Overview
- Three women — sisters Clarisa Aguilon and Heidy Aguilon Mauricio of Guatemala and Felicita Escobar de Vasquez of El Salvador — received $3,000 bonds on Thursday, raising the total granted bond to six.
- Three others — Yuli Magali Mendez Luarca, Jose Enriquez Sagastume, and Dairo Preciado — were granted bond Monday and released Tuesday after volunteers faced government processing delays posting bond.
- The three women granted bond Thursday were held at the Chittenden Regional facility in Vermont after transfers from Massachusetts, and one of the remaining detainees is a woman being held in Texas.
- Attorneys say the workers have no criminal records and some have legal status or work permits, while DHS describes the action as a targeted enforcement operation that included one alleged illegal re-entry.
- Support letters from Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Boston City Councilor Liz Breadon were submitted for some detainees, and community protests grew after a BU College Republicans leader claimed he repeatedly contacted ICE.