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Lex McMenamin in Scarborough, Maine

ICE got ‘quieter’ – then killed a father in Maine. Now watch groups are shifting their tactics too

Two people hold anti-ICE signs as police stand nearby
Protesters demonstrate against ICE outside of Senator Susan Collins’ office after an ICE agent killed a man on 13 July 2026. Photograph: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Most of the time, the scene outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in the small, coastal town of Scarborough, Maine, could be confused for a nature watch in “Vacationland”, the slogan on state license plates.

People sitting in lawn chairs under a tent. Birds chirping. The sound of the breeze moving through the trees.

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