In #Maine, community members form a #HumanWall to keep local workers safe from #ICE

by Patty Wight, Maine Public
January 26, 2026

Excerpt: "The group of more than two dozen volunteers stretches out in a line along the road, where ICE agents have been seen driving by on previous days. It's a wall of down jackets, yarmulkes and brightly colored clergy stoles that blocks the view of the door behind them. They begin to sing as they wait for workers to exit."

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https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/26/maine-ice-arrests-human-wall-american-roots-workers

#WestbrookME #MaineResists #USPol #ResistICE #ICEOutMaine #AbolishICE

In Maine, community members form a human wall to keep local workers safe from ICE

At apparel manufacturer American Roots in Westbrook, Maine, staff and community volunteers are trying to protect immigrant workers by standing watch as they arrive and leave for the day.