Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine is claiming ICE has paused its large-scale immigration roundup in the state. Collins said she had urged Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to reconsider the operation, dubbed Operation Catch of the Day, that targeted the cities of Portland and Lewiston, which both have sizable Somali populations. Democratic officials have questioned Collins’s claim. A spokesperson for the Maine Democratic Party said, “Collins is trying to save face on the same day the Senate is set to vote on a DHS funding bill she has been leading the charge to pass without a single reform or guardrail to ICE’s reckless, dangerous behavior.”