TRO Denied In Putative Class Suit Over Government’s Biometric Data Collection

( March 24, 2026, 3:51 PM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Maine — A federal judge in Maine on March 23 opined that a putative class complaint that accuses the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its various agencies of violating the constitutional rights of Maine residents by collecting their biometric and personal data while they are observing and recording public immigrant enforcement operations “raises serious constitutional issues” but declined to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) as the plaintiffs failed to sufficiently show a likelihood that they will succeed on the merits of their claims....