PORTLAND, Maine — Portland Mayor Mark Dion held a news conference Thursday afternoon to clarify the federal funding grant the city accepted for the Portland International Jetport.

City councilors agreed to accept the $18 million grant, which was previously reported to be $21 million, and reject wording in the agreement that would mandate the city to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

The grant agreement was signed late Thursday. Portland communications director Jess Grondin shared more details about the agreement through email.

"Note that the new language was added by USDOT, not ICE. The immigration enforcement provision that is the subject of the litigation is in section 31 on page 12. After the court issued the preliminary injunction, DOT added sectio

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