Maine’s Democrat legislature slammed Maine voters again. They just gave illegal aliens, with no valid asylum claim, illegally here, known felons, “sanctuary.” They passed a bill to hide illegals from ICE, forbidding police from cooperating. Why?
The answer must be a good one because the pain that is inflicted on Mainers – as in other sanctuary states – is huge. Contrary to what you hear, sanctuary jurisdictions are measurably more violent, and face more property crime, drug trafficking, overdose deaths, worker displacement, homelessness, foreign gangs, and fear.
Data analyzed by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) in 2024 is sobering and should give pause to Maine’s Democrat Governor. To favor illegal aliens over citizens pushes crime, overdose deaths, and gangs.
One credible review, entitled “Sanctuary Cities: Rising Crime Rates…” reveals that “sanctuary cities reported an average crime rate of 1,442 crimes per 100,000 residents. In contrast, non-sanctuary cities had a much lower average crime rate of 955 crimes per 100,000 residents…This stark difference highlights the potential risks associated with sanctuary policies.”
In a nutshell, “sanctuary” states promote lawlessness. They attract criminals, drug traffickers, overdose deaths, and all types of crime. Maine police blotters tell a gut-wrenching story in living – or dying – color, imported pain, death, and heartache.
Validating that link, the CDC details “the relationship between illegal drug trafficking and sanctuary policies,” reporting “sanctuary states accounted for nearly 70 percent of all drug overdose deaths …This alarming statistic suggests a troubling correlation between … illegal immigrants and the rise in drug-related fatalities.”
In short, Maine bankrolls the illegals’ lifestyle with free housing for thousands, no right to be here, and lawbreakers who displace citizens, including homeless veterans.
Maine downplays how much they give illegals but the benefits include free housing, food, health, and legal aid, as well as unfettered public education – which objectively erodes Maine’s ability to manage the average classroom and outcomes.
Before 2023, non-citizen children and pregnant women got MaineCare (Medicaid) under the CHIP program, a magnet for illegals. CHIP coverage is capped at $98,000.
After 2023, although federal law prohibits illegals from Medicaid, Maine’s Democrat legislature gave it to them anyway, passing the cost on to Maine taxpayers – pulling from Maine’s General Fund.
Once illegal aliens have a child in Maine, any family member can apply for full medical coverage. After five years, a non-citizen can get full MaineCare benefits.
Hard to assess is the high cost on working Mainers of these policies, more absurd after the 2025 Democrat legislature forced non-cooperation with ICE, saying local law enforcement will be punished for cooperating with ICE.
Newsweek did a tabulation in 2024, concluding illegal aliens cost the State of Maine $67,795,358 per year.
Assuming 660,000 Mainers work, likely an overstatement since they are Democrat numbers, working Maine taxpayers pay $103 each for an illegal alien. Obviously not fair, and not what Mainers want, the question is why?
The answer, unfortunately, is that Maine’s Democrat leaders are more interested in following a radical national agenda than listening to the average Mainer. They want another 75,000 illegals in the State, on top of today’s roughly 8,000.
What can possibly be in this for them? No one will say so, but Maine Democrats vehemently oppose voter ID. Think about it. In a closely divided State, a few thousand votes – a few hundred last cycle – keep them in power. Need more?
Robert Charles is a former Assistant Secretary of State under Colin Powell, former Reagan and Bush 41 White House staffer, attorney, and naval intelligence officer (USNR). He wrote “Narcotics and Terrorism” (2003), “Eagles and Evergreens” (2018), and is National Spokesman for AMAC. Robert Charles has also just released an uplifting new book, “Cherish America: Stories of Courage, Character, and Kindness” (Tower Publishing, 2024).
Another reason added to the list why we need to cleanse our country of Democrats.
So glad I don’t live in Maine! Feel so sorry for legal residents of Maine – having to pay for all the illegals’ FREE BENEFITS!
RBC, goes to show you that the Leftist Demos will continue to all they can to remain in power. Now it looks like Maine’s Law Enforcement are now operating with their hands tied behind their backs. How many will retire or resign from their respective forces and let the current crime sprees to accelerate out of control?
I cannot understand how liberal democrats fail to see how self destructive their decisions are. Very similar to the thinking of people addicted to drugs. Just like addicts they also harm everyone around them.
we voted for illegal aliens ti be deported!
Because they need the votes!
Many reasons.
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Once again, a democrat run state is putting illegals ahead of their own citizens. Not only is Maine putting illegals ahead of people from Maine, they are allowing these illegals to get a foothold into America. Is it really cheap labor they’re after? If so, it’s costing Maine more than they will ever get in return financially from these people in our country illegally. I’ve worked with people in a similar situation and we saw the generational welfare and drain on our taxpayer funded benefits. For a lot of illegals, the minute they arrive in the US and get their “freebies”, their life is already much better than they had and so they are content to stay where they are, getting everything for “free”, from the US taxpayer. They have no concept of taxes and they don’t understand that nothing is “free”, just like most democrats.
Have a difficult time feeling sorry for Mariners. These people voted these idiots in in the first place. You reap what you sow
Hmmmm….could this actually be about “votes”? How many illegals are still “hiding” in the country getting benefits from democrats via we the people…no doubt obtaining those “benefits” under the table….having gone back and read about their history going back to the “Civil” War that they fought to keep their slaves, who knows what else this anti-Constitution gang is up to.
But sadly that also involves rinos who are no more Republican than democrats…IE: George Bush Sr. in a video some time back was lauding the “New World Order”… and that basically shreds our Constitution, Bill of Rights, the 10 Amendments and no doubt our freedoms etc..
The present democrat party is no friend of this nation as it stands. They have proven over and over that they are anti-Constitution and most definitely despise our Bill of Rights and our 10 Amendments…the 2nd. Amendment being their most hated. Our state of Colorado is being destroyed by a democrat meglo-maniac who runs to the previous democrat governor when he’s asked pointed questions.
The leftist will do anything dirty, underhanded, deceitful to own this nation…
What sanctuary cities are after is not helping illegals for their sake, but to keep cheap labor around. If you look at construction companies, they “hire” illegals to do the hard work.
“Data analyzed by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) in 2024 is sobering and should give pause to Maine’s Democrat Governor.”
Really? Not if you come to understand that the goal of the Communists – er, I mean the Democrats – is nothing less than the destruction of our nation, by any and all means. And yes, everyone in office with a “D” after their name is part of it and is in on it. I know there are many people out there who don’t want to believe this, but it is time for everyone to wake up to reality and accept the facts.
The only good thing about this, is that ICE can operate inside Maine without the states consent. Hopefully one upside to this will be when the sanctuary legislators start going to prison.
Do you know Jonathan U, Americans have worked and still work very hard for their income. it’s very sad that you cannot see that America would be paying for criminals to live here. We are grateful that you have a heart for these people and it may come to the point where we have no more space to provide for them and I would guess that you may be able to open your home and your resources. to them…… five or six or even 10 people because they like to live in groups.
Robert, you are the best. praying for you and your state.
They’re counting on the illegal votes to get elected. If they spend as much time doing things that were worthwhile as they do cheating people that actually vote for them and they wouldn’t have to cheat. It’s just like unions if they’re so great they wouldn’t have to mandate membership by law people would be lined up to get in. But most people don’t want to get involved in the Democrat money laundering
Seems like the “democrats” just want to populate New England like they did the south, where they had those sprauling plantations and treated the slaves like, well, slaves. What lovely people.
They want to make Maine into a test state for all other blue states to follow. Why do they want to keep the illegals, to control the people. The citizens of this country. For power and serving the billionaires who have been supporting them forever. Silicon Valley tried to censor the citizens by calling their opinions dis or mis information on social media Why do we see a story in the paper about a murder or suicide or about 9/11 with a disclaimer. We never had this before. Our local paper had not one word about the Budget Bill passing. Not one. They wait till something bad happens and then you should see the coverage. Negative against Trump of course. The wolf problemen in our state gets daily and certainly more coverage when one of them gets killed than the our women and children being killed by illegals. And so it is in all these sanctuary states and cities. The news is not news it is propaganda plain and simple. The people in Maine need to wake up l, but will they. The people in CA are not awake either. They tried to recall Newsom and he won again. Bass should be impeached or at the least be ousted out of office. But people in LA were okay to let the city burn. That is how afraid the residents are, the democrats have brainwashed them. They rather have the illegals run their city into the ground than stand up and deport the elements that is destroying their city and state. CA is a test state for the rest of the country, under the democrats. Don’t let Maine become a sanctuary city just by a handful of politicians. The people should have a vote to decide if they want their tax money go to those who are here illegally. Maine with this action just became a communist state. Like Margaret Thatcher said communism works till you run out of other people’s money. It’s the robbing Peter to pay Paul syndrome and it doesn’t work.
Aiding and abetting, obstruction of justice, harboring a fugitive, violation of oath of office, perjury, misuse of legislative power, fraud waste and abuse of taxpayer funds, interfering with the duties of federal law enforcement agents …the list of violations by these law (maker) breakers is long, as should be the appropriate prison sentence that should in turn be inflicted upon them without bail, pardon, or parole because as so called legislators they have absolutely no mitigating circumstances to their crimes harming citizens by harboring foreign criminals.
You need a groundswell like DJT amassed last November. I hope your campaign is getting this info out to all Mainers so there is a much larger number who will vote and oust those presently in power.
If Mainers don’t vote the progressives out of office they get what they have asked for. I was taught many years ago that a nation, state, county or city gets the kind of government that i deserves.
Since the illegals are not supposed to vote, the democratic socialist Kriminal partei should allow each illegal to vote ten times. Since they are breaking the law to let them vote one time, why not demand they vote ten times?
So to make sure I get this, the Maine leftist government refuses to cooperate with ICE, threatens their law enforcement folk punishment, IF THEY ARE LAW ABIDING THEMSELVES, and I am of the opinion that President Trump could prosecute the whole bunch under RICO statutes. If this is not organized crime, I don’t know what would be.
What will be the last straw for Mainers to bring them to their senses? Will it be a dramatic crime or a slow drain of resources? Is tourism down or suffering because of the influx of illegals? Doubt that it is publicized enough for anyone to know. Obviously a state to avoid moving to!
Dems would ruin the country and their state just to grasp at more power?!?!? And how long do they think they’ll stay in power once at the mercy of the unmerciful? The unmerciful who would take food from the mouths of others, who would steal jobs and work under the table to the detriment of the hard working people of Maine and take school desks and lunches and medical care from those in need? People who would do these things will have no mercy for self serving politicians who get in their way. Simple self preservation should keep the governor from putting herself and her people in the hands of such unfeeling scoundrels.
we need an accountable gov now…. we need politicians gov employees and anyone that wont abide by the law to be jailed and after a trial sentenced
Regardless of party affiliation, the citizenry needs to be intelligent.
There is no way they feel this could be beneficial.
While the state’s government is Democrat,I hope there is still a few residents with logic & common sense.
Anyone harboring an illegal should be jailed or at least fined a nice hefty fine. And should no longer be such a thing as ‘anchor babies’. If a woman comes up here pregnant and has her kid, that kid is also illegal….deport both….and NO FREE MEDICAL.
Why can’t the governor be arrested for breaking the law? That’s what she is doing! There should not be any sanctuary states or cities in America!
Every action by politicians have core purpose of increasing votes for themselves; regardless of consequences. This may or may not be the will of the people.
When will voters in “sanctuary” cities and states vote these CREEPS out of office? Even if they disagree with us on other issues, hold your nose and vote Republican ONCE. Just try it and see if things get better or not!!
It’s a harsh reality of Maine that legislators care more about illegal aliens than the tax paying citizens of Maine. I didn’t not know how much clearer it can get! Wake up people!
Maine policy? Allegiance to far left wing motivations to disrupt and convert the US from within by use of the Cloward Piven strategy. These are not Americans, they are subversives masquerading as Americans. Voters let them do this. There can be no other reason. Useful idiots* on the left blindly enable this as there is nothing good in it for them but they’re too ignorant and intellectually lazy to inform themselves.
*A “useful idiot” is a term used to describe a person who is easily manipulated or exploited to support a cause or political agenda without fully understanding the consequences of their actions. This phrase often implies that the individual is unaware they are being used by others for their own purposes.
The rotten, radical liberals will fight against President Trump no matter what he does. If he found the cure for cancer, they would still rant and rave about it because they are mentally deranged. Not one of them will go against their party because if they do, they will be shunned and destroyed. Why they live like that shows us all what hateful, spiteful Satans they are. Please pray for President Trump’s safety and continued success of ridding our country of these horrific, criminal, illegal immigrants!
Each and every member of Maine’s congress that voted for that legislation should be recalled/impeached by Maine’s electorate! To the citizens of Maine I say, stand and fight now or apathy will bury you, with no personal freedoms.
I guess if the citizens of main don’t care about themselves or their State, then why should we. IMO
And the idiots keep electing Democrats. Wake up people. All you have to do is get sick of the crap and vote them the hell out of power. You have all the power. Stop listening to the biased media and the lying Democrats and think for yourself. You have all the power to change things.
Been so since day 1
It’s a continuous power grab by the elites to keep the people of Maine under their yoke. I could easily believe that corruption is the name of the game in Maine!
Also, don’t forget that illegal residents get counted in the Census, apportioning more seats for the state.
There is one reason why they are doing this is to show there hatred for President Trump and doing all the can to keep these gangs and others from being deported. Democrats are at fault for all that is going on. They want the riots to continue and violence.When you look at people like George Soros funding the Dems.
Just another example of Democrats hating on America and Americans.
The Democratic Party are enemies to the American people! They have stoled the tax payers money to support invaders of America! The Democratic Party must be treated for what they are, ENEMIES!!!!!
They’ll keep voting them in so let them deal with it. We need to make sure they aren’t using any federal dollars though.
Why “feel sorry” for Mainers? Their dizzy slide into socialism and self-destruction is the result of cumulative votes of the majority of Mainers! They apparently have rejected the opposition to this lunacy for years. So now the piper must be paid. RBC’s candidacy for Governor of Maine may offer them an alternative, but will they take it? Hasn’t happened yet.
I would say take all the Dems and Illegals and send them to Alligator Alcatraz, but gators can be kind of shy. Let’s put them someplace (outside this country) where the CROCODILES are!
Why? Because they are communists wanting to destroy freedom for Americans. People dependent on the government are far easier to control and complain less, and in Maine, they do not allow their citizens to be armed well enough to fight back against the crime. The whole of the Maine Legislature should be jailed for breaking Federal Law. Violating executive orders. The Governor of Maine at the very least should be jailed. And ICE, with their new increased budget, needs to start in such states heavily. I don’t know if ICE is offering rewards for private citizens informing on illegals, but if not, they should be, and make it double for people who live in “sanctuary” states. The Democrats are willing to break the law and Constitution to win elections by cheating anyway they can get away with. They are inherently bad, dishonest, criminal minded. They want illegals and all the problems they bring, because they do not care about Americans, the people who elected them. I don’t know if we can keep America free in a fair and totally legal manner. When the other side is constantly cheating and willing to even use violence to win. Decent people need to stay or get as well armed as you possibly can, stock up on ammo, stick to military calibers so ammo will be plentiful and easily available. Easy for me in TX, and we have had illegals here since the beginning of TX statehood in the 1840s. But we help ICE, however they need it. Our LE call ICE if the pull over someone with a deportation order, and hold them until ICE gets there.
We are old, a lot of us have mobility problems and other disabilities. But most of us can still pull a trigger. We are targets for crime already, from American criminals, who I also have no issue with shooting, we do not need illegal alien criminals too.
Some are good,decent hardworking People. But the rotten ones give them all a bad
Reputation. As long as the good Folks,in this case Maine, do not push back politically,
nothing will change,just get worse. So, no Pity anymore shut up and pay your Taxes.
In 1988 I was serving on a US Navy ship going through a yard period in Portland, ME. Portland at that time was a nice place, had a small town atmosphere, the people were friendly. I wonder what Portland is like today.
The Left are totally BLUEy in their brains!
There’s an easy solution for Sanctuary cities who cradle illegals and forgot their own citizens….TRASH all your Demoncrat politicians in every election , if you want to change the trajectory of your dying State. They don’t take care of you, but they do cater to the criminals? So, why do you vote for them?
Maine, will not do that, they are a far left state, they see nothing wrong.