PORTLAND, Maine - Some of the leading contenders in the race to replace ex-candidate Graham Platner as the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine are amplifying calls to abolish ICE after a fatal shooting by federal immigration officers in the northern New England state.Hours after U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Monday shot and killed a man in Biddeford, which is located about 15 miles southwest of Portland, four of the candidates joined hundreds of protesters who marched by the shooting site.The shooting comes as the battle to replace Platner is heating up, and will likely boost immigration as an issue in a crucial Senate race that may determine the Senate majority."I think we are at the point where ICE needs to be abolished," Nirav Shah, the former director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told Fox News Digital.
"ICE in its current form has shown itself incapable of doing its job."PLATNER EXITS SENATE RACE AMID SCANDALS AND CHORUS OF CALLS TO DROP OUTA vehicle is transported on a flatbed near the scene of a shooting involving US immigration and customs enforcement, Monday, July 13, 2026 in Biddeford, Maine.(AP Photo/Robert F.
Bukaty)Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, speaking with reporters, said, "This is not acceptable in America.A young man, a dad, has been killed by ICE...This must stop.
We need to get ICE out of the streets."Troy Jackson, a former state Senate president, took to social media immediately after the shooting to write, "Abolish ICE."Jackson held a sign at the protest that called for abolishing ICE, and reiterated that he's been calling for the dismantling of the agency for months.Paige Loud, a social worker and former congressional candidate who has also launched a Senate bid, also attended the protest."We must abolish ICE and prosecute the leaders of these operations that are destroying communities," she said in a social media post.The incident in Maine is the second in a week where ICE agents...