By Eesha Pendharkar | Senior Reporter
“This is devastating and sad, but it’s inevitable because that’s what the system is.” - Jonathan Haines with the Maine Coalition for Peace and Human Rights said about the fatal ICE shooting of a 26-year-old man.
Mainers protest in Mechanics Park in Biddeford after a fatal ICE shooting earlier in the day on July 13, 2026. (Photo by Emma Davis/ Maine Morning Star)
By Emma Davis and Eesha Pendharkar
Hundreds in force, Mainers marched through downtown Biddeford on Monday hours after immigration agents fatally shot a man.
“I thought something like this would be coming our way,” said Zack Beaulieu, noting the uptick in ICE activity in Maine as of late.
Several other attendees echoed that sentiment, including Jonathan Haines with the Maine Coalition for Peace and Human Rights, who said, “This is devastating and sad, but it’s inevitable because that’s what the system is.”
By Eesha Pendharkar and Emma Davis
The Maine Attorney General’s Office is investigating the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Colombian man by federal immigration agents Monday morning in Biddeford.
The immigration agent who shot the man will be put on leave, according to a statement released by the office. The agent “was conducting an enforcement operation related to a final order of removal when the subject attempted to flee in a vehicle in the direction of the officer and was fatally shot,” the statement says.
By Emma Davis and Eesha Pendharkar
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were involved in a fatal shooting in Biddeford Monday morning, according to Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau.
ICE nor the Department of Homeland Security have responded to requests for comment. However, Biddeford Police Department said in a statement to media that the local department responded to calls about an incident at the corner of Pool and Hill streets and that ICE personnel were involved. Biddeford police declined to answer questions to Maine Morning Star.
By Emma Davis
Since Graham Platner officially withdrew from the U.S. Senate race Friday, the Maine Democratic Party has finalized its process to select his replacement. That includes details about how to become a delegate, released over the weekend.
On July 18 and 19, all 16 counties will hold delegate nominating meetings, either in-person or virtually, during which 500 people will be selected to be sent to the convention on July 25 in Bangor to select the new nominee.
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