Oscar Margain

Boston

Reporter at New England Cable News (NECN)

Multilingual, multimedia journalist @nbc10boston @necn @telemundoNI Previously in China. Fmr. US-MX border reporter. 4x Texas Emmy recipient. Hodophile

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Teen records ICE agents smashing van window in Waltham

1 day ago | nbcboston.com | Oscar Margain |Mike Pescaro

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations are prompting responses from community members across Massachusetts, including in Waltham, where an agent was recorded smashing a van window Tuesday. A video taken by 16-year-old Milene Herrera while waiting for her bus to school showed ICE agents breaking the window, then arresting two men in downtown Waltham after they seemingly ignored the agents' orders.
Tufts student detained by ICE is back in Mass. after weeks in detention center

4 days ago | nbcboston.com | Thea DiGiammerino |Oscar Margain |Asher Klein

Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk is back in Massachusetts after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention on Friday. Ozturk had been in Louisiana for over six weeks, after ICE agents pulled her off the street near her Somerville home on March 25. Supporters say it came following an op-ed she co-wrote last year that criticized the school's response to Israel's war in Gaza. She spoke to supporters after she was released from the facility in Louisiana on Friday.
Estudiante de Tufts que fue liberada agradece a quiene la apoyaron

5 days ago | telemundo51.com | Oscar Margain |Asher Klein

Rumeysa Ozturk, estudiante de la Universidad de Tufts, fue liberada del centro de detención de ICE el viernes y ofreció breves palabras de agradecimiento a quienes la apoyaban y se congregaron frente al centro de detención de Luisiana. "Muchísimas gracias por todo el apoyo y cariño", dijo. Noticias de Florida 24/7 en Telemundo 51.
Estudiante de Tufts detenida por ICE es liberada

5 days ago | telemundonuevainglaterra.com | Oscar Margain |Asher Klein

La liberación de Rumeysa Ozturk, estudiante de la Universidad de Tufts, del centro de detención de ICE fue ordenada por un juez. En un fallo contundente tras una audiencia en la que Ozturk habló —y aparentemente sufrió un ataque de asma—, el juez federal Williams Sessions ordenó su liberación sin restricciones de viaje. Debe participar en programas de apoyo y supervisión a través del Centro de Justicia de Burlington. Noticias Noreste 24/7 en Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra.
Vt. bail hearing today for Tufts student detained at ICE center in Louisiana

6 days ago | nbcboston.com | Oscar Margain

The Tufts University student detained by ICE agents near her Somerville, Massachusetts, home in late March could possibly be released from a Louisiana detention center soon. Rumeysa Ozturk has been held for the last six weeks in Basile, Louisiana, as her lawyers fought the government to release her. There's a bail hearing taking place Friday morning in Vermont, in which Ozturk will participate virtually. The judge will decide whether to release the 30-year-old doctoral student from ICE custody.
Boston Catholics await selection of new pope at conclave

1 week ago | nbcboston.com | Oscar Margain

No pope was elected on the first day of voting at the Vatican. More than 130 cardinals are sequestered in the Sistine Chapel as the conclave continues two weeks after the death of Pope Francis. Black smoke billowed from the chimney Wednesday, meaning no cardinal won the majority of votes to become the 267th pontiff. But unlike the previous conclave, Boston doesn't have a voting member this time. And local Catholics would like more representation when it comes to choosing the new pope.
Trump offers $1,000 for undocumented immigrants to self-deport, but how will it work?

1 week ago | nbcboston.com | Oscar Margain

President Donald Trump is ready for a deal on immigration: $1,000 and a possible free flight back to one's home country in exchange for self-deportation. That's the latest proposal from the Trump administration to encourage unauthorized immigrants to leave the country and save the government money. A person would need to self-deport first before seeing any money from the government.
'Incredibly disturbing:' Leaders want explanation for ICE smashing window during New Bedford arrest

4 weeks ago | nbcboston.com | Oscar Margain

Calls are growing for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to answer for its actions after a Guatemalan couple was forcefully removed from their car in New Bedford, Massachusetts, with one agent smashing their car window to detain them. Local and state officials say they've noticed a considerable shift in how immigration officials are going about arrests. Generally, there's some level of communication between ICE and local police, especially when the target is a dangerous criminal.
Video shows ICE agents smash car window during arrest in Mass.

4 weeks ago | nbcboston.com | SEBASTIAN AGUDELO GOMEZ |Sebastián Gómez |Oscar Margain

A Guatemalan immigrant was arrested by federal immigration agents, who smashed through a car window while he was inside with his wife in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on Monday, according to the woman, his lawyer and a local immigration advocate. The couple were recording the arrest on their cellphones, while they waited for their lawyer to arrive, when the agents broke the window with a steel pickaxe to get the man, Juan Mendez, out. "They unjustly pulled us out of the car...
'My heart and soul will be here'

1 month ago | nbcboston.com | Oscar Margain

An undocumented Portuguese woman living in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is packing her bags and preparing to leave the U.S. before Immigration and Customs Enforcement finds her and her family. Vera, who asked to have her identity concealed, has decided to self-deport after living in the country illegally for 12 years. "I'm leaving America, but my heart and my soul will be here," she said.