While out and about in #PortlandME, I came across this sign.

The late #JoeSoley was a notorious #SlumLord in #PortlandME. It seems his son #DavidSoley and grandson #JoshSoley are in cahoots with #ICE! David Soley might be connected to #OneCityCenter (where ICE has had an office since 2020). Josh Soley is the owner (and David the manager) of the #ICEFacility in #ScarboroughME.

Here is some info I found on Reddit...

Posted January, 26, 2026

"No ICE, No Josh Soley/ CORE

A recent post brought attention to the fact that Josh Soley is the owner of the #ICEKidnapping facility in Scarborough that is putting kids and their families in cages.

This fuckface is worse than the ICE agents terrorizing our town. He is akin to a #Nazi profiteer. I’m all for denying service to ICE agents, but can we please step up the boycott and refusal to allow Josh and his real estate company CORE to do business as usual? I bartend in town and I will quit before I serve him or his family. I will also donate to anyone who can make posters they can share and I promise to help plaster them all over town."

https://www.reddit.com/r/portlandme/comments/1qofs7d/no_ice_no_josh_soley_core/

Also from Reddit, posted January 24, 2026:

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/portlandme/comments/1qmhzac/david_soley_shareholder_of_bernstein_shur_owns/

"David Soley, shareholder of Bernstein Shur, owns the ICE Facility in Scarborough

Edit: David Soley is the REGISTERED AGENT. His son Josh is the owner.

The owner of record is "AEY LLC":

From Scarborough tax records: Owner of Record: AEY LLC, 100 COMMERCIAL ST PORTLAND, ME 04101 Sale Price $0 Book & Page 35578/111 Sale Date 04/15/2019

https://gis.vgsi.com/scarboroughme/Parcel.aspx?Pid=190

Maine.gov shows AEY registered agent is David Soley. Enter Charter #20193684DC

https://apps3.web.maine.gov/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=20193684DC

David Soley is a shareholder at Bernstein Shur:

https://www.bernsteinshur.com/people/david-a-soley/

Could they, the Soleys, shut it down if they wanted?"

#MainePol #USPol #MaineResists #ICEOut #ICEOutOfMaine #ICESucks #DefundICE #DefundDHS

#Mamdani Signs Executive Order Requiring #ICE Agents to Get #JudicialWarrants in #NYC

“ICE is more than a rogue agency—it is a manifestation of the abuse of power,” the mayor said.

Stephen Prager
Feb 06, 2026

Excerpt: "As the #Trump administration claims federal agents have the authority to raid Americans’ homes and carry out arrests without a warrant, New York City Mayor #ZohranMamdani signed an executive order on Friday barring Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies from entering properties without getting a warrant from a judge.

"It was part of a suite of policies Mamdani announced at an interfaith breakfast to reaffirm New York’s status as a #SanctuaryCity amid President Donald Trump’s surges of immigration agents to other US cities, which have resulted in extrajudicial killings and rampant civil rights violations by agents.

" 'Across this country, day after day, we bear witness to cruelty that staggers the conscience. Masked agents, paid by our own tax dollars, violate the #Constitution and visit terror upon our neighbors,' Mamdani said. 'That is why this morning, I am signing an executive order that will strengthen our city’s protection of our fellow New Yorkers from abusive immigration enforcement.' "

Read more / listen:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani-nyc-ice-warrants

#USPol #ResistICE #DefundICE #SanctuaryCities #NYC #NewYorkCity #ICESucks #Disappeared #ICEKidnapping

#USCitizen detained and held at #ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says

By CLAIRE RUSH
Updated 9:33 PM EDT, October 10, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — "A U.S. citizen in #PortlandOR, was detained by plainclothes officers and held at the city’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building for hours before being released, according to his attorney.

Frank Miranda was outside his place of work early on Oct. 2 when multiple agents wearing masks, who did not identify themselves, approached him and told him he was “on an overstay,” his attorney Michael Fuller said. In a video that Miranda took of his detention, he can be heard saying, “What do you mean, overstay? I don’t know what that is.”

He told the officers that he was born in California. After objecting to being taken into custody and saying he hadn’t done anything wrong, an officer can be heard on the video saying, “We’re gonna put you in cuffs or you’re gonna get the dog.”

Miranda was then struck from behind, handcuffed and put into an unmarked vehicle that took him to Portland’s ICE building, Fuller said. He was held there for several hours before being driven back to his place of work.

ICE and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment."

https://apnews.com/article/us-citizen-detained-ice-portland-oregon-646ac425d32902b5f447e021f70da7df

#IndefiniteDetention #ICE #Fascism #USPol #Trump #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Orwell #ICEKidnapping

How #Maine churches are reckoning with fear of #ImmigrationRaids

by Sean Scott, August 24, 2025

Excerpt: "Selma, an asylum seeker from Angola, moved to Texas at the start of the pandemic and then to Maine in January 2022. She fears persecution if she returns because of a family member’s involvement in a #HumanRights group.

" 'As a Christian, I was praying, and then God just gave me direction, which was Maine,' she said.

"She joined a nondenominational Christian church in Portland right away, and she and her two children have been regular attendees ever since. After President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, her 12-year-old daughter asked if it was still safe to go to school.

"As immigration enforcement efforts have increased dramatically this year, many migrants have also reckoned with whether it’s safe to go to places of worship, whether they’re congregants or faith leaders like one Westbrook pastor detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month.

"In one of his first acts in office, Trump rescinded a policy that essentially barred #ICEAgents from making arrests at sensitive locations like #churches, #hospitals and #schools. A coalition sued the Department of Homeland Security over the policy in February, arguing it violated #ReligiousFreedom. A judge declined to block the policy, citing a lack of evidence that churches were 'singled out as special targets' for immigration enforcement.

"Faith leaders are preparing for the possibility of enforcement regardless, and several other lawsuits have been filed on similar grounds, including one in late July with a New England plaintiff.

"#MichelTshimankinda, a Westbrook man who founded a church in South Portland, has been in ICE detention in New Hampshire since Aug. 14, according to the Portland Press Herald. He wasn’t arrested on church property, but his detention has shaken his family and congregation."

Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maine-churches-reckoning-fear-immigration-100000727.html

#ICESucks #ICEKidnapping #MaineNews #DHS #Gestapo #FascismInTheUSA #Racism #Fascism #Authoritarianism #TrumpIsARacist

ROUNDING UP ALL THOSE DANGEROUS CRIMINALS, EH?

#Maine pastor who founded #SouthPortland church detained by #ICE

According to ICE, he came into the U.S. in 2016 and allegedly overstayed his visa by nine years.

by Jacob Murphy, August 21, 2025

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — "A pastor who worked in #SouthPortlandME and #GorhamME is in custody after he was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"According to an ICE spokesperson, #MichelTshimankinda came into the United States in March 2016 on a tourist visa and allegedly overstayed his visa by nine years. ICE officers arrested him on Aug. 13 during 'targeted enforcement operations.'

" 'Unlike the previous administration, President #Trump and Secretary #KristiNoem will not turn a blind eye to violations of U.S. immigration laws. They remain dedicated to prioritizing safety and protecting the integrity of our nation’s immigration laws,' said James Covington, a spokesperson for ICE.

"According to ICE's Online Detainee Locator System, Tshimankinda is being held in #DoverNH, at the Strafford County Department of Corrections, and he was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

"Church leaders at #LifeChurch in Gorham said Tshimankinda had been coming to the church with his family for several years before he became a pastor.

" 'He sought asylum for his four kids and his wife and himself. And he's just a great man. Great man of God,' said Pastor Tom Pequinot with Life Church. 'He and his wife were very honest, very authentic, very open and shared a lot of their story to everybody.'

"Maine's Total Coverage asked ICE whether Tshimankinda applied for asylum, but the agency did not answer.

"Pequinot said Tshimankinda formed his own church, called #RestorationChurch, in South Portland, renting out space in the Promised Land World Outreach Center.

"Paul Roberts, a leader at Restoration Church, said he has been working closely with Tshimankinda since he started it in March.

" 'You leave the church service, and you're like, 'I really need to hear that,' you know? That's what got me going there,' Roberts said.

"When Tshimankinda was initially taken into custody, both Pequinot and Roberts were among the first people he called.

" 'The phone rang, and it was Michael and I said, 'Hey, Mike, how's it going?' And he started talking pretty fast, he was a little nervous. But, you know, I don't think he's been detained before. So we, we talked through it, we prayed,' Pequinot said.

"In his absence, Restoration Church will continue to hold services as previously scheduled. In the meantime, Roberts said the situation has been concerning for worshippers.

" 'He's been nothing but a godsend to the whole community. I mean, granted, the church is small, but what he did, he's taken in a #ChurchOfAllNations,' Roberts said. 'Because many of them are from a different country, it kind of, it brings a fear factor in for some of them because of the fact that, you know, it could happen to them.'

"Roberts said he wishes the situation could have been handled differently.

" 'You can tell he’s been doing it forever, and he loves the Lord with all his heart. Man, this guy I don't think will even hurt a fly,' he said. 'It doesn't make any sense to me. I understand the law, and I don't blame the ICE, because ICE is doing their job. They just do what the government tells them. [I was in] the military, I know exactly how it goes. Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do, but they detained him and, and for no reason at all. All they had to do is give him a court date.'

"Pequinot and Roberts both said that Tshimankinda's first day in court will be Aug. 28. In the meantime, his family has started a #GoFundMe and has raised more than $20,000."

Source:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/maine-pastor-detained-by-ice-founded-a-church-in-south-portland/65851670

Link to GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-michel-home

#Maine #MaineNews #USPol #ResistICE #ICEKidnapping #ICESucks

#BorderPatrol agents jump out of rental truck and ambush people at LA #HomeDepot

In ‘Operation Trojan Horse’, masked officers in unmarked vehicle arrest 16 people, despite court order halting raids

Sam Levin in #LosAngeles
Wed 6 Aug 2025

"US border patrol agents carried out a raid outside a Home Depot in Los Angeles on Wednesday, with officers jumping out of an unmarked rental truck and chasing and arresting more than a dozen people.

"Videos of the operation, and federal officials’ statements boasting about the detentions, have raised questions about whether the US government was complying with a federal court order halting indiscriminate raids in the region due to evidence of racial profiling. That ruling, upheld last week by an appeals court, followed reports of #Latino #USCitizens getting swept up in #LARaids and accounts of undocumented people being targeted based on their appearance and whether they spoke Spanish.

"Clips of the early morning raid by Home Depot in the Westlake neighborhood, near #MacArthurPark, showed masked, heavily armed officers jumping out of a yellow truck from Penske, a private rental company, and people fleeing. Day laborers often gather outside Home Depot stores looking for work and have been subject to aggressive immigration raids in southern California.

"One day-laborer present for the Wednesday raid told the Los Angeles Times that the Penske truck pulled up to the parking lot around 6.45am, with the driver telling people gathered in Spanish that he had work to offer. Someone then rolled up the back of the truck, and masked agents, including one in a cowboy hat, jumped out as people scattered, the witness said.

"The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in an email that agents arrested 16 undocumented people from Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua. Border patrol and DHS spokespeople did not respond to inquiries about the arrest tactics and whether agents had been targeting specific people.

"A spokesperson for Penske said in an email that it was aware of the videos, writing: 'Penske strictly prohibits the transportation of people in the cargo area of its vehicles under any circumstances. The company was not made aware that its trucks would be used in today’s operation and did not authorize this.' The company would reach out to #DHS to 'reinforce its policy to avoid improper use of its vehicles in the future, the statement said.

" 'It is deeply disturbing that the federal government will stoop to these levels to continue their #CampaignOfTerror against working #Angelenos,' ​​​said Jorge-Mario Cabrera, a spokesperson for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (#Chirla), a California-based group that is part of the lawsuit challenging the raids. 'These are Angelenos looking for an honest day’s living … What we see in the video looks like an assault on people’s liberties, an assault on individuals that were standing there looking for a job, and a targeted operation that was in fact lawless.'

"One witness, who is a member of the #LATenantsUnion, a grassroots advocacy group, said they were setting up a '#KnowYourRights' #CommunityDefense table when the raid began. They took video, shared with the Guardian, of a group of officers piling back into the Penske truck after making arrests.

They said they saw the officers detain #StreetVendors and #DayLaborers. 'These are people who need to make money to pay rent, who have no choice. It was really tragic that the officers came out in full force just flaunting their power and bringing another level of chaos,' said the witness, who asked to remain anonymous, fearing retribution."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/ice-border-patrol-home-depot-los-angeles

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/otbiw

#USPol #BoycottPenske #ICERaids #ICEKidnapping #ICESucks #ResistICE

Shame these f*ckers out of office!

#MAGA senator slams illegal immigrants as 'criminals' — then steps in to free ICE detainee

Jennifer Bowers Bahney
July 31, 2025 3:54PM ET

"MAGA Sen. #JohnKennedy (R-LA), who has been a fervent supporter of Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts to deport undocumented migrants, reversed course when it came to one of his constituents, according to The New York Times.

"Kennedy told Fox News on July 17, 'If you’re in our country illegally, you’re a criminal. Illegal immigration is illegal, duh.'

"And yet, the senator's office recently asked the Department of Homeland Security to release 25-year-old #PaolaClouatre after two months in a #Louisiana #DetentionCenter, the report said.

"Clouatre is a Mexican citizen and mother of two young children who is married to a U.S. #MarineCorps #veteran.

" 'In an email on Tuesday morning, Christy Tate, the constituent services representative in Mr. Kennedy’s office, wrote to Mr. Clouatre to confirm that his wife had been released from ICE custody after her office had made a formal request to the federal agency,' the report said.

"The email read in part, 'I am so happy for you and your family. We will continue to keep you, your family and others that are experiencing the same issues in our prayers.' [Because of you, Mr. Kennedy!!!]

"Reporter Pooja Salhotra wrote that Clouatre came to the United States as a teenager 'to seek asylum with her mother and brother.' After her mother failed to show up for a court hearing in California in 2018, a judge issued a deportation order against the teen.

"Now estranged from her mother, Clouatre said she didn't learn of the deportation order until earlier this year 'when she was already in the process of applying for a #greencard, the report said.

"She was detained by ICE agents on May 27 shortly after giving birth, and while attending a 'routine appointment in New Orleans related to her application for a green card and #PermanentResident status,' according to the report.

"During her incarceration, Clouatre's husband brought the couple's 9-week-old baby to the jail so she could breastfeed. [How Christian of them!] She is currently wearing an ankle monitor and awaiting a court date for her immigration proceedings."

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-arrests/

#NoHumanIsIllegal #IllegalDetention #DueProcess #ICEDetention #ICEKidnapping #ICEArrests #DHS

#NationalGuard Ordered to Do #ICE Paperwork at #Immigration Facilities in 20 States

#Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to immigration facilities further blurs the line between #military and #LawEnforcement.

by Nick Turse, July 31 2025

"The Trump administration authorized the deployment of National Guard troops to immigration facilities in 20 states beginning early next month, further entwining the military in civil and law enforcement functions.

"The move undermines long-standing prohibitions on the use of the armed forces in domestic operations, sidestepping the Posse Comitatus Act and accelerating the U.S. transition into a #PoliceState, experts said.

"The National Guard will be deployed in #Arkansas, #Florida, #Georgia, #Indiana, #Iowa, #Louisiana, #Nebraska, #SouthCarolina, #Texas, #Utah, and #Virginia, among other states, according to a defense official who was not authorized to disclose the information.

"Immigration and Customs Enforcement acknowledged it was now finalizing the parameters of its expanded collaboration with the Pentagon. 'We’re engaged with the Department of Defense and we’re figuring out the next steps,' Tanya Roman, an ICE spokesperson told The Intercept.

"Guard members will assist ICE officials in 'alien processing' – administrative work preceding detention — in 20 states while ICE leadership will 'direct' troops assigned to the mission, which will begin in early August, according to a memo first revealed on Wednesday by the New York Times.

" 'The National Guard serving as camp administrators for ICE’s infamous #DetentionCenters is a dangerous and shameful step for everyone involved,' said #SamRatner, policy director at #WinWithoutWar.

"The Pentagon told The Intercept that these troops will operate under so-called Title 32 status, meaning they will be under state, rather than federal, control, unlike deployments in Los Angeles and across the southern border. Experts say it hardly lessens the dangers to democracy.

" 'This move raises almost all the same concerns as using active-duty troops, and then some,' Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the Brennan Center’s liberty and national security program, told The Intercept. 'This is yet another attempt to circumvent the #PosseComitatusAct, which normally prohibits the military from engaging in civilian law enforcement activities.' "

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/31/national-guard-ice-immigration-trump
https://archive.ph/xe4X4

#Militarization #Authoritarianism #ICEDetention #ICEKidnapping #USPol #Disappeared #DueProcess #Fascism

So, is this what's next? ICE going after police and military (along with civilians)? Yeah. That's NOT going to go over well...

#OldOrchardME PD says officer arrested by #ICE provided required documents before hiring

Julia Simone,WGME
Wed, July 30th 2025 at 7:31 PM
Updated Thu, July 31st 2025 at 6:28 AM

PORTLAND (WGME) -- "An Old Orchard Beach police officer was arrested by ICE in Biddeford Friday.

"Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security doubled down on their criticism of the police department for hiring a person they say wasn't allowed to work in the U.S.

"Old Orchard Beach officials say they are disappointed, not only in the way their department is being criticized, but also in the lack of communication from #DHS and being criticized for using the federal government’s e-verification system."

https://wgme.com/news/local/oob-pd-says-officer-arrested-by-ice-provided-required-documents-before-hiring-maine-old-orchard-beach-police-department-immigration-customs-enforcement-homeland-security-president-donald-trump

#ICEDetention #Maine #ICEKidnapping #EVerify

#Immigration agents told a teenage #USCitizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest

Video from #KennyLaynezAmbrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the #Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets

July 25, 2025

"On the morning of 2 May, teenager Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio was driving to his landscaping job in North Palm Beach with his mother and two male friends when they were pulled over by the #FloridaHighwayPatrol.

"In one swift moment, a traffic stop turned into a violent arrest.

"A highway patrol officer asked everyone in the van to identify themselves, then called for backup. Officers with US #BorderPatrol arrived on the scene.

"Video footage of the incident captured by Laynez-Ambrosio, an 18-year-old US citizen, appears to show a group of officers in tactical gear working together to violently detain the three men*, two of whom are undocumented. They appear to use a stun gun on one man, put another in a chokehold and can be heard telling Laynez-Ambrosio: 'You’ve got no rights here. You’re a migo, brother.' Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the stun gun use 'funny' and quipping: 'You can smell that … $30,000 bonus.' "

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/florida-teen-immigration-arrest

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Neup6

#ACAB #Florida #USPol #ResistICE #ICEKidnapping #ICEDetention #CBP #TrumpSucks #ForProfitPrisons #ForProfitArrests!!! #Corruption #Fascism #FascistDictator #authoritarianism