State drops charge against 18-year-old taken into ICE custody despite legal status
A Massachusetts district attorney announced Friday that his office will not prosecute a charge against an 18-year-old from Lynn who was arrested following a domestic dispute, and shortly after placed in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody despite having legal status.
Prosecutors dropped their case against a Lynn teenager. She’s still in ICE custody
A lawyer for a girl accused of pushing her brother to the floor during an argument said it is up to ICE whether to release her after prosecutors dropped charges Friday.
Immigration experts call ICE detention of Lynn teen 'shocking'
"It's shocking to me," immigration lawyer Randy Feldman said. "It's unusual that federal immigration resources would be expended for a case like this."
Massachusetts teen arrested by ICE after fighting younger brother over phone
The family says 18-year-old Zeneyda Barrera was fighting with her 12-year-old brother over a cellphone, NBC Boson states. Police say she pushed her brother to the ground and they arrested her.
A Lynn teen pushed her brother during a fight. Then ICE took her
A Lynn teenager sits in a jailhouse on Wednesday with her future in the U.S. in doubt after federal immigration authorities apprehended her at a Massachusetts courthouse where she faced a single misdemeanor charge. Her charge: pushing her brother during an argument over a cell phone.
Lynn teen in ICE custody after fight over phone with younger brother, family says
A teenager from Lynn, Massachusetts, landed in custody of immigration officials after someone reported her in a domestic disturbance call — an incident stemming from a fight with her younger brother.
Teenager detained by ICE in Massachusetts held at Cumberland County Jail
A teenage asylum applicant from Massachusetts is being held at the Cumberland County Jail at the request of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, her former attorney said. Zeneyda Barrera Hernandez, an 18-year-old resident of Lynn,
Lynn teenager released from ICE custody after charges dropped, Mass. rep says
Zeneyda Barrera, a teenager from Lynn who federal immigration officials held in custody, was released on Friday and is back with her family, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-6th District, confirmed with MassLive.
Massachusetts teen arrested & placed in ICE custody but held in Maine
Zeneyda Barrera, 18, was arrested at her home in Lynn Monday morning after a neighbor heard a commotion. Barrera is accused of pushing her 12-year-old brother during an argument over a cellphone, according to a Lynn Police Department report.
Lynn teen taken into ICE custody after fight with brother reunited with family, lawyer says
A teenager from Lynn, Massachusetts, who’d been in custody of immigration officials after someone reported her in a domestic ...
Massachusetts teen being held by ICE in Cumberland County Jail
Confusion about President Donald Trump's mass deportation policy appears to have landed a Massachusetts teen, who is here legally, in jail in Maine.
ICE arrests in Mass. courthouses likely to continue under Trump administration
A Lynn teen made headlines this week when she was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the city’s courthouse ...
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Massachusetts teenager being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Cumberland County Jail
ICE's interest in the teenager - who was arrested over an apparently minor dispute with her sibling - raised concerns amid Trump's immigration crackdown.