Armed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, along with agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), raided the Kobe Ninja House Japanese Grill in Bangor on Thursday, potentially leading to arrests.
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The restaurant, located at 829 Hogan Road, was closed during the operation on Thursday afternoon, and appeared to remain closed after law enforcement had left.
Border Patrol agents were seen outside with guns, helmets, masks, and bulletproof vests, according to a reporter from the Bangor Daily News who was on site.
Other agents can be seen exiting the building carrying multiple boxes, in a video posted to Facebook by Rep. Amy Roeder (D-Bangor).
A local school teacher allegedly informed Rep. Roeder that one of her students had been arrested during the raid as he went to work.
“There is a student a local student who has been abducted per reports, and we have no idea if that student who was abducted is a minor,” said Roeder.
Agents reportedly got into five vehicles, all with Maine license plates but without any federal markings, and left after the raid.
The Maine Wire reached out to the Japanese restaurant by phone, but no employees answered, and there was no option to leave a voicemail.
The Maine Wire also reached out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for more information, but they did not immediately respond.
According to media reports, three arrests were made. Agents were also seen leaving the restaurant carrying boxes.
The raid comes after the passage of LD 1971 in both chambers of the Maine legislature, a Democrat-led bill that implements sanctuary-state policies in Maine, severely restricting the ability of local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE and other immigration authorities.
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The bill does not stop federal immigration authorities from operating in Maine without the help of local law enforcement.
