Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a husband and wife outside the Cumberland County courthouse in Portland after they left the building on Tuesday, in what ICE described as a "targeted enforcement operation." According to ICE, both are from African countries and had entered the U.S. legally approximately 10 years ago but overstayed their authorized periods of stay. Court records show one of the two had been indicted earlier this year on a theft charge for allegedly taking items from a Walmart in late 2025 and early 2026, and was scheduled to be arraigned that afternoon. The Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition said the arrests, captured on video, were the first it was aware of occurring outside the Cumberland County courthouse; officials confirmed ICE agents had been inside the courthouse that morning reviewing the public docket, though the arrests themselves occurred off courthouse property and local police said they had not been notified beforehand.