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Milford Teen’s ICE Arrest on Way to Volleyball Practice Fuels Protests and Court Order

Local leaders demand ICE explain the student’s detainment as a judge bars any out-of-state transfer without 48 hours’ notice.

In this Oct. 22, 2018, photo U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents surround and detain a person during a raid in Richmond, Va. ICE's enforcement and removal operations, like the five-person field office team outside Richmond, hunt people in the U.S. illegally, some of whom have been here for decades, working and raising families. Carrying out President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies has exposed ICE to unprecedented public scrutiny and criticism, even though officers say they're doing largely the same job they did before the election, prioritizing criminals. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations patch is displayed at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Headquarters on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Overview

  • Eighteen-year-old Marcelo Gomes Da Silva was stopped by ICE agents on June 1 while driving his father’s car to volleyball practice and detained under a month-long Massachusetts operation that logged nearly 1,500 arrests.
  • ICE officials say Gomes was a collateral arrest in a traffic stop targeting his father and defended the action by noting he was found unlawfully present, part of the agency’s broader enforcement surge.
  • On June 2, a federal judge granted an emergency order requiring ICE to notify his attorneys at least 48 hours before any transfer out of the Massachusetts judicial district.
  • Governor Maura Healey and lawmakers like U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss have demanded transparency from ICE, while hundreds of students and community members marched from the high school graduation to Town Hall calling for his release.
  • Gomes remains in ICE custody pending removal proceedings, and his attorney has filed a habeas petition arguing he has no criminal record, holds asylum eligibility and should not face expedited deportation.