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We are grateful to Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP) for naming what is happening so clearly. This violence is part of a broader climate of fear that is affecting the families we serve and members of our own staff, who have been followed, harassed, and targeted. We stand with ILAP in calling for a full and transparent investigation and in rejecting the fear, dehumanization, and racial profiling driving this enforcement campaign.

Maine must be safe for all of us.

ILAP is devastated by the news of the ICE killing in Biddeford. ILAP does not have any information about the victim at this time, beyond what has been reported. We are monitoring for additional information and call for a full and transparent investigation.

Over the past few months, the majority of immigration enforcement activity we have observed in Maine has involved ICE arrests of individuals who entered the United States lawfully on visas and who have sought lawful status by applying for asylum. During this timeframe, Lewiston, Auburn, Portland, and Biddeford have been heavily targeted. Much of the enforcement has happened around people’s homes, with ICE taking them as they are leaving or getting home from work.

The Trump administration’s extremist mass deportation agenda is rooted in dehumanizing our fellow human beings. It’s about driving wedges between us using fear and chaos. This is what played out on the streets of Biddeford today and what we all must come together to reject on both a personal and policy level.

🔗Live updates from the Portland Press Herald: https://www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/shooting-reported-in-biddeford-2/

Congratulations, Josephine!

Today we are celebrating Project Home staff member, Josephine, who recently graduated from the University of Southern Maine with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Josephine is a Certified Community Health Worker, a nurse, and also holds a Master’s in Public Health. At Project Home, she runs our Health Outreach Program, where she brings essential health navigation and support directly to families working to stabilize after housing insecurity.

Josephine’s work reflects what makes Project Home’s model so effective: we meet people where they are.

Through in-home visits, community-based outreach, and communication in each person’s preferred language, Josephine helps identify the real barriers families are facing — whether that is healthcare access, transportation, isolation, insurance, prescriptions, or the stress of navigating complex systems while trying to stay housed.

And she does not simply hand someone a referral and walk away. She helps families navigate each step, connecting them to healthcare providers, assisting with insurance applications, supporting medication access, and helping coordinate care across systems that too often leave people to figure it out alone.

This one-on-one, relationship-based support builds trust. It helps people feel seen and respected.

Housing stability and health stability are deeply connected, and Josephine lives that work every day with skill, compassion, and persistence.

We are grateful to have Josephine representing Project Home as a member of the Cumberland County Public Health Council, and we are proud to celebrate this milestone with her.

Way to go, Josephine!