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Posted inImmigration
Video: ‘I was scared. I was really frightened’ says wife of Guatemalan detained in New Bedford
Marilú Domingo Ortiz spoke with The Light today after federal agents took her husband in New Bedford after smashing their car window with an axe. During the interview, she got […]
Posted inSouth Coast Rail
Dozens board 4:38 train from Boston to New Bedford
Arthur Hirsh reports from Boston as a late afternoon train makes its way to New Bedford.
Posted inImmigration 2025
Video: Raid was ‘street theater,’ former Mayor Lang says
“It could have easily been resolved by … lining everyone up, giving them a ticket, telling them ‘You got to be here.’ It was working people. This wasn’t a situation where they were rounding up MS-13.”
Posted inImmigration 2025
Video: Reliving the Bianco raid of 2007
Two workers who were detained, an immigration attorney, a former special agent for homeland security, and former Mayor Scott Lang recount the day and the aftermath. “Families were torn apart.”
Posted inThe Chat with Jack Spillane
The future for New Bedford scallopers: ‘Tough year ahead’
Federal regulations, the new Trump Administration, the economy, climate, and offshore wind all play a part in the livelihood of South Coast scallopers and the most lucrative port in the nation.
Posted inCity Hall
Follow our coverage of the mayors’ conference beginning today
Light Reporter Grace Ferguson is traveling to Washington, D.C., to report on the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Winter Meeting, which New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is attending. Her live coverage begins today.
