Collins, the chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, made the appeal directly to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a conversation earlier this week.
“I asked her to pause the operations in both Maine and Minnesota so that they could be reviewed and far more targeted in their scope,” Collins told Maine Public Radio.
Collins said she has received numerous calls from constituents who are afraid and angry at the widespread deportation operations being undertaken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The senator called the actions “too sweeping and indiscriminate,” per the local outlet.
Collins said she disagreed with Noem’s characterization of Alex Pretti as engaging in “domestic terrorism.” Pretti was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday after recording and attempting to intervene
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