Letter to the editor: Keep Maine safe for all – oppose Scarborough ICE facility
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I am writing as a member of the southern Maine community who is deeply concerned and upset by the construction of the new Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility at 40 Manson Libby Road in Scarborough.
In September, members of Congress released a report exposing both egregious conditions in ICE detention centers as well as the agency’s failure to identify and respond to abuses.
Following visits to eight ICE detention facilities and interviews with more than 400 people in ICE custody, members of the House Committee on Homeland Security reported poor physical and mental health care, failure to protect people in detention from COVID and constrained access to legal services and information.
I’m a minister and organizer for De-ICE Maine, a grassroots coalition working to end the inhumane treatment of immigrants. Our efforts are focused on stopping the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility under construction in Scarborough. ICE has a history of abuse. Detainees are subject to physical and verbal assaults, unsanitary conditions and, according to a […]
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N.S. Giles Foundations Inc., a concrete and foundations company from Bangor, is opening a local branch in Auburn to have better access to the southern Maine market.
This week the Buzz is building for 2021 and beyond.
First up: A $5.2 million investment and new Bangor neighbor for Auburn.
Bangor-based N.S. Giles Foundations Inc. will move into a new office and shop at 46 Wrights Landing to grow the company’s reach into Southern Maine, according to President Shane Giles.
He said the new location, which should wrap construction this summer, will give the company a good regional base to better oversee local projects as well as help with speed and efficiency.