Keep Ice Out of Maine
ICE Response
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Report ICE Activity – TEXT the ICE Hotline: 207-544-9989 (save this number).
Advocacy for Community Defense
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Prevention. Action. Change. – https://pacmaine.com
De-escalation and 4th Amendment trainings. -
Community Organizing Alliance – https://www.coamovement.org
Educating and engaging young people, centering Black and immigrant voices. -
Maine Coalition for Peace and Human Rights – https://www.mainecpr.org
Working to divest Maine from ICE-related investments. -
No ICE for ME – https://www.noiceforme.org
Campaign to end ICE operations in Maine, including the Cumberland County Jail contract.
For more information and TONS of resources check out our friends at Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition Resource HUB.
Direct Support
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Presente – https://www.presente.org
Provides food and material support to displaced and dispossessed Afro/Indigenous-Latine community members in Maine. -
Maine Solidarity Fund – https://www.mainesolidarityfund.org
Supports bail funds, legal fees, and other urgent needs for immigrant and trans neighbors. -
Project Relief – https://www.projectrelief.me
Direct support for community members detained by ICE. -
Food for All Services – https://www.foodforallservices.org
Packs and delivers food to community members, especially those unable to leave their homes. -
Community Relief Fund – https://www.communityrelieffund.org
Supports bail funds, legal fees, and related costs. -
Mainers for Humane Immigration – Freedom Fund – https://www.mainersforhumaneimmigration.org
Supports immigration bond funds. -
Families in Crisis Fund (Foundation for Portland Public Schools) – https://www.foundationforpps.org
Helps PPS families meet basic needs during crises.
Contact your local representatives and demand they vote to keep ICE out of Maine!
Addtional Legal Support
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ACLU of Maine – https://www.aclumaine.org
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Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP) – https://www.ilapmaine.org
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Refugee and Human Rights Clinic, UMaine School of Law – https://mainelaw.maine.edu/academics/clinics/refugee-and-human-rights-clinic/
Know YOUR Rights! Keep this app on your phone. This app is available in 16 languages, primarily Asian languages and it includes Spanish, Haitian Creole and Russian. It has the ability to read your rights out loud to an ICE or law enforcement agent and send a message to an emergency contact. It has other resources as well such as the ability to look up a consulate and a sample family preparedness plan.