Stand Up for Human Rights

Legislature of the State of Maine

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We call on all Mainers to take action. Our state government must stop enabling violence, discrimination, and abuse—whether in our own communities or beyond our borders.

By signing this petition, you demand that our leaders:
✅ End all collaboration between Maine state and local agencies and ICE/DHS
✅ Cut ties with corporations and governments that commit war crimes or violate human rights
✅ Protect our communities and invest in dignity, not detention

ICE and DHS tear families apart, detain people without cause, and terrorize immigrant communities. Corporations profit from war, occupation, and oppression. Maine must stop helping them.

Let’s hold our leaders accountable. Let’s make sure our tax dollars don’t fund harm.

Add your name today. Share this call. Push for justice.

We build safety and freedom by standing together. Let’s lead with courage.

Additional Co-Sponsors (without Action Network accounts)

To sponsor as an organization, please email maineforpeaceandhumanrights@gmail.com.

To: Legislature of the State of Maine
From: [Your Name]

We, the undersigned residents of Maine, call on our state government to take immediate and decisive action to uphold human rights, protect our communities, and ensure our public resources are not used to fund or facilitate harm.

Specifically, we demand the following:

1. A statewide ban on all collaboration between state agencies (including law enforcement, public institutions, and local governments) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ICE and DHS have been responsible for extensive human rights violations, including family separations, prolonged detention of asylum seekers, illegal imprisonment and expulsions, and the targeting of immigrant communities. This mistreatment has been ongoing for decades and has only increased since the start of Trump’s second term. No state resources should be used to assist or legitimize these abusive federal practices. Local law enforcement must not act as extensions of federal immigration enforcement. Trust, safety, and human dignity for all must come first.

2. A ban on state investments in companies and countries complicit in war crimes, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, or systemic human rights abuses.

This includes divesting from corporations that profit from military occupation, surveillance technologies used for repression, and detention facilities. It also includes ending any financial relationships with regimes currently engaging in internationally condemned violations of human rights. Our public funds must not bankroll violence and oppression anywhere in the world.

As residents, taxpayers, and state workers, we refuse to be complicit in systems of violence. Building on Governor Mills’ resistance to Trump’s policies, our state must lead with integrity, justice, and a commitment to protecting all people—regardless of national borders or country of origin.

We urge our elected officials to enact legislation that affirms these demands and reflects our values. It's time to divest from oppression and invest in human dignity.