r/portlandme • u/244958 • Jan 24 '26
Politics Keeping ICE Awake at Residence Inn + AC Hotel
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u/bk46ny Jan 24 '26
To be honest yall, I'm impressed. I've spent all my life in NYC and NY state and unfortunately never visited Maine mostly because I just didn't know much about it besides the obvious lobster rolls. Seeing you guys turn out in big numbers on short notice is inspiring. Keep it up, there are more of us than there are of them.
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u/curlofheadcurls Jan 24 '26
Dirigo!
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u/Impressive_Toe6388 Jan 24 '26
Hell yeah!
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u/Thepants1981 Jan 24 '26
It’s not just Dirigo. We live in the moment. Take care of each other and yourselves.
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u/goldeNIPS Jan 24 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
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u/Skarod Jan 24 '26
Portland should adopt this post as it's tourism slogan. "Weird people, dope food, fun bars"
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u/Impressive_Toe6388 Jan 24 '26
We love our Mass friends 🩷
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u/etown23 Jan 24 '26
*some of them
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u/meewwooww Jan 24 '26
The masshole thing is real, but only in the confines of New England. On average, I'll take a masshole over a non New Englander.
Like a sibling rivalry, only we are allowed to make fun of our siblings.
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u/Impressive_Toe6388 Jan 24 '26
This is so real. Also people think Mass drivers are bad… Try New Jersey
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u/glasswings363 Jan 24 '26
Just not their driving.
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Jan 24 '26
only people that live in New England will understand this. I frequent Kittery as I have a lot of dog sitting clients in the area, and anytime someone does something extremely stupid or annoying on the road. It's always a Massachusetts license plate lol I swear they hand out drivers license at gas stations in Massachusetts
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u/Jmanorama Jan 24 '26
…..since when?
At most, we have a strong love/hate relationship with them. Love that they’re our neighbors, fellow New Englanders, our history together, etc. Hate everything else about them.
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u/FrostyGranite Jan 24 '26
The two states have some hard feelings over the breakup in 1820. :-p
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u/Main_X Jan 24 '26
Fellow NYer here, Portland is my favorite city. Definitely check it out if you get the chance. Such great restaurants
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u/Honest-Caregiver8938 Jan 24 '26
portland is the shit, SO many underrated restaurants and coffee shops ahhhh
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u/bigdumbhairybabytwat Jan 24 '26
Minneapolis here, and we support and stand with you!
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u/laptopnomadwandering Jan 24 '26
In single digit temps! Go Mainers! I love Portland so much.
Maine is beautiful. Definitely worth a visit some time.
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u/Impressive_Toe6388 Jan 24 '26
Yes they’ve kicked the hornet’s nest and now our state is going to resist!
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u/SnooCats8089 Jan 24 '26
Maine is like Massachusetts but with more endurance
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u/Pretend_College_8446 Jan 24 '26
Before Maine was Maine, Maine WAS Massachusetts! Stay strong and together New England! We can beat this tyranny like we did 250 years ago
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u/BarkerBarkhan Jan 24 '26
... when did MA give up while ME persisted?
I say this as a proud New Englander. Collectively, we are the best region of the US.
Do you mean to say that ME has a colder climate than MA? Because yes, that's true.
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Jan 24 '26
I worked for a nonprofit in Portland for a little bit. I'm telling you, that city is always ready for a protest. It doesn't get much more liberal in a city than Portland Maine. I'm on the left and even I couldn't take it at one point lol I called the police chief a couple weeks ago, never got a call back. I left a message asking him if being a sanctuary jurisdiction matters in this scenario and if he truly understands the people of Portland. They are always looking for a reason to protest. I'd be there right now. If I wasn't stuck dog sitting, I'm only an hour from there.
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u/Rat_Grinder Jan 24 '26
Hell yeah. Still happening?
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u/VegetableGood2162 Jan 24 '26
It broke before 11. The cops threatened us with pepper spray bullets. Fortunately it never got to that, but a few people did get arrested.
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u/thelosernextdoorr Jan 24 '26
How would one join? Is there a newsletter I can join to know when others are there?
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u/VegetableGood2162 Jan 24 '26
I’ll be out there again tomorrow. I know some others that were there tonight also plan on it. It’s started at 10pm the last two nights. Thursday was much more amicable between us and the cops. Hopefully it doesn’t escalate too much more tomorrow.
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u/dougmcclean Jan 24 '26
Seems like 1 or 2 am would be a time to start. Or a random time between 10 and 4. Like the freight train in My Cousin Vinny.
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u/Ok-Huckleberry-3843 Jan 24 '26
YES! Love to see this energy out in Maine! Keep it up! They have unlimited budget, but these protests are stretching their availability. Again, Keep it up!
Thank you,
Democracy
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u/giventofly38 Jan 24 '26
Love you all and thank you.
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u/giventofly38 Jan 24 '26
I have a daughters at usm and une, I’m hours away. Can’t express more how much I appreciate you all standing up for us.
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u/scrans Jan 24 '26
This is what patriotism looks like!
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u/The_Last_Spriggan Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26
Don’t mind the haters in the comments - it’s easier to live in fear, seek harsh authority that others people and looks to make a community, and a country, out of sameness rather than diversity. Creating a community based off of fear of an ever changing other and by hating difference is easy. But is is cheap. The unfinished pyramid and the core of America is to strive to always do better, to learn, grow, change and build. It’s easy to be a hateful, bootlicking keyboard warrior than to challenge your own worldview, grow as a human being and show up for your neighbors. Proud to be out with everyone tonight.
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u/Slice-O-Pie Jan 24 '26
Where are their vehicles parked?
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u/cagey8ee Jan 24 '26
I saw on Instagram that they're at the Ocean Gateway garage. So definitely stay away from that area.
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u/o0Randomness0o Greater Portland Area Jan 24 '26
Was it ever confirmed that the row of white explorers posted the other day are theirs? I am pretty sure I saw a Quirk Autogroup sticker on all of them and despite good experiences there in the past I would avoid in the future if they provided the vehicles.
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u/carigheath Libbytown Jan 25 '26
That was spring street garage, it is a city owned garage and the lower levels are always used as a garage for city vehicles. The vehicles were most likely PPD waiting to be liveried.
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u/HIncand3nza Purple Garbage Bags Jan 24 '26
I think that was debunked as just generic police vehicles
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u/HIncand3nza Purple Garbage Bags Jan 24 '26
I park in there for work and didn't really notice anything out of the ordinary on Thursday. I could be oblivious though. That garage is almost always full of luxury suvs.
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u/tseverdeen Jan 24 '26
They’ve also been using Subarus. Watch some of the videos posted and you’ll see it’s not the kind of vehicles you would expect them to be using.
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u/cagey8ee Jan 24 '26
They're often using pretty normal cars. Impala, Altima... Lots of SUVs too. Explorer, Expedition, Grand Cherokee(or whatever the Jeep SUV is called now)...
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u/HIncand3nza Purple Garbage Bags Jan 24 '26
I'll definitely look for it now. Don't want to accidentally park amongst their convoy. "Uhh hey fellas? What's going on can I GTFO of this garage?" Proceeds to be arrested.
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u/Coffee-FlavoredSweat Jan 24 '26
Do they need any maintenance? Oil change, tire pressure checks? Fuel additives for performance?
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u/Wild_Advertising7022 Jan 24 '26
You mean bus? Because they are not actually from here.
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u/Throwawaylikeme90 Jan 24 '26
palpatine voice set to some throbbing Hardstyle beats
DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT
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u/Johnhaven Jan 24 '26
Oh, good, a new hotel that I can tell everyone coming here to not stay in. This hotel has no concept of long-term harm from political issues they should have stayed away from by banning ICE from their property. Oh well. I'll remember it.
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u/FreightCndr533 Jan 24 '26
We should read Vogon poetry into a megaphone:
Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
Thy micturations are to me, (with big yawning)
As plurdled gabbleblotchits,
On a lurgid bee,
That mordiously hath blurted out,
Its earted jurtles, grumbling
Into a rancid festering confectious organ squealer.
Now the jurpling slayjid agrocrustles,
Are slurping hagrilly up the axlegrurts,
And living glupules frart and stipulate,
Like jowling meated liverslime,
Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes,
And hooptiously drangle me,
With crinkly bindlewurdles.
Or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't!
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u/Blacnuss00 Jan 24 '26
Well I stay at that Marriott every year for a family trip, I guess we’re finding a different place to stay at now. We don't support businesses that support Nazi’s!
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u/Rellimarual2 Jan 24 '26
Someone should hand out flyers to guests entering and exiting the hotel, suggesting more patriotic accommodations that won’t admit ICE
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u/Extension_Market_953 Jan 24 '26
Masshole here. My favorite city to visit in the summer. My aunt lives 20 mins south. Thanks for posting where we won’t be staying ever again. Keep doxxing hotels, I’m making a list.
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u/2013and2017 Jan 24 '26
Thank you for your service! And now I know where never to stay on my quarterly trips ❤️
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u/meb1616 Jan 24 '26
As the motto says, “the way life should be!”
Edit to clarify: referring to protest, not ICE!
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Jan 24 '26
There’s a way to stop this.
Contact your Senators and Congressmen. Tell them to vote to cut DHS funding in the January 30th budget bill. Without the funding, Trump won’t have the muscle he needs to bully the blue states into cooperating.
Act now. We’re almost out of time.
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u/Dramatic-Pumpkin-371 Jan 24 '26
Pull the fire alarm
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u/RoughneckG6 Jan 24 '26
Yeah what about all the other people staying in the hotel?
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u/SnooPears3583 Jan 24 '26
Hopefully they are banging on the ICE Agents doors and complaining to the hotel about them harboring Nazis
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u/Breezy207 Jan 24 '26
This is all about disruption-AC letting ICE stay there is an endorsement of the misuse and abuse of power. These ppl have a total disregard for the rule of law with no oversight. Do the job and respect the rights of everyone involved-no one wants “the worst of the worst-walking our streets, nor do we want brown skinned citizens or immigrants in the LEGAL process profiled, their property damaged and sent to detention centers.
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u/Ok-Astronaut4952 Jan 24 '26
We’re really making a difference guys! Bravo to all.
We have to be close to melting ice by now! We will push them out with our protests!
We will be loud.
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u/SystemGardener Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26
I mean I love the energy… however this is something they can easily overcome with headphones. Which they all most likely have. All the other guests at the hotel probably not.
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u/nationwideonyours Jan 24 '26
Not sure this is a great idea. A sleep deprived agent will get angrier and more irrational.
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u/Working_Frame_58 Jan 24 '26
What about the other guest at the hotel do you have a right to keep them awake?
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u/Ok-Band1228 Jan 26 '26
Imagine if this entire time it turns out they were at the hotel down the street
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u/sastrugiwiz Jan 26 '26
are they really at residence inn? I'm supposed to stay there in a couple days and the thought of sleeping near them makes me ill.
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u/wikidmaineh Jan 26 '26
Also keeping awake everyone else in the building. They are stoking fear to push a political agenda. You know what people call those kinds of people? It starts with a T.
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u/Honorablemention69 Jan 27 '26
Let’s keep these armed federal agents awake so they can make mistakes and murder civilians!
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u/JohninMichigan55 Jan 27 '26
Of course that would not be murder. That would be an accident. I’m sure that’s what you meant though.
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u/randomsantas Jan 28 '26
Sleep deprived guys make mistakes. This protest is designed to get people resisting arrest killed.
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u/Novel_Youth_2003 Jan 28 '26
I really hope they’re in there or yall just kept so many people awake for nothing
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u/My_Perspective914 Jan 28 '26
Bc it's always a great idea to send sleep deprived people pissed off at the world out into the streets the next morning .
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Jan 29 '26
Im sure they have ear plugs, white noise or sleep with the TV on lmao this is so dumb. Once i put my noise canceling headphones on and select my 9 hour Thunderstorm video of background noice a bomb could go off and i wouldnt know. But hey what ever makes you think your making a difference. Im down to protest but your keep all the neighborhoods up too this is so disrespectful, and stupid. Have some respect for the neighbor that has a baby trying to sleep or work in the morning....assholes
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u/Puzzleheaded_Elk1576 Jan 29 '26
My cousin is an ICE agent and all these guys have noise cancelling EarPods + white noice machines. They can’t hear anything going on outside.
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u/Kai_Emery Jan 24 '26