Overview
- Video from Nov. 6 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts shows a man convulsing in a car as ICE agents remove his family, including a baby, during an arrest operation.
- ICE says the target, Juliana Milena Ojeda Montoya, resisted arrest and that her husband feigned a medical problem; the agency says it called 911 and he declined care.
- Husband Carlos Zapata told Noticias Telemundo he lost consciousness after an agent’s maneuver and says he sought medical attention; he and the baby are free, and Ojeda Montoya remains in detention.
- Coverage cites a broader pattern of opaque custody and pressure in ICE processes, including a husband losing contact with his wife at the Broadview, Illinois facility and a Chicago man signing expedited removal to avoid detention.
- Community anxiety is rising, with a Hillsboro, Oregon teen publicly voicing fear for his parents and a separate Arizona traffic stop leading to a father being turned over to ICE.