Worcester, ICE and City Council
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Worcester City Council moved to Zoom citing "public safety concerns," which residents criticized in a rocky remote meeting Tuesday night.
During a City Council meeting Tuesday, residents accused municipal leaders and the police department of not doing enough to protect the community.
WORCESTER, Mass. (WCVB) – Families, protestors and neighbors filled the streets of Worcester, Massachusetts, on Sunday after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a mother in front of her daughters, including one who had a baby with her.
A rally will be held at 2 p.m. on May 11 on Worcester Common to protest the immigration raid by federal agents and subsequent arrests by Worcester Police on Eureka Street. The "emergency protest" is being put on by the recently formed nonprofit organization Mass 50501.
Worcester officials are facing “threats of violence” after ICE arrested a criminal illegal alien accused of assaulting her pregnant juvenile daughter with a phone charger cable,
Two police unions in Worcester are accusing City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj of District 5 of being aggressive and physically assaulting officers during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest on Eureka Street on May 8.
Some ICE altercations in Greater Boston turned violent last week, spurring a fear in local immigrant communities that this may be round-two of the "hell" Trump's border czar promised to bring.
Tensions rose in Worcester as ICE agents tried arresting a mother, sparking community outrage and a chaotic scene involving police.