A new law in Maine will limit state and local law enforcement agencies' cooperation with federal immigration officials. The law is set to take effect on Wednesday, along with other measures that seek to restrict the state's cooperation with civil immigration enforcement. The "ICE Out of Policing" law restricts state and local law enforcement agencies, including jails, from assisting federal authorities with civil immigration enforcement. Some agencies continued contacting immigration officials, while Scott Stewart, president of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association, warned that limiting cooperation could expose Maine agencies to federal funding cuts or increased enforcement. "When politicians bar local law enforcement from working with DHS, our law enforcement officers have to have a more visible presence so that we can find and apprehend the criminals let out of jails and back into communities," the agency said.