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This week at the ACLU of Maine: We're demanding more information about ICE operations in Maine, gearing up to fight bans against trans student athletes, and preparing to push back against more abuses of power by the Trump administration.

Activating federalized troops for mass deportation would be unprecedented, unnecessary, and wrong.

It was another busy week at the ACLU of Maine: We have new Know Your Rights materials, we were out and about in Portland, and we learned more about where immigrants are being held as President Trump attempts to carry out his cruel policy of "mass deportations."

It was another busy week at the ACLU of Maine! Here's what you might have missed.

When the president threatened to withhold funding to Maine and said "I am the law," Gov. Mills responded by defending the rule of law and saying one of our favorite phrases: We’ll see you in court.

Justice Scolnik would have turned 102 today. For many years, he was the only ACLU volunteer lawyer in Maine. All that we are able to accomplish as an organization is because of what Lou Scolnik started.

What executive orders can – and cannot – do, and why we have them in the first place

These orders represent a deliberate attempt to undo progress on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and create new barriers to opportunity.

During the first Donald Trump administration, the ACLU fought his unlawful policies more than 400 times. We’re even more prepared now.