Old Orchard Beach police, who hired him as a summer employee, said federal officials cleared him to work in May.

OLD ORCHARD BEACH (WGME) -- The police chief in Old Orchard Beach is speaking out and firing back at the federal government after one of the town's police officers was arrested by ICE. Jon Luke Evans was a recently hired summer reserve police officer in Old Orchard Beach.

ICE accused the police department in Old Orchard Beach of “knowingly” hiring an immigrant who is in the country illegally, which the police chief denied.