Janet Mills: Maine ‘Will Not Be Intimidated’ Amid Ongoing ICE Surge

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The Maine governor delivered her annual address as immigrant enforcement surges in the state and she gears up for a Senate run.​

FILE - Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 30, 2024, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) |

AP By Jessica Piper and Lisa Kashinsky01/27/2026 07:28 PM EST

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills issued a dire warning in her annual address to state lawmakers Tuesday night: The federal immigration raids sweeping the state are part of an ongoing attack on democracy nationwide.

The speech from Mills, who is a leading Democratic challenger to Republican Senator Susan Collins, marks perhaps the most prominent example of how the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids have upended communities — and potentially electoral politics — around the country. The crackdown has become a political crisis for the White House in recent days following two fatal shootings by federal officers in Minnesota.

“Tonight, I say to the people of Maine: We will not be intimidated. We will not be silenced,” Mills said. “And to anyone outside these halls, including any federal officials, I say: if you seek to harm Maine people, you will have to go through me first."

Good for Governor Mills. More elected leaders need stand up to FASCIST tactics Trump and Company. More people have to protest to save our country.

 

[Auld Phart]

Another governor supporting coddling criminals.

 

[Thinker101]

The Maine governor delivered her annual address as immigrant enforcement surges in the state and she gears up for a Senate run.​

FILE - Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 30, 2024, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) |

AP By Jessica Piper and Lisa Kashinsky01/27/2026 07:28 PM EST

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills issued a dire warning in her annual address to state lawmakers Tuesday night: The federal immigration raids sweeping the state are part of an ongoing attack on democracy nationwide.

The speech from Mills, who is a leading Democratic challenger to Republican Senator Susan Collins, marks perhaps the most prominent example of how the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids have upended communities — and potentially electoral politics — around the country. The crackdown has become a political crisis for the White House in recent days following two fatal shootings by federal officers in Minnesota.

“Tonight, I say to the people of Maine: We will not be intimidated. We will not be silenced,” Mills said. “And to anyone outside these halls, including any federal officials, I say: if you seek to harm Maine people, you will have to go through me first."

Good for Governor Mills. More elected leaders need stand up to FASCIST tactics Trump and Company. More people have to protest to save our country.

Of course she won't be intimidated, she's spending your money on illegals.

 

[Eman623]

States have no say whatsoever in immigration enforcement. It's purely a federal matter.

 

[drudge X]

Is she going to wear full combat uniform to confront ICE?

 

[OODA_Loop]

Will she deploy state forces?

Chamberlin at Little Round Top 2.0?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Another Dimocrat of today telling us, she doesn't believe in borders or immigration laws.

 

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The Maine governor delivered her annual address as immigrant enforcement surges in the state and she gears up for a Senate run.​

FILE - Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 30, 2024, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) |

AP By Jessica Piper and Lisa Kashinsky01/27/2026 07:28 PM EST

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills issued a dire warning in her annual address to state lawmakers Tuesday night: The federal immigration raids sweeping the state are part of an ongoing attack on democracy nationwide.

The speech from Mills, who is a leading Democratic challenger to Republican Senator Susan Collins, marks perhaps the most prominent example of how the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids have upended communities — and potentially electoral politics — around the country. The crackdown has become a political crisis for the White House in recent days following two fatal shootings by federal officers in Minnesota.

“Tonight, I say to the people of Maine: We will not be intimidated. We will not be silenced,” Mills said. “And to anyone outside these halls, including any federal officials, I say: if you seek to harm Maine people, you will have to go through me first."

Good for Governor Mills. More elected leaders need stand up to FASCIST tactics Trump and Company. More people have to protest to save our country.

Why in the world would the state of Maine be intimidated by the feds enforcing federal law??