Deirdre Fernandes

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Deirdre Fernandes

A Concord District Court judge dismissed criminal charges against a Haitian mother this week who had been accused last year of throwing her child at a state shelter worker following a dispute over her eviction. The mother, Manoucheka Joseph, 29, remains in the custody of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and is at risk for deportation. She was detained by ICE after her arrest in September on charges of assault, and assault and battery on a child.

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Stephanie Ebbert |Deirdre Fernandes

Seven people targeted in recent weeks were flagged on a list compiled by Betar, including two from New England — Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was seized in late March, and Columbia University activist Mohsen Mahdawi, who was detained in Vermont on Monday. It is unclear to what extent — if at all — the administration relies on the lists from Betar or Canary Mission, another pro-Israel group, which has been collecting names of such protesters for about a decade.

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Stephanie Ebbert |Deirdre Fernandes

When a shooting broke out at a pro-Israel rally in suburban Newton in September, a Zionist group rushed to fan the flames and called for a boycott of the city. Two months later, Betar US took aim at Memphis, demanding that the murder of an Israeli-born locksmith be investigated as a hate crime. Now, the US chapter of the century-old Zionist group is engaged in its most audacious gambit — attempting to steer government deportations of foreign students who have advocated on behalf of Palestinians.

Mar 29, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Stephanie Ebbert |Deirdre Fernandes

After Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk was apprehended Tuesday evening, the 100-year-old Zionist organization Betar US said it had handed the government her name. “She was on our list,” the organization posted on the social media platform X, with a video of Öztürk’s arrest on the streets of Somerville.

Mar 15, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Deirdre Fernandes |Sean Cotter |Camilo Fonseca

Immigration authorities arrested a German national with a green card at Logan International Airport March 7, according to a family member and the partner of the man interviewed by the Globe. Fabian Schmidt, of New Hampshire, is being held at the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls, R.I., according to a public Immigration and Customs Enforcement database. Schmidt, 34, was born in Germany, but has been in the US since his teens, his family said.