Immigration

The wife of Seamus Culleton, a 38-year-old Irish man who has lived in the Boston area for nearly 20 years, is urging federal immigration officials to release her husband after ICE agents arrested him in September.

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.

During a senate hearing Thursday, acting ICE director Todd Lyons said federal officials spoke with the governor about the facility's economic impact. Gov. Kelly Ayotte said his comments were not true.

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El Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas ha arrestado a más de 270,000 personas desde que el presidente Trump asumió el poder hace un año. Para una familia en Manchester, un arresto de ICE significa la pérdida de un esposo, padre y cuidador.

Los funcionarios escolares de Manchester recibieron informes de una posible actividad de ICE en la ciudad el miércoles y jueves.

School officials in Manchester received reports of potential ICE activity in the city on Wednesday and Thursday.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested more than 270,000 people nationwide since President Trump took office a year ago. For one Manchester family, an arrest by ICE has meant the loss of a husband, father, and caretaker.

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."

Bishop Robert Hirschfeld pointed to instances throughout history when clergy members put their lives at risk to protect the vulnerable. He said a similar response could be warranted today.