MAGA hopeful Paul LePage decries deportation of relative despite backing ICE

During a Monday press briefing, Paul LePage, a former Maine governor now running for Congress, protested the removal of a family member who holds a valid work permit, claiming the deportation stems from bias against his country of origin. He offered no details about the relative’s nationality. LePage previously spoke of an “adopted son” from Jamaica, Devon Raymond, though the adoption was never formalized, leaving it unclear if that person is the one affected.

The candidate reiterated his support for ICE, stating the agency should focus on gangs and criminals rather than long-time residents with work permits. He recently appeared with Vice President JD Vance at a rally touting the Trump administration’s immigration successes and is enrolled in the National Republican Congressional Committee’s “MAGA Majority Program.” The piece also recalls a July incident in Biddeford, Maine, where ICE agents killed 26-year-old Colombian citizen Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero while he was driving to work, an event that sparked a congressional inquiry and a statement from attorney Sean Murphy about the shooting’s details.