The Supreme Court decisively ruled to protect birthright citizenship, but the president has signed another order attempting to undermine the 14th Amendment.

As new laws take effect to protect Maine from ICE moving forward, the ACLU of Maine is also seeking accountability under the Federal Tort Claims Act for past civil rights violations at the hands of rogue federal agents.

Join a press briefing on Tuesday, July 28, at 10:30 a.m., with the ACLU of Maine, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, Maine Equal Justice, and Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition.

A person was killed in an interaction with ICE agents in Biddeford on Monday morning.

The court ruled President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship violated the 14th Amendment and federal law.

The ordinance offers stronger protections than LD 1971. Portland joins Rockland and Lewiston as Waterville and Bangor consider similar measures.

First Circuit to review ruling that Trump-era policy of mandatory detention and systematic denial of bond hearings violates federal law

The case could re-establish the ability to hold federal agents accountable under state law. Advocates are representing an engineer who was violently abducted in downtown Portland.

Advocates argued the order violates the 14th Amendment, over a century of Supreme Court precedent, and federal statute.