Simón Rios

The pace of arrests is more than four times that in the last 15 months of the Biden administration. Under Trump arrests have swept up people from 100 countries, with the highest numbers coming from Brazil and Guatemala. They took place at local courthouses, police departments, the federal courthouse in Boston and in the streets of Massachusetts cities and towns.

The Iranian diaspora in the U.S. is watching rapid developments in Iran with cautious optimism.

In some cases, police alert ICE to pick up people facing serious criminal charges.

Democratic Gov. Maura Healey is calling on her counterpart in New Hampshire to “do everything in her power” to stop ICE from building out a new detention facility north of the Massachusetts border.

Though the Trump administration claims Massachusetts is a “sanctuary state,” some local police cooperate with ICE routinely. The relationships vary town by town, and departments largely decide for themselves whether to volunteer information to ICE — or even hand people over.

Dmitrii Georgiev was on vacation when he said his GPS led him to a U.S. port of entry in Vermont. By the time he realized that, it was too late. He'd spend months in a black hole of ICE custody and felt he was "not in America."

Venezuelans across the country welcomed news about the ousting of President Nicolás Maduro, but also worry about what could come next.

Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said ICE activity has impacted hundreds of cases prosecuted by his office — noting instances in which defendants got detained during proceedings, as well as times when victims and witnesses were afraid to cooperate because of agents' presence.

A Louisiana immigration judge has granted bond to Bruna Ferreira, the 33-year-old Revere woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Michael Leavitt denies his family called ICE on his ex. Court records and police reports reveal a bitter custody battle, years-old allegations of threats to call immigration authorities and concerns for the child when his mother stayed in a vacant mansion.