Protest Demands ICE "Stop Taking Mothers" In Wake Of Viral Worcester Detainment

CBS Boston

May 12, 2025

A protest was held in Worcester, Massachusetts on Sunday, demanding ICE "stop taking mothers" after immigration officials detained a woman and arrested two other people last week.

Hundreds of people gathered on Worcester Common to protest the ICE operation, which saw residents trying to intervene to stop ICE from taking a woman on Eureka Street.

In a video that has since gone viral online, the woman's daughter was seen screaming and flailing in front of ICE vehicles as ICE agents detained her mother, some of whom were wearing masks. Crowds of neighbors were then seen rushing to their defense, surrounding the ICE vehicles and trying to stop them from leaving. The woman's daughter and another woman were arrested.

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