The Trump administration is ramping up its aggressive approach to immigration as it begins its second year.

The Associated Press reported today that an internal memo shows some new federal immigration officers have been trained to forcibly enter homes without a judge's warrant,

a sharp reversal of guidance that protected constitutional limits.

That comes amid news that ICE's latest surge has targeted the state of Maine.

At least 50 people were arrested there earlier this week.

Some top local officials have condemned ICE's aggressive approach,

including Portland mayor Mark Dionne during a news conference today.

While we respect the law, we challenge the need for a paramilitary approach

for the enforcement of federal statutes.

What we've been concerned with as a council is the enforcement tactics that ICE has undertaken in other communities, which to our

mind appear to threaten and intimidate populations.

In Minnesota, there's been no let up in ICE's surge there now in its third week.

Today, a federal appeals court put a hold on a lower court's order

that had restrained federal immigration agents use of force against peaceful protesters.

State and local officials are continuing to push back against the federal presence in the Twin Cities,

and more details are coming to light about a naturalized U.S. citizen with no criminal record, according to his family,

who was arrested and detained by ICE in an incident that went viral.

Chong Li, Scott Tao, a resident of St. Paul, Minnesota, was later released and spoke recently

about the ordeal after he was pulled from his home out through the snow.

So I said, okay, just open the door, see what they want.

And then suddenly they said, like, guns pointed out us.

I thought, whoa.

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