Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition (MIRC)
@maineimmigrants.bsky.social
We're striving to improve the legal, social and economic conditions experienced by Maine’s immigrants.
Our Maine ICE Watch & Resource Hub is alive and well, despite recent efforts to bombard us with threats and harassment. Please continue to call, text and send us photos.
🧵 with posters in 9 other languages 👇🏾
🧵 with posters in 9 other languages 👇🏾
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Our Maine ICE Watch & Resource Hub is alive and well, despite recent efforts to bombard us with threats and harassment. Please continue to call, text and send us photos.
🧵 with posters in 9 other languages 👇🏾
🧵 with posters in 9 other languages 👇🏾
Staying warm and safe is goal #1 for #MaineWinter. Here are some helpful tips. 🧵
Warming centers
www.maine.gov/mema/respons...
Heat source safety
www.maine.gov/mema/maine-p...
Warming centers
www.maine.gov/mema/respons...
Heat source safety
www.maine.gov/mema/maine-p...
December 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Staying warm and safe is goal #1 for #MaineWinter. Here are some helpful tips. 🧵
Warming centers
www.maine.gov/mema/respons...
Heat source safety
www.maine.gov/mema/maine-p...
Warming centers
www.maine.gov/mema/respons...
Heat source safety
www.maine.gov/mema/maine-p...
"How do you decide what to when the courtroom itself has become a deportation trap?"
www.mobilepathways.org/post/what-ar...
www.mobilepathways.org/post/what-ar...
What Are the Odds an Immigrant Will Be Arrested in Court?
by bartlomiej-skorupa on Dec 10, 2025
www.mobilepathways.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"How do you decide what to when the courtroom itself has become a deportation trap?"
www.mobilepathways.org/post/what-ar...
www.mobilepathways.org/post/what-ar...
“Let us send a clear, powerful message, once again,” said Councilor Kaitlin Callahan. “Rockland stands with all of its residents. We will protect our community... we will never be governed by fear. Not today, not tomorrow, and not ever.”
www.penbaypilot.com/article/rock...
www.penbaypilot.com/article/rock...
December 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“Let us send a clear, powerful message, once again,” said Councilor Kaitlin Callahan. “Rockland stands with all of its residents. We will protect our community... we will never be governed by fear. Not today, not tomorrow, and not ever.”
www.penbaypilot.com/article/rock...
www.penbaypilot.com/article/rock...
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Reminder: Due process is a human right—not a privilege.
Everyone deserves a fair day in immigration court with a lawyer by their side to protect their rights.
Everyone deserves a fair day in immigration court with a lawyer by their side to protect their rights.
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Reminder: Due process is a human right—not a privilege.
Everyone deserves a fair day in immigration court with a lawyer by their side to protect their rights.
Everyone deserves a fair day in immigration court with a lawyer by their side to protect their rights.
The stories of immigrants can contribute to winning gains for climate justice. Learn more at this event coming up ⬇️
www.maineconservation.org/calendar/see...
www.maineconservation.org/calendar/see...
Seeing for Ourselves: Visual Storytelling & Climate Change
Seeing for Ourselves is a nonpartisan nonprofit that empowers marginalized individuals to document their lives through participatory photography, giving them control over their public narrative.
www.maineconservation.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The stories of immigrants can contribute to winning gains for climate justice. Learn more at this event coming up ⬇️
www.maineconservation.org/calendar/see...
www.maineconservation.org/calendar/see...
Of all the federal rule changes attacking immigrants, this one is among the most significant. It would totally upend the eligibility criteria for citizenship, further fueling ICE's detentions and deportations of asylum seekers. Sign & share ⬇️
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stop the New "Public Charge" Rule that Attacks Immigrant Families
Join our petition against the dangerous new rule proposed by U.S. Department of Homeland Security uses an overly broad definition of who is a "public charge" to determine who's eligible for citizenshi...
actionnetwork.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Of all the federal rule changes attacking immigrants, this one is among the most significant. It would totally upend the eligibility criteria for citizenship, further fueling ICE's detentions and deportations of asylum seekers. Sign & share ⬇️
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
MIRC's Response to Hostile Rhetoric from POTUS on Somali, Afghan, and Other Immigrant Communities. Read it online ⬇️
maineimmigrantrights.org/response-to-...
maineimmigrantrights.org/response-to-...
Response to Hostile Rhetoric from POTUS on Somali, Afghan, and Other Immigrant Communities – Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition
maineimmigrantrights.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
MIRC's Response to Hostile Rhetoric from POTUS on Somali, Afghan, and Other Immigrant Communities. Read it online ⬇️
maineimmigrantrights.org/response-to-...
maineimmigrantrights.org/response-to-...
Join us in commemorating the anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Available in 577 languages—from Abkhaz to Zulu—it's the most translated document in the world.
Source for illustrations:
www.ohchr.org/en/universal...
Source for illustrations:
www.ohchr.org/en/universal...
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Join us in commemorating the anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Available in 577 languages—from Abkhaz to Zulu—it's the most translated document in the world.
Source for illustrations:
www.ohchr.org/en/universal...
Source for illustrations:
www.ohchr.org/en/universal...
“We don't have country, we don't have government, we don't have... peace,” said Shukri Abasheikh.
The conflict she fled decades ago still shapes how she sees U.S. immigration decisions today.
www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
The conflict she fled decades ago still shapes how she sees U.S. immigration decisions today.
www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
Lewiston's Somali community reacts to federal moves on protective status and immigration
Some Somali immigrants in Maine say recent decisions from the Trump administration leave them worried for family and friends back home, while still supporting Trump.
www.newscentermaine.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“We don't have country, we don't have government, we don't have... peace,” said Shukri Abasheikh.
The conflict she fled decades ago still shapes how she sees U.S. immigration decisions today.
www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
The conflict she fled decades ago still shapes how she sees U.S. immigration decisions today.
www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
Note: TPS cannot be revoked immediately; there has to be a 60-day notice of a rule change that the public is allowed to submit comments on regarding the change; that change would apply to all, not just a specific state.
time.com/7337670/soma...
time.com/7337670/soma...
What to Know About Trump’s Targeting of Somalis in Minnesota
The President has repeatedly named the Somali community in Minnesota, which he has linked to recent fraud allegations, as he ramps up attacks on immigrants and Democrats.
time.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Note: TPS cannot be revoked immediately; there has to be a 60-day notice of a rule change that the public is allowed to submit comments on regarding the change; that change would apply to all, not just a specific state.
time.com/7337670/soma...
time.com/7337670/soma...
Work Permit Rule Change 🚨 DEADLINE 11:59pm ET TONIGHT 🚨
Comment here ⬇️ www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Comment here ⬇️ www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Work Permit Rule Change 🚨 DEADLINE 11:59pm ET TONIGHT 🚨
Comment here ⬇️ www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Comment here ⬇️ www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
We're Grateful for You!
Read our newsletter with links to actions and videos here 👇🏾
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Read our newsletter with links to actions and videos here 👇🏾
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November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We're Grateful for You!
Read our newsletter with links to actions and videos here 👇🏾
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Read our newsletter with links to actions and videos here 👇🏾
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“It’s so important for people to have access to food that’s culturally important and relevant and meets their culture’s needs and taste.” ~ Jonah Fertig-Burd of InterRooted, MIRC partner
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November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“It’s so important for people to have access to food that’s culturally important and relevant and meets their culture’s needs and taste.” ~ Jonah Fertig-Burd of InterRooted, MIRC partner
wgme.com/news/local/m...
wgme.com/news/local/m...
Border Patrol arrests hit record high in Maine www.mainepublic.org/immigration/...
Border Patrol arrests hit record high in Maine
Border agents arrested 725 people in the state during the fiscal year that ended in October.
www.mainepublic.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Border Patrol arrests hit record high in Maine www.mainepublic.org/immigration/...
MIRC statement on DHS’s proposed public charge rule. Read it online with links: conta.cc/3XCKlKd
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
MIRC statement on DHS’s proposed public charge rule. Read it online with links: conta.cc/3XCKlKd
Our friends at NPNA launched the ClimateDisplacedLeaders.org site to coincide with COP30 climate talks in Brazil, in progress till Nov. 21. Experts say the initial progress on "loss and damage funding," which would help ensure the safety of climate refugees, is a drop in the ocean...
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Our friends at NPNA launched the ClimateDisplacedLeaders.org site to coincide with COP30 climate talks in Brazil, in progress till Nov. 21. Experts say the initial progress on "loss and damage funding," which would help ensure the safety of climate refugees, is a drop in the ocean...
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“I think most don’t realize how hard it is to immigrate legally to the United States,” says former senior policy official @margyoh.bsky.social. She explains other surprising facts about the immigration system in a wide-ranging new Q&A:
An Insider’s View of the Immigration System
A former senior immigration policy official offers insight into how the system works and highlights urgent problems that must be addressed.
www.brennancenter.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“I think most don’t realize how hard it is to immigrate legally to the United States,” says former senior policy official @margyoh.bsky.social. She explains other surprising facts about the immigration system in a wide-ranging new Q&A:
“Each number is not just policy — it is a life-or-death decision for families fleeing war or persecution. Limiting the number to 7,500 is a betrayal of the United States’ humanitarian commitment,” said Fatima Saidi, director of We Are All America and an Afghan refugee.
lanoticia.com/storiesineng...
lanoticia.com/storiesineng...
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“Each number is not just policy — it is a life-or-death decision for families fleeing war or persecution. Limiting the number to 7,500 is a betrayal of the United States’ humanitarian commitment,” said Fatima Saidi, director of We Are All America and an Afghan refugee.
lanoticia.com/storiesineng...
lanoticia.com/storiesineng...
"Kobe ICE raid through the eyes of a former employee,"
by Obie Casperson
mainecampus.com/category/new...
by Obie Casperson
mainecampus.com/category/new...
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Kobe ICE raid through the eyes of a former employee,"
by Obie Casperson
mainecampus.com/category/new...
by Obie Casperson
mainecampus.com/category/new...
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It's official. 🫠 We are in the longest government shutdown in US history. Read our statement: partnershipfornewamericans.org/as-shutdown-becomes-longest-in-history-advocates-decry-priorities-funding-deportations-over-food-and-healthcare/
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It's official. 🫠 We are in the longest government shutdown in US history. Read our statement: partnershipfornewamericans.org/as-shutdown-becomes-longest-in-history-advocates-decry-priorities-funding-deportations-over-food-and-healthcare/
MIRC is joining the global movement of climate displaced leaders because climate change is rapidly becoming one of the largest drivers of global displacement. Learn more from Malado's story 👇🏾
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceKB...
Learn more from @npnewamericans.bsky.social
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Learn more from @npnewamericans.bsky.social
Dignity for Climate Displaced People: Malado's story.
YouTube video by npnewamericans
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November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
MIRC is joining the global movement of climate displaced leaders because climate change is rapidly becoming one of the largest drivers of global displacement. Learn more from Malado's story 👇🏾
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceKB...
Learn more from @npnewamericans.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceKB...
Learn more from @npnewamericans.bsky.social
The Maine MultiCultural Center (MMCC) is hiring! They're seeking a half-time Outreach Coordinator to help New Mainers access needed resources and services in the greater Bangor community. Learn more 👇🏾
mainemulticulturalcenter.org/news/
mainemulticulturalcenter.org/news/
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Maine MultiCultural Center (MMCC) is hiring! They're seeking a half-time Outreach Coordinator to help New Mainers access needed resources and services in the greater Bangor community. Learn more 👇🏾
mainemulticulturalcenter.org/news/
mainemulticulturalcenter.org/news/
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Every vote is a voice, make yours heard. 🗳️
Head to the polls today! Find your polling place: www.vote.org/polling-place-locator
Head to the polls today! Find your polling place: www.vote.org/polling-place-locator
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Every vote is a voice, make yours heard. 🗳️
Head to the polls today! Find your polling place: www.vote.org/polling-place-locator
Head to the polls today! Find your polling place: www.vote.org/polling-place-locator