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The president's crackdown on immigrants has roiled the town of Worcester, Massachusetts, following a chaotic arrest last week
Witnesses believe that the two women who were arrested were mother and daughter, with ICE arresting the mother and Worcester police arresting the daughter.
More than a hundred Allston-Brighton residents and local leaders gathered on a lawn behind the Charlesview Residences on Tuesday evening to protest alleged Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the neighborhood.
More than 200 people protested on Worcester Common against the Trump administration‘s immigrant deportations that resulted in the chaotic arrest of a Brazilian immigrant last week.
Dozens of police departments have signed agreements to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts. One community in Miami-Dade County is waiting for a judge's opinion.
The governor and Phoenix mayor both have said they would resist efforts to have law enforcement agencies cooperate with federal immigration efforts.
Worcester police say they moved in to deescalate a chaotic situation, but the response has outraged the community.