ICE accused the police department in Old Orchard Beach of “knowingly” hiring an immigrant who is in the country illegally, which the police chief denied.

The chief of police in a Maine resort town has called for an investigation into the arrest by ICE of one of its officers.

A police department in Maine said one of its reserve officers was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement even though he had legal authorization to work in the U.S.