Kevin G. Andrade

Providence, Rhode Island

Journalist and Writer at Freelance

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Mexican workers arrested in immigration raid in New Bedford’s South End

1 week ago | newbedfordlight.org | Kevin G. Andrade

NEW BEDFORD — In what may be the largest single immigration detention in the city since January, federal agents detained multiple men near a popular South End restaurant on Thursday. Between five and eight Mexican men on their way to work in the building trades were detained in an operation at the corner of South Second Street and Cove Street in the South End, according to Corinn Williams, director of the Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Massachusetts.
New Bedford High students protest school board’s lack of support for immigrants

1 week ago | newbedfordlight.org | Crystal Yormick |Kevin G. Andrade

NEW BEDFORD — More than 100 students “walked out” of New Bedford High School Wednesday to protest the School Committee’s failure to pass a resolution that they say would afford more protections and support to immigrant students.
Families of detained New Bedford immigrants suffer financially and emotionally

1 week ago | newbedfordlight.org | Kevin G. Andrade

NEW BEDFORD — Federal agents appear to be targeting mostly male breadwinners as part of a plan to encourage immigrants to leave the U.S., according to community advocates and experts. Experts say that this has been the pattern, though they hesitate to call it an explicit strategy. As of Friday, June 13, the latest data tracked by The Light shows that 30 immigrants have been detained in operations in New Bedford and its environs since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20.
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.
Demonstrators at New Bedford City Hall protest ICE arrests

3 weeks ago | newbedfordlight.org | Kevin G. Andrade

NEW BEDFORD — About 30 people showed up at a rally against immigration arrests in front of City Hall Thursday, but the size wasn’t the point for the organizers. It was to be seen. “We’re here just to remind people that even if they can’t speak out, we’re here for them,” said Shelley Quinton, a Fairhaven resident and an organizer with Indivisible Southeast Mass, a progressive group.
ICE defends May arrests of nearly 1,500 immigrants in Massachusetts

3 weeks ago | newbedfordlight.org | Kevin G. Andrade

BOSTON — The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Todd Lyons, touted the success of a month-long immigration enforcement operation during a press conference Monday morning that resulted in the detention of nearly 1,500 immigrants across Massachusetts.
ICE impact still felt despite no known detentions in New Bedford this week

4 weeks ago | newbedfordlight.org | Kevin G. Andrade

New Bedford continues to feel the effects of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations that have so far detained at least 28 men, mostly from Guatemala, in the city since the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The Light has been unable to confirm whether any resident was arrested in an operation Tuesday where agents detained 40 immigrants on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
New Bedford immigrant whose arrest went viral set to be freed on $1,500 bond

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

CHELMSFORD — A New Bedford immigrant who has been detained for more than a month after a violent arrest in April is set to be freed after a bond hearing in immigration court Thursday. Immigration Judge Yul-mi Cho set Juan Francisco Méndez’s bond at $1,500. Attorneys for the Department of Homeland Security argued that Méndez was a flight risk. Ondine Gálvez Sniffen, Méndez’s attorney, asked to have the bond set at $0, arguing that his arrest and detention were both illegal.
New Bedford man still in ICE custody, despite rumors of his release

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

A Portuguese man and legal permanent resident living in New Bedford remains detained in a Maine prison on immigration charges despite reports in the Portuguese press to the contrary. Agência Lusa, a Portuguese news agency, reported Tuesday that authorities had released Rui Murras on bond after more than a month of detention, citing Helena DaSilva Hughes, president of the Immigrants’ Assistance Center in New Bedford.
Immigrant ordered released by judge is still in custody as ICE files charges

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

The New Bedford immigrant who was arrested after agents smashed the window of his vehicle on April 14 is still in custody in New Hampshire even though a judge ordered his release Thursday. Juan Francisco Méndez will likely remain in custody as Immigration and Customs Enforcement files formal charges. An administrative error caused Méndez to be assigned multiple Alien Registration Numbers, creating confusions among the lawyers, the courts and ICE, according to his lawyer, Ondine Gálvez Sniffin.