#SacoME - #ICE arrested Angolan man on his way home from visiting newborn in the hospital, pastor says

More than 200 people have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since enforcement surged last week, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

by Emily Allen, January 26, 2026

Excerpt: "An Angolan #AsylumSeeker and father of four was detained by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement on Friday evening after visiting his newborn child at the hospital, his pastor said.

"Senior Minister Scott Cousineau from First Parish Saco Church said he was 'shocked' by the arrest of the long-time parishioner, who he only identified as #Makengo. Cousineau declined to share Makengo’s last name without the family’s permission.

" 'She’s afraid to go out of the house, because what if something happens to her?' Cousineau said of Makengo’s wife. 'Then what happens to the children?'

"He said Makengo has been with First Parish for more than eight years, joining almost immediately after he arrived in the U.S. Cousineau said Makengo is one of the church’s greeters who welcome people before services and his young daughter played Mary in the church’s Christmas play last year.

"Cousineau said that he believes Makengo did 'everything he was supposed' for his asylum case.

" 'He’s not among the worst of the worst, he’s really among the best of the best,' Cousineau said."

Read more:
https://www.sunjournal.com/2026/01/26/ice-arrested-angolan-man-on-his-way-home-from-visiting-newborn-in-the-hospital-pastor-says/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/JNm7H

#USPol #MainePol #ICEOutMaine #ICEOut #ICESucks

🇨🇦 You Must Comply With the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

CBSA statistics show more than 33,000 removal warrants in the current inventory. Agency vice-president Aaron McCrorie said more than 22,000 people have been removed from the country in the last 12 months.
The CBSA says nearly 30,000 removals were “in progress” as of Oct. 31.

McCrorie said the CBSA processes a “never-ending” stream of people entering the country, including citizens returning from abroad, tourists and asylum seekers.

#Canada #Refugee #AsylumSeeker
#CSBA #Immigration

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/10000-cbsa-removal-warrants-active-for-more-than-one-year/

@fname@mastodon.kamloops.social @Sanderde @AlisonCreekside Here's the British version of that...

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2136146/shabana-mahmood-immigration-labour

#ShabanaMahmood #Whiteness #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Immigration #AsylumSeeker

"Removing #asylum support. Seizing belongings. Deporting entire families, including children.

#Labour are not just paving the path to a #Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.

This #government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its #inhumanity."

— #JeremyCorbyn

https://bsky.app/profile/jeremycorbyn.bsky.social/post/3m5tr2lg4v22e

#asylumSeeker #immigration #uk #ukpolitics

Manhunt continues in England for sex offender released from prison by mistake

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#mariellafrostrup #bbcqt #immigration #asylumseeker

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"Smash the gangs, my arse!" 
-> A man with an invalid #AsylumSeeker application, has returned to the UK on his 2nd Channel crossing "just 29 days after he was kicked out of the country".

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