Officer arrested by ICE is missed by colleagues and was eligible to work

Old Orchard Beach, Maine – The police officer arrested by the immigration authorities in a city in Maine was a member of confidence of the force who is missing his colleagues, officials announced on Wednesday, expressing his frustration in the face of the lack of information on the Federal Government affair.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested on July 25 of the Orchard Beach police department, Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, on July 25. The agency, which accelerated arrests across the country to complete the promise of mass deportations of President Donald Trump, said that Evans had exceeded his visa and illegally tried to buy a firefighter.

The police chief Elise Chard said that the American Ministry of Internal Security has verified that Evans had been approved by the federal government to work in the country in May and that the city and police service has received no information on the case of Evans, its current location or if it is represented by a lawyer.

ICE officials did not respond to the request for comments by e-mail and by phone on Wednesday.

Evans had respect for his peers and quickly became a value officer, and his arrest was discouraging for a department that relies on seasonal aid during the busy summer months, said Chard. She said that Evans has a woman who continues to live locally.

“I hope it can be resolved and there will be a conclusion of the reprehensible act on the part of anyone and he can continue his life as he wanted,” said Chard.

CHARD said the ministry was informed by federal officials that Evans was legally authorized to work in the country and that its authorization document would not express before 2030. It declared that the City had submitted information via the E-VERIFY program of the Ministry of Homeland Security before Evans’ employment. E-VERIFY is an online system launched in the late 1990s which allowed employers to verify whether potential employees can work legally in the United States, some major private employers use it, but most do not do so.

Deputy Homeland Security Secretary, Tricia McLaughlin, told WMTW-TV that the use of E-Verify “does not dresses employers of their legal obligation” to check the legal employment status.

“The reckless dependence of the Old Orchard Beach police department at the E-Verific Veliance to justify the armament of an illegal foreigner, Jon Luke Evans, violates federal law and does not absolute not having carried out basic checks to verify legal status,” said McLaughlin at the post.

Municipal director Diana Asanza said that the Ministry of Internal Security “had questioned her own electronic verification system” accusing the city of hiring an unauthorized worker.

“If we must not trust the word of the federal computer system which checks documents and eligibility for employment, what is this system for?” Asanza said.

Ice said in a statement on Monday that Evans admitted to his police that he had tried to buy a firearm for his job as a police officer. This sparked an alert from the alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, who coordinate with the ice to arrest, the agency said in a statement.

Evans initially entered the country legally and was to leave the United States in October 2023, but has never risen aboard its leaving flight, the statement said. He then exceeded his visa, he said.

Chard said the police service is investigating the circumstances surrounding the arrest.

The head of the deputy majority of Maine, the representative, Lori K. Gramlich, an old democrat of Orchard beach, said that she called for a federal examination of the E-Verify and DHS authorization process which allowed Evans to start work in May. She declared in a press release that she also wanted “clearer protocols to ensure that local police are officially informed in advance of any action involving its staff”.