How the Scarborough ICE facility is feeding the nationwide detention apparatus

By: Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: October 6, 2026

Words: 594

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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The U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement facility in Scarborough had been set up as an administrative facility. But more detentions are happening there this year, including overnight, often just the first stop for people being detained in multi-state stays.

“This is one piece of the machine,” said Ruben Torres, advocacy and policy manager for the Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition.

The latest detention data obtained by the Deportation Data Project

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