Immigration attorneys are warning immigrants without full legal status to avoid crossing state lines, especially into New Hampshire and Maine, due to local law enforcement agencies collaborating with federal immigration agencies on arrests — even of immigrants with valid work authorization.

As the Trump administration has stepped up its mass deportation agenda this year, several attorneys are warning their clients to steer clear of the two states after incidents of immigrants with work authorization being taken into custody when traveling to and from job sites.

Immigrants who lack full legal status, such as asylum seekers, should avoid states where local police departments might call federal immigration authorities, attorney Fernanda Marra Romeiro of Celedon Law in Marlborough told The

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