<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2bF90T_1Gznz3wZ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2bF90T_1Gznz3wZ00" width="800" height="450" >PORTLAND (WGME) - Maine’s immigrant population is up from last year, according to new census data.The numbers show more immigrants have moved to the state, and that many of them also later became U.S. citizens.Roughly 1.4 million people call Maine home. Census data shows about 67,000 of them are foreign-born residents. That’s up by more than 1,200 the year prior.More than half of those individuals are naturalized U.S. citizens, at about 35,000. And according to the data, more than 2,000 foreign-born Mainers became naturalized since last year.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3b61n4_1Gznz3wZ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3b61n4_1Gznz3wZ00" width="800" height="450" >It’s important to note the data comes with a 5 percent margin of error.Despite the data, Ruben Torres of the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition says many foreigners living across the state don’t necessarily feel safe.“There have been more people that were arrested this year than in the last two years combined. It has really been felt in our communities across Maine,” Torres said. Torres says based on activity on the Maine Immigrant Defense Hotline, there have been nearly two arrests every day across the state between May and August.More than 200 people were arrested in a four-day stretch in January during Operation Catch of the Day. And in July, an ICE agent shot and killed Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero in Biddeford.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1Bxcgs_1Gznz3wZ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1Bxcgs_1Gznz3wZ00" width="800" height="450" >“If you are a male between the ages of 25 and 44 with no criminal background, you are more likely to be the subject of enforcement in our state. And that has really put people at stress and shifted a lot of daily life for folks," Torres said. “Parents are having conversations with their kids about how can I make sure you get to an from school safely, and also this is what we need to do should mom or dad be arrested.”During the summer, three so-called "ICE Out" laws were passed in Augusta to prevent public offices in Maine from directly helping ICE agents with immigration enforcement.</div></body>

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PORTLAND (WGME) - Maine’s immigrant population is up from last year, according to new census data. The numbers show more immigrants have moved to the state, and that many of them also later became U.S. citizens. Roughly 1.4 million people call Maine home. Census data shows about 67,000 of...

Census data shows foreign-born, naturalized citizenship in Maine slightly increasing

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PORTLAND (WGME) - Maine’s immigrant population is up from last year, according to new census data. The numbers show more immigrants have moved to the state

Census data shows foreign-born, naturalized citizenship in Maine slightly increasing

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