operations Ended in Maine

Outlets on the left and right report that Collins said large-scale or enhanced ICE operations in Maine had ended after she pressed the administration to reconsider its approach. Her announcement followed an earlier call for a pause. Left-leaning outlets frame the announcement as unconfirmed and emphasize that it does not establish a policy change. Center outlets pair Collins’s account with the lack of agency confirmation and questions from Maine officials. Right-leaning outlets focus on Collins’s role in pressing for a change and the reported end, while some also include local criticism.

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