Head of ICE tells newspaper the agency is planning to ‘surge’ during return to Mass.

Democratic lawmakers call for release of Tufts student from Ice detention

Jim McGovern and Ayanna Pressley exhort authorities to free Rümeysa Öztürk, calling her treatment ‘repression’A group of high-profile Democratic lawmakers has called on the Donald Trump administration to immediately release the Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, praised her “unwavering spirit” and warned that the White House is engaging in “repression”.In a New York Times essay published on Friday morning, the US senator Ed Markey…

GOP lawmaker pushes bill that would require Maine to comply with ICE

A Republican lawmaker in Maine has introduced a bill that would require state and local agencies to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts.

ICE coming back to Greater Boston for second sweep, director tells newspaper

Three months after federal agents were seen going door to door in East Boston, it appears ICE is coming back to Boston for another sweep, the agency's director...

Head of ICE tells newspaper the agency is planning to ‘surge’ during return to Mass.

Federal immigration officers are planning a return to Massachusetts to make more arrests after a January sweep, Todd Lyons reportedly said Thursday.

Mass. lawmakers visit ICE detention facility in Louisiana, demand release of students

Lawmakers said Öztürk, of Tufts University, and Khalil, of Columbia University, appeared to be in decent health, but they are wracked with fear. The delegation expressed outrage that students are being held for voicing their views, and accused the Trump administration of violating their constitutional rights.