LePage relative detained by ICE
The gist
Paul LePage said ICE is deporting his son's father-in-law, who holds a valid work permit.
The Republican's Maine race now runs through the immigration fight he once backed.
How it unfolded
- January 2026ICE launched an operation in Maine known as "Operation Catch of the Day," which federal officials described as an effort to arrest immigrants with serious criminal histories.
- July 2026Immigration officers in Biddeford, Maine, killed 26-year-old Colombian national Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in front of his young daughter; he was on his way to work when ICE agents rammed his car attempting to execute a warrant for a final order of removal, and officers fired several shots through the windshield.
- Sep 21, 2026At an event in Augusta where he accepted an endorsement from Maine's Fraternal Order of Police, LePage said ICE is deporting a relative — his son's father-in-law, who has a valid work permit.