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Janet Mills: “People who are part of the workforce here in Maine, a…”

Featuring: Janet Mills, Democratic | Governor of Maine

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FULL PRESSER: Gov. Mills answers questions about ICE's 'Operation Catch of the Day' in Maine

Published | Video Starts at 08:04

What we're hearing is that people without people with no criminal backgrounds are being detained and subject to perhaps deportation or at least arrest. People who are being torn from their families and from young children, People who are part of the workforce here in Maine, a workforce that we desperately need and desperately value. And that's a shame. You know, it's disruptive and it's causing a lot of fear and unnecessary anxiety in the community and among families who don't deserve this kind of treatment. (08:04–08:13)

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Asserts that detained individuals are part of Maine's needed workforce.

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