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On a Thursday morning, Evaristo Kalonji left his home in South Portland for work. It’s one of the four places the 26-year-old can be found on any given day: At home, at work, at church, or at English classes. It was Jan. 22, a few days into a surge that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement dubbed “Operation Catch of the Day.” They rolled into town that week with Fox News sitting shotgun, saying ICE had “approximately 1,400 targets” in Maine who had charges or convictions for a range of crimes such as assault and drug trafficking.