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Tom Berry of Kennebunk is a retired public school special educator.

Despite the assertions from this president describing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations as “going after violent criminals,” the “worst of the worst,” and murderers, rapists, and child predators, what is obvious is something quite different. What is actually happening is targeting — for the purpose of terrorizing — Black and brown people, including even some who are U.S. citizens.

Of the more than 200,000 people detained by ICE between October 2024 and this past June, 65% had no criminal convictions at all, and of those with

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