Dan Glaun

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Samantha Gross |Dan Glaun |Matt Stout

Federal officials on Monday said that immigration authorities had arrested 1,461 people in Massachusetts in May, just over half of whom had a “significant criminal history.”“Make no mistake, ICE is going to keep doing this,” acting ICE director Todd Lyons said at a Monday press conference.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun |Tonya Alanez

Friends, school officials, advocates, and local politicians spoke out against the detainment of Gomes, a high school junior who has attended Milford Public Schools most of his childhood. Gomes has since been taken to ICE’s detention center in Burlington, Vt. The agency plans to transfer him to Plymouth, said Diego Low, director of Metrowest Worker Center, an immigration advocacy group based in Framingham.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun

Following waves of protest over the 2020 death of George Floyd, police reformers in Massachusetts saw an opportunity to bring unprecedented accountability and transparency to the state’s law enforcement agencies, many of which handled complaints in secrecy and with little civilian oversight.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun

Juan’s killing and other recent incidents of youth violence have reopened wounds in Chelsea, a place where young people are becoming victims of violent crime in numbers not seen in more than a decade. Chelsea officials said they are working urgently to protect the city’s kids, with weekly interagency meetings where police, public health, and social service organizations draft plans to help at-risk youth. There are more school counselors, more social workers, and new antiviolence programs.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Anjali Huynh |Dan Glaun

Ventura, 36, later told the Globe she felt angry to see the agents covering their faces, and she advised the driver in Spanish, “don‘t sign anything, and don‘t say anything,” saying she could call someone on their behalf. Rosalba Ventura asked a question of local police during a community meeting about ICE enforcement actions held at La Colaborativa in Chelseaon May 19. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff“It’s scary, people should not live like this,” she said.