February 2026

Click to see full newsletter and join our mailing list. Making headlines, defending communities Over the past month, our communities — our coalition members and partners, our families and friends — have been under attack by the unnatural disaster of reckless immigration enforcement in Maine. In response to this terror-like campaign by federal agencies, which […]

MIRC began creating these infographics and data reports in the first days of the January 2026 ICE surge, and then moved to a weekly report, allowing a glimpse into what people across the state were seeing and calling the Hotline about. By the third week of reports, we reached almost 300 thousand people with these

For Immediate Release February 10, 2026 Skowhegan, Maine — Multiple reports are confirming that at 5 AM, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents conducted a raid of a bus transporting workers. This raid occurred near a housing area for farmworkers employed at nearby Backyard Farms. Witnesses reported 17-19 people arrested, including a U.S. citizen. The incident was

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