The chief of police in a Maine resort town has called for an investigation into the arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of

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.

The illegal immigrant arrested after allegedly trying to buy a gun provided a Massachusetts driver’s license during the application process to the Maine police department he has been working for, according to officials.