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Articles

South Coast residents protest Trump’s policies at ‘No Kings’ rallies

1 week ago | newbedfordlight.org | Crystal Yormick |Eleonora Bianchi

More than a thousand protesters gathered in New Bedford and Fairhaven as part of a coordinated national day of demonstrations under the banner “No Kings” to denounce what organizers describe as the rise of authoritarianism in the U.S. government and to condemn the violent and surreptitious way in which federal agents are detaining immigrants.
New Bedford mother arrested during scheduled immigration check-in

2 weeks ago | newbedfordlight.org | Kevin G. Andrade |Eleonora Bianchi

NEW BEDFORD — A Honduran mother of three who has lived in the city since 2021 was arrested recently by federal immigration authorities during a scheduled immigration check-in in Framingham. The arrest appears to be the first detainment of a female immigrant in New Bedford confirmed by The Light since immigration operations began shortly after President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
Immigrant in U.S. for 30 years arrested by federal agents in New Bedford

1 month ago | newbedfordlight.org | Kevin G. Andrade |Eleonora Bianchi

NEW BEDFORD — Juan Ramón Alegría Rodas, 43, prepared a dinner he would never eat: ribs, wings, a radish salad. By 7 p.m. on Monday, his wife, Patricia, and their 15-year-old daughter, Melissa, sat at the table, the third plate untouched. His absence hung over the meal, leaving a family caught between hunger and dread, unsure whether to lift their forks or simply sit in silence. Rodas was arrested on Monday in the North End of New Bedford while on his way to pick up his daughter from school.
Two undocumented immigrants arrested in New Bedford

2 months ago | newbedfordlight.org | Eleonora Bianchi |Gerardo Beltran Salinas

NEW BEDFORD — Federal agents arrested two Guatemalan men, one with a criminal record, in New Bedford’s North End early Wednesday morning as they were heading to work. The detainment marks at least 17 people who have been arrested in the city since Jan. 20 as part of the Trump administration’s “enhanced” operation in Massachusetts to detain and deport immigrants.
New Bedford congressman demands explanation on immigrant’s violent arrest

2 months ago | newbedfordlight.org | Eleonora Bianchi |Anastasia Lennon

NEW BEDFORD — Congressman Bill Keating is demanding answers from top Trump administration officials about the violent arrest of an undocumented Guatemalan man in New Bedford on Monday. In a letter on Thursday to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel, Keating said the man, Juan Francisco Méndez, 29, was in the process of receiving derivative asylum status through his wife, an asylee, and requested that he be reunited with his wife and son, absent a criminal record.
ICE keeps New Bedford mayor, police in dark about violent arrest of Guatemalan immigrant

2 months ago | oceanstatestories.org | Anastasia Lennon |Gerardo Beltran Salinas |Eleonora Bianchi

Originally published in The New Bedford Light, a publication partner of Ocean State Stories. New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell answers reporters’ questions at a press conference about the incident on Tallman Street.
ICE keeps New Bedford mayor, police in dark about immigrant's arrest

2 months ago | newbedfordlight.org | Gerardo Beltran Salinas |Eleonora Bianchi |Anastasia Lennon

NEW BEDFORD — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement gave “misleading” and “last-minute” information to city law enforcement and has not responded to the city’s requests for more information about the violent arrest of a New Bedford immigrant this week, according to Mayor Jon Mitchell. Juan Francisco Méndez, 29, an immigrant from Guatemala with no Massachusetts criminal record was arrested on Monday.
New Bedford man detained by ICE despite longtime legal residency in U.S.

2 months ago | newbedfordlight.org | Eleonora Bianchi |Kevin G. Andrade

A 32-year-old New Bedford resident who has lived in the United States since he was 2 years old is in immigration detention in Maine due to a drug charge resolved a decade ago, according to his attorney. At the end of March, after returning from a vacation abroad, Rui Murras was detained by U.S. immigration officers at the airport. He is currently being held at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland, Maine, while his family fights to bring him home.
Here’s who rode New Bedford’s first South Coast Rail train

Mar 24, 2025 | newbedfordlight.org | Eleonora Bianchi |Anastasia Lennon

They came from Cambridge, Providence, West Warwick, Quincy, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Assonet and New Bedford hours before sunrise, all with a shared plan: board the first train from New Bedford to Boston at 4:27 a.m. — the first to connect the cities in 67 years. Some hopped on with a sibling or spouse, looking forward to a breakfast in Boston.
Know your rights: How to interact with law enforcement or ICE

Feb 12, 2025 | newbedfordlight.org | Eleonora Bianchi |Anastasia Lennon

For years, advocates and legal experts have held training sessions with the immigrant community, oftentimes in their native language and in familiar places, like a church or civic center, to teach them and their families about their rights. Everyone in the United States is entitled to certain fundamental rights, and that includes — to a varied extent — undocumented immigrants, temporary visa holders, people seeking asylum, and refugees.