A Maine seasonal police officer arrested by immigration agents last week is being detained in a Massachusetts prison.

The ICE arrest of a police officer in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, who the agency claims was in the country unlawfully, has sparked a days-long exchange of blame between the resort town's police department and DHS.

Federal officials arrested a Maine police officer they said overstayed his visa. His department said DHS had earlier verified the officer’s work eligibility.

Immigrant advocacy groups filed suit accusing ICE agents of systematically targeting brown-skinned and Spanish-speaking people in Southern California.

A panel from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling late Friday, saying the Department of Justice’s arguments to stay a lower court ruling did not meet the standard for