ICE targets Somali communities in Maine in new Trump administration crackdown

Immigration enforcement has sent a surge of federal agents to the fishing state, with about 50 arrests so far

The Trump administration has begun another targeted immigration crackdown, sending a surge of federal personnel to Maine, an ocean fishing state, in a plan dubbed by the government Operation Catch of the Day.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is aiming the push at Somali immigrants living in the north-eastern state, according to reporting by the New York Times.