Maine police officer arrested by ICE agrees to voluntarily leave the country

[In It to Win It]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — A Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities has agreed to voluntarily leave the country, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday.

ICE arrested Old Orchard Beach Police Department reserve Officer Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, on July 25, as part of the agency's effort to step up immigration enforcement. Officials with the town and police department have said federal authorities previously told them Evans was legally authorized to work in the U.S.

An ICE representative reached by telephone told The Associated Press on Monday that a judge has granted voluntary departure for Evans and that he could leave as soon as that day. The representative did not provide other details about Evans' case.

Evans' arrest touched off a dispute between Old Orchard Beach officials and ICE. Police Chief Elise Chard has said the department was notified by federal officials that Evans was legally permitted to work in the country, and that the town submitted information via the Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify program prior to Evans’ employment. Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin then accused the town of “reckless reliance” on the department's E-Verify program.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maine-police-officer-arrested-ice-185114180.html

[Diraven]

1. Going after the worst of the worst?

Somehow I don't think a police officer is high on that list.

[Nittersing]

2. Guy probably said, "The hell with this shit"

Jamaica looking pretty good right now.

[dem4decades]

5. I wonder if he has rooms to rent.

[KentuckyWoman]

3. What the actual effing eff?

Reckless reliance on eVerify? Isn't that what the eff it is for?

Translation... The Gestapo doesn't care. If an ICE agent wants to jack boot you, then you get jacked. Period.

Citizen. ICE don't care.
Legal. ICE don't care
Had surgery 3 hrs ago. ICE don't care.
Old man on a walker. ICE don't care.

Every human on American soil can expect to get thrown to the ground, kicked, broken, thrown into horrible conditions with no food, water, medical care or legal access. Just because some ICE thug felt like it.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. "Reckless reliance" on the gov'ts OWN SYSTEM ?? Why is it still in use, if it's NOT RELIABLE ??

ICE's approach seems to be that if they have multiple forms of evidence that you are here legally, one that suggests maybe you aren't -- or even a hunch -- can override all that.

UNDER ICE RULES, YOU ARE GUILTY UNLESS AND UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT.

By the time you prove it, you may have been deported.

Miguel Silvestre

Miguel Silvestre is a US citizen born in Stockton, California.[29] In 1999, he was illegally deported twice.[29] Later, he visited Mexico on vacation and was denied entry back into the US and spent two weeks in detention under the George W. Bush administration.[29] ICE falsely claimed he was a Mexican citizen.[29] A judge permanently corrected his erroneous state as being falsely labeled for deportation in 2004.[29]

In June 2025, Trump officials began attempting to deport Silvestre to Mexico again.[29]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_and_deportation_of_American_citizens_in_the_second_Trump_administration#Deportations