Worcester police arrested the teen girl after her mother was detained by ICE to charge her with reckless endangerment of a child and more.
Worcester City Manager Eric Batista said in a statement that the city “will never” target individuals passed on their immigration status and that city officials including police do not assist with ICE civil detainments “but may not interfere with it.”
“However, it is the municipality and department’s responsibility to uphold the law and protect the peace of our community,” Batista said. “The series of events was no doubt disturbing and the footage of a family being separated is harrowing … My heart goes out to all those impacted by today’s events and the growing tension we all feel due to the national political climate.”
"So I must emphasize, we are dealing with a powerful enemy, and again, I am not
anti-American or un-American. I think there are plenty of good people in America, but
there are also plenty of bad people in America and the bad ones are the ones who seem to
have all the power and be in these positions to block things that you and I need. Because
this is the situation, you and I have to preserve the right to do what is necessary to bring
an end to that situation, and it doesn’t mean that I advocate violence, but at the same time
I am not against using violence in self-defense. I don’t even call it violence when it’s
self-defense, I call it intelligence." - Malcolm X
the city “will never” target individuals passed [based] on their immigration status
I spent too long trying to parse this sentence to figure out what it meant. My tired brain declares this a typo in the original article because I don’t see any alternative.
If they are ignoring due process, already stated they will abuse citizens, and arresting bystanders, I'd say the risk is very close to fatal for good people to resist ICE. If they're willing to put your life on the line, they should be met with equal risks.