Federal immigration officials say more than 100 people have been detained in Maine this week as part of an enforcement surge targeting what ICE calls “the worst of the worst.”

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday challenged federal immigration officials to provide arrest warrants, real-time arrest numbers and basic information about who is being detained in a sweeping enforcement operation in Maine, saying the state has been left largely in the dark as fear spreads through immigrant communities.

Anna Welch, director of the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic at the University of Maine School of Law, said what she's seeing so far in Maine fits with national trends. Over the last few months, the vast majority of newly-detained immigrants have no criminal record, according to researchers analyzing ICE data.

Portland City Council member Pious Ali, a native of Ghana, said there's much anxiety about ICE's presence in Maine's largest city.

Maine became the latest target of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement crackdown, while a federal appeals court on Wednesday suspended a decision that prohibited federal officers from using tear gas or pepper spray against peaceful protesters in Minnesota.

An immigration enforcement campaign is underway in Maine, a state that is home to a sizable Somali population, becoming the latest target of the Trump administration’s turbocharged, coast-to-coast crackdown.

Vice President JD Vance blamed local officials for what he described as "chaotic" federal immigration enforcement during a visit to Minneapolis.