"The Old Orchard Beach Police Department was never officially informed about Evans' detention, and the department officially learned the details of the matter in a news release issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement," Chard said.
Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin called E-Verify a reliable, accurate tool for verifying work authorization, but blasted Old Orchard Beach police for their "reckless reliance" on it. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/07/30/y ...
-- Bangor Daily News (@bangordailynews.bsky.social) Jul 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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ICE says detained Maine police officer overstayed visa. The chief says he cleared a federal check
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... The chief of police in a Maine resort town has called for an investigation into the arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of one of its officers, who the chief said was federally approved to work in the country in May.
ICE arrested Old Orchard Beach Police Department reserve officer Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, on July 25. The agency said Evans was illegally present in the U.S. and unlawfully attempted to purchase a firearm.
ICE said in a Monday statement that Evans had legally entered the U.S. in September 2023 and violated the terms of his admission by overstaying his visa. But Old Orchard Beach Police Chief Elise Chard said in her own Monday statement that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had verified that Evans was authorized to work in the U.S. in May of this year. ...
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