{"id":65786,"date":"2026-02-09T06:59:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/maine-shaken-by-ice-raids-as-backlash-threatens-republican-senate-control\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T06:59:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:59:52","slug":"maine-shaken-by-ice-raids-as-backlash-threatens-republican-senate-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/maine-shaken-by-ice-raids-as-backlash-threatens-republican-senate-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as \u2018horrific\u2019 as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year <\/p>\n<p>Maine, the US\u2019s whitest state, has been shaken by the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown, a crackdown that could threaten Republican control of the Senate in November\u2019s crucial midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents launched \u201cOperation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/01\/21\/ice-launches-operation-catch-day-targeting-worst-worst-criminal-illegal-aliens\">Catch of the Day<\/a>\u201d in the state on 21 January, targeting \u201cthe worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens who have terrorized communities\u201d, according to the administration.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/09\/maine-ice-raids\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as \u2018horrific\u2019 as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year Maine, the US\u2019s whitest state, has been shaken by the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown, a crackdown that could threaten Republican control of the Senate in November\u2019s crucial midterm elections. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents launched \u201cOperation &#8230; <a title=\"Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/maine-shaken-by-ice-raids-as-backlash-threatens-republican-senate-control\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}