1. United States
2. Maine
3. Letter

ICE is tearing communities apart, speading fear, violating the law, holding the people they detain-- only a tiny percentage of whom are criminals--in degrading dangerous conditions. Amnesty international has documented torture at two detention sites in Florida. This type of immigration enforcement looks like Hitler's Gestapo. But directed against brown people and Latinos. Habeas corpus is denied, members of Congress prevented from carrying out their constitutional role of oversight. I ask you to use your power as governor to rein in the abuses of ICE in Maine. Please do not block LD 1971, the "Act to Protect Workers in the State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities." This law would ensure that state and local law enforcement won't be able to stop people solely for immigration enforcement; officers would need to inform individuals of their rights before an immigration authority interviews them. Immigrants can, of course, still be arrested for crimes. You have already shown you can stand up to Trump. Will you stand up for human decency and the rule of law by doing all you can to keep Maine safe from illegal brutalising ICE tactics? Or will you be remembered as an enabler of Trump's Gestapo?