Esmy Jimenez

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Esmy Jimenez

NEW BEDFORD — For the first time in over a month, Juan Francisco Méndez was in his own bed, his own space. But it was a bittersweet homecoming. After being detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in April, and spending weeks at the Strafford County Jail in New Hampshire, he had a hard time resting. To calm himself down his first night home on Thursday, he turned on the TV.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Esmy Jimenez

BURLINGTON, MA — After being detained by immigration officials for 30 days at the Strafford County Jail in New Hampshire, Juan Francisco Méndez walked out of the Burlington ICE field office Thursday, one step closer to reuniting with his wife and 9-year-old son. Méndez, 29, a native of Guatemala, is at the center of a now highly publicized ordeal where immigration officials smashed his car window with an ax and dragged him out.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Esmy Jimenez

Detained Guatemalan Juan Francisco Méndez’s window for freedom has closed yet again after a federal judge in New Hampshire denied an emergency motion for his immediate release on Friday. Just a day prior, Judge Donald Ostrom of the Chelmsford Immigration Court in Massachusetts had closed Méndez’s immigration case citing federal officials’ “failure to prosecute" after they did not submit the appropriate charging documents.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Esmy Jimenez

Juan Francisco Méndez, a Guatemalan man who was arrested by immigration officials in New Bedford last month, may reunite with his wife and 9-year old son, as early as today. Judge Donald Ostrom of the Chelmsford Immigration Court Thursday morning heard arguments from Méndez’s attorney, Ondine Gálvez Sniffin, and lawyers representing the US Department of Homeland Security.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Esmy Jimenez

The retirement years are not so golden for some older adults in Massachusetts, according to a new report released Thursday. While the top third of retired households in the state average a whopping $3.5 million in wealth, the bottom third scrape by with around $55,000, according to a new report from Boston Indicators, the research arm at the Boston Foundation. The report illustrates the massive wealth gap between the rich and poor.