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Immigration agents blocked the car that a Guatemalan man and his wife were driving in and smashed a window to detain him without presenting a warrant on Monday. Credit: Gerardo Beltran Salinas with provided video

A Guatemalan immigrant with no Massachusetts criminal record was arrested Monday on Tallman Street after federal agents shattered the glass on his vehicle as he and his wife waited inside the car for their lawyer to arrive.

Juan Francisco Méndez, 29, who was taken to an undisclosed location, has been in the United States for two years and was undocumented, but pursuing an adjustment of his immigration status, according to his attorney, Ondine Gálvez. Méndez’s wife, Marilú, a beneficiary of an asylum program, had petitioned for him so he could regularize his status. They are the parents of one child.

Gálvez said Méndez has no criminal record. A name and date of birth search in the Massachusetts judicial system showed that Méndez has no criminal record in the state, according to a clerk at the New Bedford District Court.

According to Marilú, the couple had just left their home when they noticed unfamiliar vehicles parked along their street. Despite this, they continued on their way until three cars blocked them in. Armed men wearing green bulletproof vests ordered them to get out of the vehicle, she said.

In video shot by Marilú and shared with The Light, one of the agents demanded that they open the door. Méndez replied that he would comply once his lawyer arrived, who was already on her way to assist him.

“Roll down the window so we can talk,” another agent insisted, while Méndez’s wife asked if they had an arrest warrant for her or her husband.

The tense standoff took about 30 minutes. The couple were taken from their car after an agent smashed in the rear right window.

“They pulled us out violently. They treated us very harshly,” Méndez’s wife recalled through tears.

“They are acting with total impunity,” said Gálvez, referring to the federal agents — one of whom was wearing a vest labeled “FBI.”

“Imagine if a child had been in that car. I’m ashamed of what this country is becoming,” she added.

Representatives from several local organizations, including the Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores, Community Economic Development Center, and Mujeres Victoriosa, arrived on the scene to support Méndez and his wife. 

The representatives tried to file a report with the local police. However, an officer from the New Bedford Police Department at first refused to take the complaint, stating that the federal agents were not accountable to municipal law enforcement, a Light reporter on the scene observed. However, a police officer later took the complaint and gave Méndez’s wife a piece of paper with an address and a serial number.

On Monday afternoon, Méndez contacted his wife from custody. “He called me to ask for the lawyer’s phone number. He didn’t tell me where he is,” said Méndez’s wife.

At least 15 people have been detained by federal agents in New Bedford since Jan. 20, the date the new administration took office.

Between March 18 and 23, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted what it called an “enhanced enforcement operation” across Massachusetts, resulting in the detention of 370 people the agency described as “illegal aliens,” including 205 who “had significant criminal convictions or charges.” The Light has confirmed that at least eight of those arrests took place in New Bedford, bringing the city’s total to 15 ICE-related detentions since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Among those detained were José Antonio Garcia Garcia, 39, and Miguel Ordoñez Sorocop, 35. According to several teenagers who were in the home at the time, ICE agents entered the house without a warrant on March 21, using a battering ram and wearing military-style fatigues. The agents pointed their weapons at the children’s faces as they were eating breakfast before school.

Others detained in New Bedford include three Guatemalan workers from the Minit Man Car Wash on Purchase Street and one worker from Bob’s Tire on Brook Street. These arrests are part of a broader enforcement trend in the city that has raised concerns among local residents and community leaders.

Email Gerardo Beltrán Salinas at gerardo@newbedfordlight.org

Anastasia Lennon contributed reporting.

275 replies on “Lawyer: Federal agents detain Guatemalan man, 29, with no criminal record”

  1. The use of Gestapo tactics to arrest and detain people in this country for deportation without a warrant or opportunity for representation by a lawyer in court is a violation of the US Constitution. The US Constitution states” We the People” not we the citizens. The founders meant it to apply to all residents. We are all entitled to due process and the opportunity to defend ourselves in a court of law. If this administration can make these people disappear to a prison camp, either in this country or another dictator-ruled country such as El Salvador, then this administration can do it to any of us, even citizens such as your neighbor, your relative or even you. This is just one of the many ways in which this administration is violating our US Constitution which the President and his Cabinet have sworn an oath of office to protect. We should all be out on the streets protesting this.

    1. I agree with everything you said, Ms. Constant–and so should everyone else because it is all fact-based. There is no one iota of fake news in what you wrote. Thank you.

        1. Which is a civil offense, not a federal crime. Neither of which is a justification to barge in and stick guns at children eating breakfast.

          2. America plunges into darkness. Krushnev was right. Russia doesn’t have to destroy the United States. The United States is being destroyed from within. Garland should have had Trump imprisoned, instead we’ve turned into theocratic fascist plutocracy.

          3. They also refused to comply with the order given to them. If he was not guilty of anything do what the officer tells you to do.
            THAT’S THE LAW

          4. Entering the country illegally is a federal offense……no cop is gonna wait for a lawyer to show up no matter if you are an American or not. Should have rolled the window down.

          1. How about people make their status legal before they spend two years in the country? Bet you money I don’t have, if Harris had won, he wouldn’t have bothered to try to fix his status. Regardless of your immigration status when the cops tell you to roll down your window, that’s what you do. Refuse and they can and will, break your window, pull you out and arrest you.

          2. Juan Francisco Méndez, 29, who was taken to an undisclosed location, has been in the United States for two years and was undocumented. That means he was here illegally. The Wife may have been here under Biden’s Asylum program, but sadly, that has been greatly abused and utilized as little more than a HUGE loophole who’s sole purpose was to irradiate the voting system we have in place.

            I am a firm believer in the legitimate asylum program.

            They had Spanish speaking and English speaking law enforcement professionals on scene. They attempted to reason with the occupants of the car… just like a traffic stop on the side of a highway, the officers on scene are NOT going to wait for an attorney. The occupants failed to comply with lawful orders. To encourage people to behave in this manner is extremely dangerous. These agents have a job to do,

        3. And that justifies grabbing people without warrants? Mot following the rule of law? Terrorizing them, treating them like trash?

        4. The wife wasn’t and the husband’s lawyer was dealing with his status as they were being harrassed! And they stll have to be presented with an arrest warrant and be given due process!

        5. So? Doesn’t justify this! Due process. Sickening that you are cool with this fascist b.s.

          1. A quoted remark from another one of these goons when they were questioned about taking some poor dude was, “we can do it, this is Trump’s country now”. So, so sad how one man, Trump, can encourage, foster, legitimize, give permission for all the bad actions that angry, racist, violently inclined people have probably been wanting to do with impunity their whole lives. The law was probably the only thing stopping many of them previously. Now there is another “law” in town. Another quoted remark when two goons were looking for some kid, they found a kid and one says “it’s not him”, and the other said, “let’s just take him anyway”. So sad for the US!

          2. Sleepy Joe Biden
            allowed millions of
            Unverified illegals to
            cross our borders
            Which he should be tried for treason
            and now we have to make sure they get due process
            Give me break
            This country is full of idiots

        6. No, the wife had status and he had protection under that status. Irregardless, no warrent was shown, no identification given for detaining officers, no reason for that level of violence. Thankful the child wasn’t in the car.

          1. We can’t even tell if these are actual ICE or HSI agents. They produce no identification or produce any paperwork. They could be a bunch of MAGA thugs for all anyone knows.

        9. Please educate yourself and look up the difference between “illegal” and “criminal.” Instead of cracking down on people entering the country before getting a visa, we should crack down on people who talk before knowing what they’re talking about.

          1. Smashing car windows, manhandling people, dragging them from their homes and work. These thugs don’t show up with warrants or even proper identification. At a southern California ELEMENTARY school last week, men dressed in casual clothes tried to pass as normal visitors. When asked for names, identification, and purpose, they either lied or refused to provide the information. The principal of that school was the hero who protected those children and sent them on their way. Every one of us needs to stand, in whatever way we can, against the thuggery and inhumanity of Trump/Musk nation.

        11. This is not the way you get treated in the US! What a lack of humanity! Cruelty, sinful. Everyone deserves due process under the Constitution – a fair trial for all.

        12. no, they were not here illegally, that is what the Trump administration is saying, but the Trump administration is not following the law. These people entered the country and were processed at the boarder. They were given documents so that they could have residency while they wait for an asylum date. It takes years! In the meantime, they can work and live in the US. They are not eligable for housing assistance, but they do pay taxes. All people have the right to remain silent and contact their attorney. These people were waiting for their attorney to arrive. She was on route to this location when the agents smashed in the windows.

        14. No way to know that without a hearing. What if YOU were arrested based on a belief by ICE that you were here illegally, no opportunity to defend yourself, and then shipped off to another country without a trial? You don’t think that can happen to you? Better think again.

          1. Maybe we should lock them all up while they wait for their due process so we can decide if they belong here before we reward their crime.

        17. They were acquired and put in detention illegally as well. I bet you feel the latter was justified. Illegal behavior is just as bad no matter who’s doing it.

        18. You people would have been ok with deporting Jews into concentration in the ‘30’s. This is just another group to hate on to make yourself feel better

        20. Human beings have due process if their bodies are in our country. It doesn’t matter. We don’t have laws and processes. These militia thugs didn’t know those processes because they are in-badged vigilantes just looking to attack brown-skinned people. They had no warrant. No ID. These are basic protocol. These people were absolutely within their right to ask to wait for their lawyer and stay in their car. The thugs destroyed their property, and assaulted this family.

          Please read the article and get educated about the Constitution because it is being dismantled. They will eventually come for you, too.

    2. He is here illegally. That is criminal. He just hasn’t been convicted of a crime yet. Just like anyone who breaks the law. They don’t need a warrant to arrest you if they have probable cause a crime has been committed. He illegally entered the country. That is a crome.

        1. NOOOO, ANYONE WHO BREAKS THE LAW GETS ARRESTED, PUT INJAIL, HAS ACCESS TO A LAWYER AND A COURT SYSTEM…..THESE PEOPLE THEY ARE ARRESTING JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T BECOME CITIZEN’S YET ARE NOT TREATED THE SAME AS A PERSON WHO HAS JUST SHOT SOMEONE…….THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND AGAINST THE MASSACHUSETTS LAWS

      2. How did they identify that he was who they SUSPECTED he was? Being present in the United States without proper legal authorization is not, in itself, a criminal offense. While federal immigration law does address the issue, the violation is considered a civil infraction, not a criminal one. This means that a person may face removal (deportation) proceedings and potential fines, but they cannot be charged with a federal criminal offense simply for being present in the country without proper documentation. It is, LITERALLY, what DUE PROCESS is for: to determine who someone is and what, if any, violations have occurred and what can and should be done.

        DUE PROCESS does not occur in the three hours it takes to pull someone out of a car and disappear them to a holding cell states away (or a prison in a foreign country.)

      3. Usually, police office will not destroy property to arrest a compliant non violent offender. While he broke the law, their methods were completely unneeded and excessive.

          1. The man in the car was compliant. He had a right to remain silent and contact his attorney. She was on her way to the scene. The man in the car was doing exactly as he should have. The US border patrol had accepted him into this country with documentation to be able to live and work in this country and wait for his asylum hearing.

        2. Next time you are stopped for a traffic violation, try the same behavior as the occupants of this vehicle. See if you, an American citizen are treated any differently. You WILL be surprised as that is NOT compliant.

        1. sorry, this is grossy incorrect, what you have been propagandized and told is that the “civil” penalties clause that was added (civil paneity of $50 -$250) is IN ADDITION to the illegal entry being a misdemeanor to felony crime

          entering illegal is now BACK to be an automatic deportation, and automatic denial of asylum claim

          no more gaming the system

          1. I see propaganda, but it isn’t Karina’s comment. Just because Führer Trump and his obergruppenführer say so doesn’t make it law…

          2. Why are so many of the knee-jerk responders on social media parroting buzz words and/or confidently stating incorrect information? I’m also confused about why, so often, theere is a concerning lack of rudimentary punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.

      6. No, actually, it’s not a crime to be here illegally. A violation, yes. A crime, no. Please study the Constitution and immigration law before making uninformed declarations.

        1. Republicans and MAGA have no respect for the Constitution. Most of them have never read the document, except for the 2nd Amendment, so they can buy firearms, and the 5th Amendment, so they can refuse to answer questions.

        2. While immigration violations are considered civil offenses, §§ 1325 and 1326 are misdemeanor and felony violations, respectively, in the criminal context. Please understand the law before you comment.

      7. Illegally entered is the equivalent of having a ticket for illegally parking. And even then, you have an opportunity appear in court & a right to due process. Can you imagine having your car window busted out, being drug out of your car & shipped to a Max Prison in another country for that parking ticket?!

        1. So many keyboard lawyers thinking they know the law. Entering illegally is a crime and not the equivalent of a parking ticket.

          Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

          https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325

          1. That’s the same sentence you would get for any minor misdemeanor. Look at your local municipal ordinances. Cutting down a tree in your own yard without a permit is punishable by 6 months in jail in Atlanta.

          2. He wasn’t entering or attempting to enter, he didn’t elude examination, he wasn’t misrepresenting any material fact. Whatever code you just cut and pasted, he didn’t meet any of those criteria.

      8. If you read the article, he was “actively pursuing an adjustment to his status”. If someone with no criminal record or ties is actively pursuing citizenship they should be allowed to continue that process. So your argument doesn’t hold water.

        2. He should have actively pursued entering legally first instead of trying to fix it after he committed a crime. There are millions waiting in line obeying the law. Not fair to them.

          1. Show us the federal law that says entering the U.S. as described is a crime. You can’t. There isn’t one. You’re making stuff up.

      9. There are 11 millions of undocumented people
        Are there enough jails in this country to put them in? Who is going to cook, cleaning, construction, restaurants etc etc?,it would be easier n better for everyone give them a permit authorization and let them stay here legally

        1. No it won’t. Enter LEGALLY and you can cook and clean all you want without fear of deportation. Which part of ILLEGAL don’t you understand?

          1. The part where they deported someone who was here legally as a protected asylum seeker. The admin says one thing and then they do another and they spin the lies and flout the law.

          2. Because you were apparently lucky enough to have been born here doesn’t make you superior or knowledgeable about the law. Where one was born is not their “fault”. There is no such thing as an “illegal immigrant”. It’s like calling a child who has one parent “illegitimate.” The child is not “illegitimate.” The migrant is just that — a migrant. Or immigrant, if you prefer.

        2. 14 million alone during the biden horde, add another 10-15 million before that

          jails? its called automatic internment in a camp wait for a plane rid eout, ramped up to 15,000 per day to make a nice dent in the problem

          simple to do

          deport all of them

          1. I find the extreme, vicious hatred for immigrants in some of these comments astounding. What improvement to their lives do these people think will occur if immigrants are rounded up, mistreated, and expelled? Do you think there will suddenly be more money in your bank account or more jobs available to you? This is the same absurd thinking that has some people thinking that, if money isn’t being spent to fund our government agencies or stop supporting Ukraine, somehow those dollars will end up in their pockets. Absolutely no chance.

      10. Actually, you don’t know that. Being present illegally is not a crime. It’s a civil offense, like J walking. Crossing between ports of entry can be illegal, but not if the person obtains legal status like asylum afterward.

          1. A crime?

            So, criminals should be held accountable, right?

            Would you agree that 37 felonies makes someone a criminal?

      12. That is NOT criminal. This is the real problem in this country – US citizens are horribly uneducated and ignorant, and will believe whatever a bunch of actually criminal fools tell them. It’s embarrassing and shameful.

        1. I am ashamed of the ways American education has failed its citizens. It was a joke when JD Vance tried to convince Greenlanders that there lives would be better if they became part of the US. Greenlanders have the same rights as Denmark’s citizens (Greenland is a self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark), such as an excellent public K-8 education system, free health care, free university tuition and funds for expenses, pensions. They wouldn’t exchange their system for ours. Fairly high taxes pay for these benefits, but Danes and Greenlanders back their tax-based system in polls.

      13. Being present in the US without documentation is NOT a crime. Entering the country improperly DOES allow the imposition of criminal penalties but ONLY at the time and place of entry: like driving 100 MPH in a 50 zone: It’s a crime but if you’re not arrested at the time they can’t charge you with it 6 years later.

      14. This comment is completely wrong with respect to the law in a dozen ways. It is NOT a crime to be present here without documentation.

      16. Arrest them with a warrant, due process, and deport them if you wish. You DO NOT, in the United States of America, get to bash in the front door of the home of a man with no criminal record, and put guns in the faces of his children. That’s what the cartels in South America do. ICE does not have extrajudicial authority. The Constitution either stands for all of us or it stands for none of us.

          1. Biden, Biden, Biden. Is that all you have? You know he’s not president anymore right? And to quote a Faux news report is pretty ludicrous. They haven’t told the truth in years.

          2. If it’s wrong during the Biden administration, it’s wrong during a Trump administration. Otherwise, you’re saying that if anyone committed wrongdoing, that gives everyone in the future a pass for doing the same thing. By the way, what’s your opinion on Trump’s 34 felony convictions?

          3. You may want to consider these differences. In the TN case you cite, the FBI SWAT was serving a duly obtained criminal warrant on a suspect known to be violent. From the TN Star: ““Deschler has a lengthy criminal past that stems decades even before he served, with arrests ranging from Aggravated Assault and Assault With A Deadly Weapon Without Intent To Kill.”

            He was reportedly arrested in a stabbing at a gas station in Selmer last May and booked into the McNairy County Jail.” https://tennesseestar.com/news/eight-months-later-fbi-wont-provide-details-on-raid-that-killed-tennessee-man-theodore-deschler/pdabrosca/2024/04/17/

      17. “He hasn’t been convicted of a crime YET.” You could say those words about any of us. You don’t get to arrest a man without a warrant in the United States, whether he’s from Arkansas or Guatemala.

        1. Wait. Read what you just wrote again. Law enforcement do not need a warrant to arrest you. ( I do not side with law enforcement unless they are doing their jobs legally. ) But look up the law …about when federally and state and local emforcers needs a warrant…..you will be surprised. They don’t need warrants to arrest or detain if suspected of a crime or a civil unlawful act. I dont agree with the way this happened.. and anyone who is in the US ILLEGALLY should be deported back to their country. I’m sympathetic of their situations but do it legally. Our country will be a better place once all illegals are found and deported. I dont know the exact percentage but high numbers of illegals have a criminal record.
          They join gangs. Cause millions of US tax payers money. Waste millions in court proceedings and costs trillions to house tjem in our prisons. Get rid of illegals and unlawful law enforcement. It will save this county trillions of dollars a year. I also think law enforcement needs a complete overhaul too.
          #makeUSAgreatagain

      18. You are incorrect. Due process applies regardless of citizenship status. These are abductions intended to create compliance in citizens and non-citizens alike by spreading fear. The current regime are the real domestic terrorists.

      19. Being undocumented is a civil violation, not a criminal one. Entering without inspection can be a misdemeanor on the first offense, and reentry after removal can be a felony, but simply being present without status is not a crime under federal law. That is why immigration proceedings happen in civil court, not criminal court.

        The Constitution still applies. The Fourth Amendment protects everyone on U.S. soil, citizen or not, from unreasonable searches and seizures. Warrantless arrests inside a home or vehicle without consent or probable cause violate those rights. No criminal court would accept an arrest like this without a warrant or immediate threat.

        Lacking legal status does not mean you lose your rights or can be treated with force and fear. The law requires evidence, warrants, and a legal path to defend yourself. This was not law enforcement. It was an abuse of power.

        2. I agree about this case partially. And your beliefs. But has anyone ever took the time to think that executive orders were signed by the president that changes what we think are still laws? 🤔

      20. Being here illegally isn’t a crime. Many people here illegally are following the process of getting their paperwork approved on what is called authorized stay.

        The U.S. Constitution and due process apply to every person on American soil. The alternative to that is anyone can accuse anyone of being an illegal immigrant and have them deported with no due process. How about I report you?

        Seems there are a lot of people who don’t know the Constitution and its Amendments very well.

        1. You right but try to find a civil attorney that will help you prove your constitutional rights were violated. This is why law enforcers are getting away with it.

      21. There is a difference between a misdemeanor and a crime. It is all written out in the civil and criminal code in detail. A misdemeanor is NOT a crime and not treated the same under the criminal code. Get your facts straight before spouting off and embarrassing yourself.

        1. Misdemeanors are crimes. Just like felonies. Ones in a municipal court the other is in common pleas court. Both are crimes…you confused me. Lol. Maybe you meant something else.

      22. Not is is not Criminal. It is a Civil offense, not a crime. And you are not a criminal until convicted.

      23. What about the criminal charges against our president? He sits in judgment of others while personally defying court orders against him. I do not want a country where the is no accountability from the top.

      24. He isn’t being given due process. He has to go in front of a judge. His case has to be heard. He has to be convicted. If you don’t give him the ability to defend himself, you open yourself up to being picked up like him and not given the chance to prove yourself innocent. It doesn’t matter if they’re here illegally or not it matters if they’re able to go in front of a judge and have their day in court. Like I said in a previous comment the minute you select a group and say those people are not afforded due process every other group starts to look like that group and every other person starts to look like they belong in that group until nobody has due process nobody gets to get in front of a judge everybody goes to a death camp. And then we’re no longer a country we’re sure not a democracy.

      25. Last I knew it was still a misdemeanor unless it had been a getting circumstances. What they’re doing, without a warrant, and without due process is kidnapping. Which is a much bigger crime.

    3. Ms. Jane Constant,
      Your comment was so spot on. You stated ‘we the people’ not ‘we the citizens’. I never thought of the distinction.
      I’d like to ask your permission to post your response in a FB group I’m in. We’re all of the same mindset as you.
      Many of us attend the rallies and we do whatever else we can. I’d also like to ask if it’s ok to use your words, ‘we the people,’ not ‘we the citizens.’
      I’m in Florida. We’re not alone!

      1. Referring to the “We the People”…truly one of our most striking, and most moving documents of our Founding Fathers…it is important to remember what the purpose of it was.
        It is a letter informing our, then government, that we will separate from them.
        From the moment that King George received it, we were a separate government…
        but not yet in possession of our own firm, governmental laws.
        It took the Continental Congress time to iron out our Bill of Rights, which would codify one’s individual rights and protections from our own government, and the protections from all foreign entities.
        So, all American people born and living, in the original 14 Colonies, at the time of the signing of “We the People”, up until our Bill of Rights were codified, all of these people were automatically US citizens.
        Anyone after this, had to conform to the Bill of Rights, and it’s amendments.
        “We the People” has always indicated ‘we the citizens ‘.
        If our present laws have changed the original intent of founding documents, I am simply not aware of it, or it has been changed unlawfully.

        1. On April 10, 2025, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Abrego Garcia was illegally removed from the United States to El Salvador. Scotus ruled that the US Justice Department is required to “facilitate” his release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been handled had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador. This means that the original meaning of “We the people, in order to form a more perfect union” , does mean all the people and not just citizens. The Bill of Rights expands on the 7 articles in the US Constitution, but does not change them. The Bill of Rights, 14th and 15th amendments, 19th amendment, etc, improve on our U.S. Constitution and help our country to achieve that more perfect union.

    4. Really ?? If you’re ordered to get out of your car by a federal agent and you do not comply, you are under arrest, you are now responsible for any means by which authorities enter your vehicle period.
      Illegals hiding from our laws are not allowed due process like citizens, they have been warned to leave, and re-entry legally or be deported.
      There is no violation of the US Constitution here, the constitution protects Is citizens, not illegal immigrants.
      To protest the US and state law being enforced is frankly ridiculous.

      2. Innocent until proven guilty. They haven’t broken a law until a judge or jury says they have. Due process applies to all.

      3. Actually, the Supreme Court just ruled that they DO have due process, under the Constitution, and should not be deported without the opportunity to file a habeas petition and be heard by a judge.

      4. Literally none of this is true. You are misinformed. Everyone has the right to due process, it is a fundamental right in The Constitution. The Constitution applies to anyone whether a citizen or not, on US soil. The agents presented no warrant and he made no attempt to flee. Without the warrant they wanted their attorney present.

        Please take a moment to consider the precedent being set. Disregarding The Constitution is a road we do not want to go down. Once you start crossing that line there’s not much reason from them to stop at that. They have already mistakenly shipped people off to El Salvador who had no business being arrested in the first place.

        Immigration reform is well past due at this point. I’m 100% behind Congress doing something about this, but I am also 100% The Constitution, and I’d like to think everyone here discussing this can start from a position of agreeing on that. If you think it’s time to ignore The Constitution just say so, it will cut down on a lot of this back and forth.

      5. ALL PERSONS PRESENT in the US are entitled to due process, whether you like it or not. You are very confident in your statements, which reflect your utter ignorance of the law. Where did you get your law degree, Trump University?

      7. No due process? Seriously?

        The justice system must apply to everyone. Or none at all. To do otherwise makes us no better than the worst of criminals.

      8. Immigration is a civil matter. It’s never been a criminal matter. And federal case law precedent exists that indicates federal agents _must_ present a judge-signed warrant to forcibly remove a person from their dwelling or vehicle. Suspicion of violating a civil code is not justification, and resisting arrest is not a valid excuse to forcibly detain a subject if a _criminal_ arrest isn’t justified to begin with.

        It would benefit you and your loved ones greatly if you became familiar with this nuance, because there’s a greater than zero chance – particularly if we become complicit with the normalization of forcible arrest for violations of civil law – that you and your loved ones will be arrested for violations of civil laws that have nothing to do with immigration. Property rights violations, breach of contract, and defamation/slander/libel, LIKE IMMIGRATION, are violations of federal civil code. Do you believe those should be arrestable offenses, requiring armed agents to destroy personal property in order to forcibly detain a subject suspected of a violation? Are you starting to understand how important it is that violation of civil law does NOT make one a criminal?

      9. A person has the right to an attorney present while being questioned. They did not have the right to arrest or detain these people without a warrant.

      10. “Illegals” are allowed due process. You do not need to be a citizen and committing any sort of crime or misdemeanor does not revoke your right for due process. Read the constitution.

    6. You are misstating the law. He’s not a citizen therefore, he does not have the same due process rights as you assume. The law is not clear about which exact procedures must be followed or when for non-citizens (it’s Congress’s job to do that) but no right to counsel automatically exists for non-citizens.

      Moreover, we know that border agents turn away people illegally crossing without any process at all, and this has been upheld by the courts.

      Every developed country in the world deports people who are there illegally, regardless of whether they’re married to a citizen or have not committed a crime (in that state).
      Write to your legislators for changes and clarifications to the law.

      1. He most certainly DOES have due process rights. Precisely the nature of the trial, etc., to which he may be entitled is less clear, but nothing suggests he can be taken without a warrant, denied counsel,refused an opportunity to offer a defense, and renditioned to a concentration camp in El Salvador as may well be happening here.

      2. Every person in the USA, has the right to due process, not just citizens. Every single human being residing here has the same rights.

      3. SCOTUS ruled that one particular person who was disappeared to El Salvador has the same rights to due process as anyone else does. They also reaffirmed the Federal Courts ruling that all people in this country are entitled to due process.

      5. Do other civilized countries send people to foreign torture prisons without a chance to defend themselves. I can remember one that did back in the 30’s and 40’s. A country millions of people died defeating, including hundreds of thousands of Americans.

      6. Wrong, Wrong, Wrong!!! Yes, immigrants in the U.S. without legal status do have the right to due process under the U.S. Constitution.

        Here’s how it works:
        The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution guarantee due process to “persons” — not just citizens. Courts have consistently interpreted this to include all people within the United States, regardless of immigration status.
        This means that undocumented immigrants are entitled to:
        – A fair hearing before being deported
        – Legal representation (though not at government expense)
        – The ability to challenge their detention or removal in court
        – Protection against unlawful search and seizure, among other rights

      7. Actually Jeannie you are misstating the law. Everyone has a right to due process in the United States regardless of citizenship status. It is called the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. I recommend reading it.

      8. This has already been decided by the SCOTUS in an opinion written by none other than Antonin Scalia, that every “person” in the U.S. has a right to due process.

      9. Being a citizen or non citizen is irrelevant. The supreme court has upheld this fact from the constitution, all people standing on US soil are afforded the rights under the constituion, with the exception of the right to vote and to run for public office.

        1. FAKE NEWS. Illegal aliens are absolutely not provided the same ‘rights’ as a citizen or an individual with some level of legal status.

    7. So if someone breaks into your house, is he a resident or an invader? We the people does refer to citizens and not criminals who violate our laws.

      1. An apples to avocados comparison. A public vs a private scenario. Substantially different laws appy.

    8. ignoring the 15,000 legal and moral issues with all this…. even just selfishly people should be responding….
      If anyone can be punished without due process, EVERYONE can.

      All anyone has to do is say you are part of that group, and you can not prove otherwise without access to due process.

    11. Stop with the use of Nazi references. It makes you look petty and detracts from your message right or wrong. Do not need a warrant if there is a deportation order in place. Was there? If so due process already took place to get the order.

    12. Jane Constant, correct. The irony here is that this type of arrest and detention, done under the guise of patriotic security, is the single most UN-American thing I can think of. Undocumented migrants in 2025 America are being targeted by a despotic leader to galvanize the masses to support him. For the ignorant, the uninformed, and the uneducated amongst those masses, it provides a convenient scapegoat. “I lost my job because an illegal immigrant took it!” “If I point my finger and yell at the illegal immigrant that was convicted of a violent crime, then maybe people will forget about that thing I did when I was younger,” etc etc. The parallels to Nazi Germany are blatantly obvious and simply horrifying.

    13. Absolutely! This smash-and-grab is another Kristallnacht, applied to immigrants who have every right to be here, including when awaiting residency status or asylum. How often must we repeat, “There are no illegal people.”

    14. My husband is a Border patrol Agent I think what you are not understanding is the magnitude of people who were let into the country under the Biden administration that were on government watch lists but were allowed to enter anyways. I myself rode on the plane with a( family )who had a very young child SCREAMING for its mother who was supposedly the woman sitting right beside him ???( These children are mules, they make the young people look like a family and then they are sent back over the border to do it again. THEY ARE VICTIMS . Let the agents do there job. They have seen and understand things that the average person has zero clue . There are reasons this MAN was taken . We do not know them but the agents do. The bottom line is that the average American is very uninformed .

  2. This feels very much to me like the kind of thing that would have incensed the Continental Congresses of the 1700s if the British Army had done anything like this.

    2. While it is sad
      These people are hardworking individuals, that committed no crimes, except for entering the USA illegally!
      They should have at least, started their pathway to citizenship instead of ignoring the laws
      If someone tried that in their country they would immediately be arrested and jailed also immediately
      Not after 2 whole years
      We feel badly as this conduct is inherently unfair but, if you commit a crime, Then you must be prepared to do the time
      Knowingly and willingly entering the USA or ANYWHERE, for that matter, without permission is a crime

      1. Did you even read the article? Second paragraph gives specifics for the “pathway” you mention.

      2. Amy, he is in the process of pursuing a legal pathway to being here. Furthermore, our immigration system is hopelessly convoluted and backed up; we make it nearly impossible to stay here legally, often requiring years of red tape, and sometimes with the applicant having to stay in their “country or origin” (whether they’ve lived there in their adult lives or not).

        It is true that our immigration system is in deep need of reform, streamlining, and more effective regulation and enforcement. But this is not the way, and you “feeling bad” is your conscience telling you to stop trying to justify lack of due process and equal treatment under the law, not to mention basic empathy and human decency.

      3. Well said except the part where “committed no crime except entering illegally”. That is a crime no matter how “hardworking” they may be. Millions are waiting in line to get in legally as the law requires. They get the right to enter if they qualify. The one who jump line get no sympathy when caught and deported.

        1. 1. It’s not a crime, and 2. Even suspected criminals must be given due process per the Constitution and its Amendments. I guess they don’t teach you about the 14th Amendment in your Russian troll training.

        2. They were not illegal. And Trump is preparing to send US citizens to El Salvadore prisons.

      4. This particular person was in the process. CBP and ICE seem to be tracking people who are in this process. I read about a person that was literally in an immigration meeting when he was taken, some have already been sent to El Salvador CECOT. They are being sent to a death camp for a civil infraction without due process. Do you understand that no one ever leaves this torture prison?

        1. It wasn’t just one person. ICE literally camps at immigration offices to ban people who are following the correct process. It happens constantly. There’s a short film about it that was nominated for an Oscar this year.

      5. Please don’t comment unless you’ve actually read the article. You’re just giving an opinion before knowing what’s already been stated.

      6. Where in the criminal code does it state this? Give me chapter and verse please. I have 15 yrs paralegal background. It is a misdemeanor to enter the US, not a crime. They are 2 separate legal offenses and treated substantially different. Getting a traffic ticket is a misdemeanor, not a crime. Murdering someone is a crime and has a completely different set of legal code and punishments available once convicted.

    3. You really don’t understand. They wanted the British out of this country. They would be throwing out the illegals fast if this was then.

      1. That’s not a proper connection to this incident. There is a process and that process is being ignored. That is not how the UNITED STATES is suppose to be doing things. Giving people this kind of power only makes them do more. They have done this already to people who went through the process to be here legally. It happened to a Brown University Health doctor here on a work visa, legally. Deported and sent back. Do you really think that this stops here…it only keeps moving to the next set of people they want gone.

  3. There will be some sort of reckoning, here. At some point in history, people will know their names and what they’ve done. History will not be kind to these people….

    1. History is written by the victors. What are their names right now. Our tax dollars pay for this abomination of justice.

      Why is Massachusetts paying taxes to a fascist federal government? Why is our money still supporting red states that pervert democracy? Let the red states take full ownership of their policies instead of relying on blue states to support them. I’m sure they have bootstraps they can pull up.

  4. Despicable. These ICE agents are not accountable to anyone. They are, essentially, 1930s style SS agents. I hope one day this embarrassing agency is abolished and the agents are held accountable in Nuremberg trials.

  5. Watching this from across the pond gives me the shivers and shows America has lost the morality to claim leadership of the free world. Where is the humanity….. Shame..!

    1. Please remember, he was elected by a small margin, with less than 50% of the vote. I am ashamed of my country right now, but I, like many of us, am fighting for change.

        1. And yet almost 90 million (or 36%) eligible voters didn’t vote for either candidate. Meaning Trump did NOT win by majority vote.

        2. That electoral “landslide” was like 150k votes across the swing states. Let’s not get carried away in our country of 330 million people.

      2. Sounds like sour grapes. When your guy wins, you don’t care about the margin of victory. Trump won the house, senate, popular vote, electoral vote and swing states. Quite an achievement considering all the cheating by democrats. Too big to rig in 2024.

  6. This horrible administration is cruel. My advice is to stay off the streets. You may be deported. Everyone must vote these deplorable people out of office.

    1. This has got to stop now! This is not American behavior, I didn’t vote for this, I cannot believe people are being treated like this in the United States let alone, El Salvador! Get this administration locked up this is inhumane behavior

  7. One way to ensure this type of behavior does not continue is by voting against any efforts that support this and other related efforts to eliminate our democracy. In Dartmouth only nine percent of registered voters voted in the recent election. Dartmouth rarely has voting percentages over twenty percent. How does New Bedford compare? It is essential voters understand their rights and work to support the changes needed to restore our democracy.

    1. There are many organizations – local and nation-wide – that work to get people registered and to the polls. That would be a good place for people to start to turn things around.

  8. Maybe it’s me, maybe it’s the way I was brought up, but I was taught early in life to comply with law enforcement requests, especially on the street, or you pay the price. All this sanctuary anti-cooperation rhetoric and illegals being to taught by advocates to refuse comply with law enforcement is good…until it’s not. I guess this time that backfired!

    Also, this reporter has no further information regarding any existing criminal history other than in MA? Does he have an existing warrant of removal? Is he wanted in his home country? These cherry picked cases are just that to tug at your heartstrings. You are reading one side of the facts.

    1. No warrant was provided. Again, everyone should be terrified that our government is going to not only go after immigrants but will target citizens to be sent to El Salvador. Free speech has ended

      1. You don’t have to provide a warrant to someone before you arrest them and then wait until their lawyers arrives on scene.

        2. Um, yes you do. You need a judicial warrant to make an arrest, under the Constitution of the United States. Also, arrested persons do have the right to an attorney. You can only make a summary arrest if a peace officer is witness to a crime in progress. Note that an immigration officer is NOT a peace officer and the FBI agent did not witness a crime.

          Textbook false arrest, destruction of property, probably a hate crime in MA. This admin won’t go for it, but federal terrorism charges would likely also apply here for this rogue agent.

          1. It applies to CITIZENS and LEGAL GREEN CARD HOLDERS … SHOW me ONE COUNTRY that would allow illegal people IN!!!

      2. Stop lying to yourself. They’re going after ILLEGAL aliens who have broken our laws. Free speech almost ended under biden and obama when they were censoring conservatives. Open your eyes. The truth will set you free.

    2. Since he has lived as a law abiding citizen in MA it is unlikely he has a record in other states. And if there was a warrant the agents should have shown it to him when he asked. Please commenter, be open to the possibility that in fact these facts are not cherry picked, but are widespread and we are hearing about the ones where people have the community and wherewithal to make them known. If you and others won’t even consider that people are being treated unlawfully, then it is more likely that a few years down the line something similar could happen to you or someone you love

      1. James “Whitey” Bulger lived as a law-abiding citizen in CA until he was “snatched up” by the FBI and imprisoned for life as a murdered, career criminal and head of the organized crime syndicate known as the Winter Hill Gang.

        1. Not a crime. A civil infraction! as many have pointed out. Why does it take repeating it over and over again. Yet everyone seems to think illegal means a “crime”. I mean look at the person in office. Convicted of CRIMES and yet we aren’t talking about treating him the way these people are being treated. Why doesn’t he get treated like the criminal he is. Yet he is celebrated and boasted about while he golfs away millions of our tax money!

          1. Not a civil infraction. Stop lying.

            Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

      3. How can you say that he was a law abiding citizen when he admits to being an ILLEGAL alien by breaking our laws? They don’t need warrants once they confirm his status. Go home.

      4. This horrible tactic by so called law enforcement is NOT to be tolerated in this land of the free. I’m shocked by the number of people who see nothing wrong here. DUE PROCESS is the minimum standard that all people in this country have whether or not you’re a citizen. Try and put your biases aside and ask yourself “ how would I like to be treated in similar circumstances?” The gestapo thugs who assaulted this couple are the criminals here and even they deserve due process.

    3. Regardless of his status or past record, they had no warrant for his arrest, and the couple were peacefully stating that they would speak with the agents (WHO HAD NO WARRANT) when their attorney arrived. This is unconstitutional. Are we saying that the law enforcement in this case proceeded in a lawful manner? Because if that is what you are saying, you are incorrect. This is Nazi behavior. In America. Real Americans won’t stand for it.

      2. Whenever a Federal Crime has occurred, they don’t need a warrant at all!
        They didn’t need a warrant when they arrested and searched Pdiddy houses, they didn’t need a warrant when they searched Trumps house

        Entering the USA ILLEGALLY is still a crime, no matter what, just because they didn’t enforce it much before doesn’t change the fact
        When my ancestors arrived in the USA they were required to learn English and many requirements before ever entering
        This unfortunately is how laws work and sometimes doesn’t seem fair but, the law is the law

        1. They absolutely DID need (and had) warrants to search Diddy’s & Trump’s homes.

          How did they determine that he was the person they thought he was? Could they have been mistaken? Being in this country, undocumented, is a CIVIL violation, not a CRIMINAL violation. DUE PROCESS is how we determine what is factual and what is not.

          You may have been mis-informed about your family history regarding English requirements for immigrants before entering the US. I cannot find any references to such requirements from your ancestor’s time. The large number of German, Italian, Polish, Swedish and other ethnic communities speaking their native language for decades in America after their arrival says volumes about what we consider(ed) necessary and acceptable. My great-grandparents (on both sides) came to this country without any English requirements and created stable multi-generational families where EVERYONE learned English.

          If you are a believer in how “law works” then you should be insisting that the Federal government and its agents OBEY the law. They are ignoring the law AND the courts.

        2. They absolutely did have a warrant when they searched Trump’s house, and they showed it to the Secret Service agents guarding Trump’s house. They did have a warrant when they arrested PDiddy.

        5. 1. Yes they did. They had a warrant to search both of those locations. Otherwise that would violate those persons 4th amendment rights under the Constitution.

          2. Entering the USA illegally is a civil offence subject to immigration proceedings and removal. Evading lawful deportation IS a crime, but you have to be lawfully deported first.

          The law is the law. That’s why in my home country, before I came to the US, I was required to learn civics and law, and before I first joined the British federal police service, I had to learn even more law. In the US, they don’t even teach the basics of these things in high school. That needs to change.

      3. Nazi behavior is the DOJ and FBI stormtroopers raiding people’s homes at 3 am with guns drawn and arresting them for protesting abortion or confronting leftist school boards for exposing their children to porn. I bet you didn’t complain about that.

        1. You’re completely wrong. Good job deflecting to a nonsensical argument, make it so easy to spot MAGA cultists.

    4. They said they would comply when their lawyer was present. You are not paying attention to what is happening in the US right now, people are being deported to an off shore concentration camp with no due process, this is unconstitutional. Our freedom and Democracy are on the line, you should be defending that- not this violence.

      1. 1. If living here ILLEGALLY, a crime is in progress and you are subject to arrest immediately! NOT when your lawyer arrives! 2. If you are ILLEGAL, you do not have thr rights guaranteed a citizen under the Constitution! You don’t seem to know our laws! 3. How do you know where else they have been and what crimes they may committed there?

        1. Actually you are guaranteed rights under the constitution regardless of if you are here legally or illegally. Hate to break it to you but might want to brush up on the constitution.

        2. You find all this out through DUE PROCESS. It is why it exists for ALL people in this country not just citizens. Know your US Constitution.

        3. 1. There are no criminal offences for unlawful entry or even lying to immigration officials under any US Code. Also, ACCUSING someone of this does not equate to CONVICTING someone. I can’t just walk up to you and say “you’re a terrorist!” and shoot you, badge or no badge, I’d be a murderer. I need to present that evidence to a judge, get a warrant, then we come to arrest you.

          2. Rights under the constitution are granted to all people within the borders of the United States of America, not only citizens. That is in the Bill of Rights. You definitely don’t know your own laws.

          3. That information is used to obtain a removal warrant. That information, if they had any, would be in the filing for said warrant. The warrant they were unable to obtain. That’s exactly it: they don’t know. I don’t know if you’re a terrorist or not, but based on these extralegal claims I could absolutely accuse you of terrorist sympathies. Should that give me or a member of my team the right to just gun you down on the street as if you were in the process of committing a terrorist attack?

        4. Well said. It’s amazing how all these bleeding hearts come up with the silliest excuses for criminals but don’t care a wit when law abiding Americans are abused by their govt because their party is in charge.

          I hope the moderator is not some lefty because otherwise I’m wasting my time typing. :))

          1. You are wasting your time typing under multiple aliases to promote your hateful arguments with incorrect facts. That have been pointed to multiple times, yet you refuse to acknowledge them. So “stop typing” is a good idea

    5. All well and good but when has anyone threatened you with a tire iron while you were sitting in your own car waiting for lawyer to arrive. They needed to wait. These agents are thugs; they were chosen for their ability to be sadistic and cruel. They have been told they don’t have to obey the law or respect people.

    6. If they had a warrant for arrest your words might have some weight.
      Otherwise they sound like the defense of all the fascist regimes that ever existed. We have a bill of rights and have aligned ourselves as a country with the philosophy that these are human rights inalienable.

      1. When people invade your country, you don’t worry about warrants. You just boot their asses back to their countries. Did we serve warrants to the british before we sent them packing?

    7. Tell me you would have turned Anne Frank in without telling me you would have turned Anne Frank in…
      It’s all well and good until the despots decide to make a law not in your favor that allows violence to be done to you and your family with impunity. Why is this so hard to understand?

    8. Were you taught to reply to lawful requests, or just any demand that an officer might make. At this time, in this country, there are rules of engagement that officers must follow. They know these rules very well. The people of the US must know them, too. One such rule is that there must be a warrant, signed by a judge, that specifically names the person being detained. If they do not abide by the rules, then what sort of country have we become?

    9. Teaching people their rights should never backfire in America.
      As far as the full extent of this person’s legal history? Due process.
      If our rights and laws do not stand we have nothing but a police state. We do not have liberty and justice for all.
      I was taught to be respectful, but to speak up — because this is America. Or was.

    10. Ever heard of a little thing called Miranda. You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed to you. Regardless of legal status these are what the US used to consider basic human rights.

    11. Was any evidence shown to the detainee that he had existing warrants anyplace else?

      I’m all for deporting proven criminals. However, if no evidence is provided by law enforcement, then the individual has the right to due process.

      If there is no due process what’s to stop them coming for you if someone further up the food chain doesn’t like you or your politics?

    12. I wondered the same thing. The author mentions twice that he has no criminal record in MA, not that he has no criminal record, period. Having said that, bashing in the window seems extreme. I think there’s more to this story.

  9. Put a fascist in the White House and you get brownshirts in the streets.
    Trump, his cronies and his voters don’t care about the Constitution, they only care about the color of your skin, religion, gender and orientation. If you’re not a straight white Christian then you’re probably next on the conservative hit list.

  10. This administration thinks he is above the law and doesn’t care about our constitution, this facist nightmare needs to go away, until this happens no one in this once great country is safe from him, just because people don’t like him doesn’t give him the right to throw people in a gulag.

  11. Massachusetts has provoked some of this with their defiant stance. Not surprised there is enhanced enfircement

    1. Really?!? You blame Massachusetts for not caving to threats from this administration for the unconstitutional detainment of individuals without cause?

  12. Welcome to the new ameriKa….look around people, some of your neighbors voted just for this. Unless our higher officials stand their ground this is going to continue….are you next? got to think about that…are YOU next?

  14. This is a total violation of the Constitutional protections afforded all people. What happened to they would use ICE to get violent criminals deported? Most folks stood behind that. Now it seems they are just going after anyone they think is not here legally even though this man was working with immigration to get his status reviewed. No attorney, no warrant, no court hearing. Wake up folks, we’re next!

  15. This is just horrible and unconstitutional. Every person is entitled to due process. Resist.

  16. This is great. All criminals should be arrested and deported. Democrats SAY nobody is above the law, right?

    1. Due Process. These people aren’t having their rights observed.

      Also quit doing the tired “democrats say” stuff. How many republicans have called Trump hitler, well besides his own VP, its a non zero number but REPUBLICANS SAY.

      Anyways hope you find joy and learn to have empathy

    2. No, we firmly believe that NOBODY is above the law; however, we also strongly believe in due process. Innocent until PROVEN guilty. Snatching people off the street and making them disappear is what dictators do.

      1. In a just society the people going after Trump should be in prison. The tried destroying him for 10 yrs in their kangaroo courts with corrupt judges and DAs. Then they tried to kill him and missed. Tell me again who the criminals are.

  17. Due process?? Liberty and Justice for all?? Free Speech?? We all should be ashamed of what WE are letting happen here. This is not the America I was raised to believe in. If people have violated the law and you are so confident in that then use the court system, dont flagrantly violate it.

  18. I am wholly surprised this one didn’t hide his face like most so called ICE agents have been doing. Identify this one and hold him to account. The problem with all of this is that we sit idly by clutching our pearls muttering how awful it is but not a single one is doing anything about it. Not finding out who these people are and giving them hell for every transgression on the constitution while we still have the chance. It is up to us to fight this.

    1. Jane, you are correct in that “[i]t is up to us to fight this;” but you are wrong in writing that “not a single one [of us] is doing anything about it.” Some of us are doing things about it, including these unlawful arrests: we go to rallies and protests, call our U.S. senators and representatives (go to 5calls.org), sign petitions in our emails, have joined Indivisible (go to indivisible.org) and 50501 (go to fiftyfifty.one), etc. To Jane and to everyone else reading my response to her, if you are doing and have done those things, good. If you are not and have not, please do them. There is a protest this Saturday, the 19th, in Fairhaven on the corner of Rte. 6 and Main at 12 noon.

  19. The current President of the United States has said that people being arrested are BAD people who deserve to be deported to these for-profit prison camps without the opportunity to prove that they are innocent until proven guilty. He also uses the word BAD a lot to describe those who disagree with his policies. This includes civil servants, lawyers who defend his opponents, universities that allow free speech, and judges who rule against him in the many lawsuits filed against him for his violations of the United States Constitution . His administration is currently considering the possibility of deporting BAD citizens..
    THINK ABOUT IT! He is rewriting the definition of what this word means. To him, BAD means whatever he dislikes. This happens in dictatorships, where political opponents like Navalny can be disappeared to a Russian Gulag and die there because he wanted to oppose the Russian dictator, Putin.
    WE SHOULD ALL BE ALARMED ABOUT THIS.

    1. You automatically do have more rights as a citizen. You can vote in a national election. You are eligible for all sorts of grants and programs than are not open to non-citizens, like fellowships for college, Small Business loans, etc. But lots of rights — like the right to assemble, the right to habeas corpus –are shared by all. That makes America great –except, that is, when the government itself violates those rights.

  20. The image of the agent’s face full of glee as he’s about to take an axe to the car window is horrifying. This agency certainly seems to attract some profoundly sick people.

  21. I’m totally ok wit what I saw in the video. People are saying “they didn’t have a warrant” but they don’t actually know that. Just because it was not presented or show in the very one sided video doesn’t meant they didn’t have cause or have a warrant. The interaction was 30 minutes and you have just watch three of those minutes and many of you are now claiming it was unjust but you have very few facts.

    I want to live in a country where law abiding citizens have more rights than visitors. I want to live in a country where law abiding citizens have more rights than criminals. That is the Trump test. It’s really that simple folks.

    1. You are unable to understand that you may be next. A government that breaks the constitutional laws will not stop for you.

    2. No, you want to feel entitled and special by watching other human beings degraded and terrorized. Don’t hide behind that law-abiding stuff – this despot continually refuses to follow the Constitution. You want someone in power who makes laws to suit himself and then you think it will magically confer some protected, privileged status to you. Dictatorships don’t work that way, unless you have hundreds of millions of dollars. Sorry to break it to you, but you are in the same boat as the rest of us.

    3. Says the person who is boasting about a man who is actually convicted of a crime not this man. I want to live in a country where people have the right to due process of the law. Not lets let the police, ICE and people of power do whatever the hell they want.

  22. 1 He IS here Illegal
    2 Due Process is now in the hands of the court
    3 since when is it justifiable to have cops stand by and wait for you while you calling your attorney.
    4 Attorney can sort it out with immagration
    5 Supreme Court stated if must have due process before deported!

    Hail to the Chief great job Mr President
    Break the Law and find out !!!!
    Snowflakes are melting wants only certain laws enforced!

    1. Where was all the outrage when the J6ers were held in solitary without hearings for years? Where was their Due Process? Who cared about those Legal Citizens?

      1. I missed the part where those citizens were arrested while driving peaceably out of their own neighborhood.

      2. Well said. The same people here defending criminal ILLEGAL aliens are such hypocrites. Where were all the judges standing up for the rule of law and due process for the Jan 6 political prisoners? Just shows how corrupt they are. Our justice system is infested with partisan hacks.

    2. Trump was found guilty, had 34 convictions, so he is considered a criminal. Bit of hypocrisy

  23. This article contains only heresay, given by the arrestee’s advocates. There is no evidence presented that the reporter even tried to contact federal immigration authorites for comment.

  24. Great work by the FEDS. He broke the law when he entered the county. That makes him an Illegal Alien. We are a nation of laws. No warrant required.

    1. “We are a nation of laws.” Please tell that to President Trump and the Dept. of Justice, as both are currently violating multiple laws and court orders as we speak.

      1. You mean like biden violating the Supreme Court’s order not to cancel student loans. Or taking classified documents while he was senator, VP and citizen in clear violation of the LAW. How about violating federal immigration law and letting millions of illegals in. Let’s not mention exempting his crackhead son from any prosecution for multiple crimes documented on his own laptop incriminating “the big guy”. Such hypocrisy.

  25. We need to have trainings for migrant workers on how to deal with ICE agents. And ICE needs to speak Spanish and/or bring translators or translation apps. That said, it looks like the agents can’t hear the individuals AND do not know Spanish. Nor did the folks know English phrases like “waiting for lawyer” and did not use a translation app. Is ICE allowed to break into personal property to question people? I hope national media picks this up. The city’s fish-processing plants and manufacturing facilities should work with their workers better to prepare them for this with info about rights, cards with phases like “I called my lawyer.” They have had time to prepare after the raids 15 years ago.

    1. They don’t have that legal authority, no. FBI can, but only with a warrant or probable cause. If they’re just sitting in a vehicle, not attempting to move, they do not have probable cause, the people in the vehicle are legally considered detained.

  27. Today, the Associated Press issued a report about four journalists Putin has jailed for “extremism”. Over 900 Russians have been jailed for opposing Putin’s corruption and Putin’s “Special Operation” or invasion of Ukraine. Woe to any Russian who dares call it a War and not a “Special Operation”.

    Our President admires Putin. He also admires President Erdogan of Turkey, who recently jailed his political rival . Last month Erdogan jailed Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and one of Erdogan’s most formidable rivals in their next presidential election.

    To Putin and Erdogan, the definition of a crime is what they say it is, and they believe it is a crime to criticize or oppose them in any way. Our president greatly admires these dictators. Our president has advocated impeaching judges who rule against him in court. We should be asking ourselves ,

    ”What’s wrong with this picture?!!

  29. The commenters here are divided by those that identify with the people in the car being terrorized and those that identify with the ones breaking the window and dragging them out.
    What would Jesus do?
    Someday you can explain to your kids where you stood.

    1. Haven’t you heard? Jesus is “woke” now, and MAGA Christians are practicing a unique*, Christless form of Christianity. Let’s see how that works out for them, eternally speaking!

      *Not actually that unique, sadly.

  30. The people to blame here are the lawmakers who encouraged people from all over the world to invade this country. The open border policy is a disaster for all Americans. My sister in law worked all her life and needs low income housing. She is a widow 77 years old with a very small income. Housing tells her it is a six year waiting list because of the illegals with children come first.

    1. America has not had an open borders policy in recent memory. Democrats, sadly, are almost as draconian as Republicans on immigration, especially in detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants and stopping illegal border crossings. Dems are marginally better at at least attempting to reform the impossible system, as opposed to Republicans who just want to terrorize brown people, but generally speaking, you’d probably be a big fan of the number of deportations and detentions under Obama and Biden even compared to your golden idol’s first term AND current term to this point.

    2. Outrageous! We need a realignment of our priorities as Americans. These non-citizens need to go. We need to take care of our own citizens first! Why must we fight for our rights in this regard ? We live here!!

  33. We need to u estate, white people , that these ICE people did not ask who was in tge car and therefore, did not know for sure who was in tge car- it could have been anyone- even YOU. If we allow for this, anyone could be next. White people of privilege, and I am one, if we witness these events, we must use our privilege to stand in the way! “First they came for…and then they came for us and there was no one to stand up…”

  34. Have these men been arrested and charged with assault and criminal vandalism. All those men are vigilantes! Hey police state, protect your people from thugs.

  35. Immigration quotas are one thing. Every country deserves the right to set them and enforce them. This is very different. The big tell that those who endlessly drone on about the “death of the West” and the loss of Western culture, while simultaneously celebrating imprisoning US residents who have never been convicted of anything and have no means of a trial, who are conveniently and cowardly placed in foreign prisons for which neither the US nor the host prison country claim responsibility for, don’t actually know or care about the West, its history, or what’s made us great, is that the Western idea of habeas corpus, enshrined since the Magna Carta in Western nations’ jurisprudence as a protection for individuals and against government tyranny, is considered by these small, embittered, ahistorical and anti-West people as little more than a “woke” DEI statement. For those who think habeas corpus isn’t important, please take a moment to think about what that might mean for you and your family if you didn’t have this basic, 800-year-old right. The shoe can always be on the other foot.

  36. Reading through these comments makes me realize that my education of 55 yrs ago was superior in every way. The US is not a democracy, we are a constitutional republic. When you talk about ‘our democracy’ you are quoting left wing rhetoric. If you saw 3 minutes of a 30+ minute event, you missed 90% of it. Basically you don’t know what you are talking about. If the person was here illegally, he will have a court date ( may have already been given one and failed to show up), and most likely deported. If the person refused the request of a LEO, got his window busted and dragged from his car, he can thank AOC for that. Get real, folks. Actions have consequences.

  37. Being kind, at the least respectful, to another human being, is not spelled out clear enough for most of us in the US constitution. But does it need to be?
    The trauma caused by these arrests is tremendous. We can do better.
    Be human. Be kind.
    Sounds simple.
    Let’s try harder!

  38. Nobody is entitled to have a lawyer present before they’re arrested though?

    If I make a traffic violation and I refuse to open the door when told to do so because I want my lawyer, they’re 100% going to drag me from the car too.

    Do you think in the 1800s the police would let you send a letter by the pony express to your lawyer and wait for them to arrive by horseback before arresting you?

  39. What are the officials in this city doing about this? This is not lawful and traumatizing for our community.

  40. Firstly, the tone of this article is sympathetic to illegals vs our ICE. You should have also interviewed one of the ICE agents. No record in MA does not equal no record anywhere. Let’s follow the law please!! No one is being detained w/out cause. They should have complied w/law enforcement! Innocent? Great! Go home and return the right way – legally !

  41. God, I wish we could replace all these awful bigoted, ignorant white people with MORE latino immigrants. For 200 years, Europe dumped the lower-end of its gene pool onto the shores of this country. State like Virginia and Massachusetts were effectively English penal colonies for over 150 years. You think there’s a few gang members coming in today? England sent their street criminals over by the thousand.

    It shows! We have the most primitive & barbaric native Caucasian population of any country except maybe Russia. I love these people coming in today, they’re the hard workers, the risk-takers, the innovators. The more the better, let’s go back to before the 1920’s when this country had no immigration quotas.

  42. It is not criminal offense to be in this country undocumented. It is a civil offense for which you can be deported.

    What is offensive is ramming into someone’s home, bashing their car windshield, pointing guns at their children, using aggression and violence, and basically treating these people like FBI’s most wanted people who have NO CRIMINAL RECORD. It’s over the top ridiculous and shameful.

    These are active members of our society who work and contribute and can’t get anything back for the taxes they pay. They are not hardened criminals. They are just people with families.

    There are lots of non-violent ways to deport people. This administration’s approach to these detentions is fueled by hatred and bigotry, not some urgent need to get rid of these specific individuals who are doing no harm. They conduct these raids as if they have watched too many action movies and want to play at being some sort of military hero in real life.

    Send immigrants orders for deportation if that’s what this administration wants AND they are here illegally. But for the love of all that is good about our country, this violence is wholly unnecessary.

    So many people who are here legally and have done nothing wrong other than be born elsewhere are caught up in this with no due process. This isn’t the American way. Every single person in this country is here because of their family immigrating from somewhere.

    My grandfather came from Sweden. My daughter in law from Ethiopia. My son in law from Bolivia. My other ancestors from Denmark and England. One came over as a slave from Angola.

    My dear friend lost her status temporarily due to an abusive relationship and her husband with the work visa leaving her here stranded with two children. She did find a way to stay and get her green card, but she was “illegal” for a period of time.

    This is not a black and white issue, and a sledgehammer approach does far more harm than good. Not to mention in many cases unconstitutional.

  43. Years ago I was on a bus in CA that was raided by immigration. As I began to pull out my British passport the agent waived it away and said: “Sir we’re not looking for you.” Can anyone else do the math?

  44. Would you like to know what my superior education 55 years ago was like? Nigger, nigger, nigger. And I’m not even Black (but I did have a very dark complexion). As a result, every educational opportunity was stripped from me. Years of psychotherapy have enabled me to finally attain a measure of success in this “land of opportunity”. I am now in process of taking my talents and achievements elsewhere where people retain a sense of decency and humanity. I realize no place is perfect but this place has slid all the way into the gutter and I’m getting out before those concentration camps are opened again here and we start seeing people hanging from trees again. Best of luck to any of you who are decent. There’s no place for you here now.

  45. There has been some reporting that these individuals were not federal agents, but private citizens. Is there any confirmation that the “agents” were in fact agents?

  46. All people in the U.S. have rights, regardless of immigration status, and that includes during interactions with immigration officials. Some tips to be prepared: Immigration officers often identify themselves as “police,” but they are not police. Ask if they are from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection (CBP). If they come to your home, officers must have a judicial warrant signed by a judge to enter. Otherwise you do not have to open your door. The lack of humanity these ICE officials are displaying here and across America is disgusting.

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