Overview
- Zac Segal, president of the Boston University College Republicans, posted on X that he had been calling ICE for months and took credit for the Nov. 4 operation.
- ICE detained nine Allston Car Wash employees in a show of force described by witnesses as involving masked agents, more than a dozen vehicles, and an armored vehicle.
- The car wash manager and workers said some employees had legal status or valid work permits but were not given a chance to retrieve documents from their lockers.
- Attorney Todd Pomerleau said none of the nine had criminal records that would warrant deportation, noted that most are scheduled for bond hearings next week, and emphasized that unauthorized presence is a civil violation.
- Volunteers with LUCE reported some detainees being held at an ICE facility in Burlington and alleged pressure to self-deport, while the College Republicans of America praised Segal and the gubernatorial campaign he interns for distanced itself from his personal posts.