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A suite of<\/span> new laws restricting cooperation between Maine law enforcement and Department of Homeland Security agents is set to take effect today, less than three weeks after an ICE agent shot and killed 25-year-old Johan Sebasti\u00e1n Dur\u00e1n Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine. These \u201cICE Out laws,\u201d as they\u2019re collectively known, will limit collaboration between state and local police and federal agents, and forbid landlords, hospitals, and schools from sharing personal information with ICE.<\/p>

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\u201cWhat we saw in Biddeford was not an aberration,\u201d said Zach Heiden of the ACLU of Maine at a press conference Tuesday. \u201cIt was the result of intentional changes at ICE that have unleashed thousands of masked and menacing agents on communities across the country.\u201d <\/p>\n

The new laws, Heiden explained, are meant to reshape the relationship between those agents and local institutions such as elementary schools, libraries and the DMV. \u201cThese new laws will affect hundreds of entities, including 253 school districts, 107 police departments, and 17 housing authorities,\u201d Heiden said.<\/p>\n

Since the start of Donald Trump\u2019s second term,a dozen states have passed similar laws. These are outgrowths of the \u201csanctuary city\u201d and \u201csanctuary state\u201d laws of the first Trump term, which generally limited local police partnerships with ICE. Those policies, according to a landmark Stanford study released in 2020, did effectively reduce deportations\u2014and, contradicting right-wing narratives about immigration, did not lead to an increase in crime rates. But laws like Maine\u2019s go further, extending these non-cooperation agreements beyond police.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat includes not just police departments and sheriff\u2019s offices, but also state agencies responsible for enforcing labor law, environmental law, housing law, or any other state or local law,\u201d said Michael Kebede of the ACLU of Maine at Tuesday\u2019s press conference. The goal is to \u201cmake sure local resources are not used to support the deportation machine.\u201d <\/p>

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Data from the Migration Policy Institute shows that the number of state-level laws relating to immigration surged in the first year of Trump\u2019s second term. A total of 106 immigration-related laws were enacted in 2024\u2014which more than doubled to 213 in 2025. Meanwhile, tracking by the National Immigration Law Center indicates that at least 12 states have passed laws this year restricting ICE\u2019s operations within their borders. But at least eight states have passed laws mandating local agency cooperation with ICE, instead. These states now require participation in 287(g) deputization programs, and some have outlawed local sanctuary policies.<\/p>\n

Maine advocates hope that new \u201cICE Out\u201d policies\u2014signed into law months before Johan Sebasti\u00e1n Dur\u00e1n Guerrero\u2019s death, but only now coming into effect weeks after he was killed\u2014will help prevent further violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day, we hear from families who are afraid to participate in ordinary life, workers who are afraid to speak up, parents who are afraid to take their children outside, send them to school, or seek medical care,\u201d said Ruben Torres of the Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe see businesses lose employees, communities lose opportunities, and all of us lose something when fear becomes a part of everyday life.\u201d Because ICE is a federal agency, Maine cannot fully bar it from operating in the state\u2014but there are some things states can do to restrict the agency\u2019s movement. ICE Out laws, Torres said, \u201coffer a different path.\u201d<\/p>

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