Unpacking reality – in Maine and other Blue States – can be uncomfortable, connecting dots, understanding what is up. It is worth doing. Maine faces rising lawlessness, a direct result of Progressive Democrat policies. Veering hard left, these Democrats make no apology. Leadership must change, or we are sunk.
Last week, a statement was made by the US Assistant Secretary of ICE – a federal agency that Maine Democrats want to punish police for helping. She said the obvious.
“It seems to be almost a daily occurrence where an illegal alien driving kills innocent Americans… These deaths are preventable, because these illegal aliens should have NEVER been in our country…”
She turned specifically to Maine, “Two illegal aliens in Maine came to the country on B-2 tourist visas that allowed them to remain in the country for six months. Both overstayed their visas and never left…President Trump is committed to restoring integrity to visa programs…exploited by illegal aliens.”
In the past month, Maine saw more than ten big busts, shootouts, and stash houses taken down, including another shootout by five drug-trafficking Dominican illegals (three at large) in central Maine last week.
Meantime, “in less than a week, the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed the involvement of two Angolan illegal aliens in separate vehicle wrecks that resulted in the death of two pedestrians in Maine.”
So, here is “new news,” what no Democrat or legacy paper says. If Maine’s Democrat Governor, Attorney General, and anti-Trump legislature had encouraged cooperation with ICE, rather than discouraging it, this would not have happened.
If the Maine Governor and her hench (fill in your pronoun) had been less focused on making a social experiment of Maine, suing oil companies, putting boys in girls’ sports, mocking Trump’s successes, had not having invited, sheltered, fed, and ignored an inflow of 8000 illegals into Maine, these people would still be alive.
If common sense, an unblinking focus on public safety, solving problems for citizens were the priority – restoring affordability, lowering energy costs, making health care accessible, returning education to kids, and focusing on those who made this state what it is – things would be far different.
Instead, illegals who speak no English were given driving permits and licenses in Maine, killed people, and later ICE got them. This is not the way the process should work. It is not fair to Maine citizens; it is the promotion of lawlessness.
ICE should be invited for intelligence-driven surge raids, assisted by DEA, CBP, and other domestic law enforcement, to get illegal aliens, many already boasting felony records, out of Maine and the country – where they reside illegally.
Maine is blindly following California, where a record number of attacks have occurred on ICE, driven by Democrats who stir the riots that turn into attacks. We do not need to become a San Francisco suburb, something-or-other “Bay.”
Nationally, things are improving, but not in Maine. ICE reports: “Brave ICE law enforcement are risking their lives every day to keep our communities safe from the worst of the worst criminals…removing terrorists, murderers, pedophiles and the most depraved…even as crazed rhetoric from gutter politicians are inspiring a massive increase in assaults against them…” We need that in Maine.
Where ICE removes illegals, crime falls. DHS reports, “Violent crimes like gun assaults fell by 21 percent, aggravated assaults by 10 percent, sexual assaults by 10 percent, and carjackings by 24 percent from January to June 2025 compared to the same period in 2024,” and in tandem with ICE raids, “homicides dropped 17 percent across 30 cities.”
Bottom line: Drug and human trafficking, plus flow-down crime, are tied to illegal immigration. Public safety is a priority. Illegals victimize Blue State citizens, including Mainers. We need to get them out. To do that, we need new leadership.
Robert Charles is a former Assistant Secretary of State under Colin Powell, former Reagan and Bush 41 White House staffer, Maine attorney, ten-year naval intelligence officer (USNR), and 25-year businessman. He wrote “Narcotics and Terrorism” (2003), “Eagles and Evergreens” (North Country Press, 2018), and “Cherish America: Stories of Courage, Character, and Kindness” (Tower Publishing, 2024). He is the National Spokesman for AMAC. Today, he is running to be Maine’s next Governor (please visit BobbyforMaine.com to learn more)!
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