Kennedy Park football community responds to immigration crackdown in Maine

Immigrants and refugees who play pick-up football at Kennedy Park in Portland have organized deliveries and campaigned for a detained teammate amid US immigration enforcement.

• US immigration officials detained 17-year-old Kennedy Park footballer Joel Andre and his family; they were released after four months.
• Community coordinator Anthony Fiori said players and their families were too afraid to leave their homes during the ICE raids.
• The football community organized over 70 grocery deliveries for those who avoided venturing out at the height of the sweeps.
• Joel Andre's family, whose asylum application was denied by the US, were detained by ICE after traveling to Canada to seek asylum.