Federal agents this week launched a new immigration enforcement operation in Maine, the latest front of the Trump administration's widening mass deportation campaign.

The Department of Homeland Security said agents detained ChongLy Thao, 56, because he matched the description of two men the agency was seeking.

The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that a new immigration enforcement operation is underway in Maine

Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.

Questions surrounding ICE's arrest powers resurfaced after an agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026.

One day after the January 7 fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis,

What you should knowPhilly protesters are blocking vehicles from leaving an ICE parking garage in Center City.The protest comes following a deadly incident in Minneapolis earlier this month, where an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good,

The claim spread on Instagram, Reddit, and other social media outlets, and numerous Snopes readers asked us to confirm that Vance made such a statement. According to the rumor, Vance said ICE agents would decide whom to deport after going "door-to-door" to check documentation.

Operations continue in Minnesota and Somali communities are being targeted in Maine