Overview
- Allston Car Wash said the student never contacted management and called his description of employees as criminals reckless and distressing.
- Zac Segal, president of BU College Republicans, defended reporting what he called suspicious activity and said he has received threats since his post spread widely online.
- DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the operation was highly targeted and based on law-enforcement intelligence, disputing that Segal’s outreach prompted it.
- Attorneys say all nine detained workers held valid work permits and were taken before retrieving documents, with some moved out of state and complaints about coercive paperwork and inadequate food in custody.
- Campus and community response grew, with calls for Segal’s removal, a statement from BU’s president addressing concerns, and rallies organized to support the detained workers.