Roberto Scalese

3 weeks ago | wbur.org | Roberto Scalese

The White House has joined the war of words between Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley. Foley took issue with Wu's comments about Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests during the mayor's appearance at the WBUR Festival. "People are terrified for their lives and for their neighbors, folks getting snatched off the street by secret police who are wearing masks, who can offer no justification for why certain people are being taken and then detained," Wu said.

1 month ago | wbur.org | Roberto Scalese

Massachusetts Catholics and political leaders took a moment to recognize new Pope Leo XIV after Cardinal Robert Prevost was elevated to leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Prevost, from Chicago, is the first American elected pope, though he presided over a Peruvian archdiocese. His predecessor, Pope Francis, was the first New World pope in history. Declaring "Habemus papam! We have a pope!" Boston Archbishop Richard Henning echoed Leo's introductory statements that focused on peace.

1 month ago | wbur.org | Roberto Scalese

HomeLocal CoverageA timeline of the Rümeysa Öztürk caseA half dozen masked agents stopped Rümeysa Öztürk outside her Somerville home and put her in an unmarked car on March 25. Without her knowledge, federal immigration officials had canceled her student visa days earlier. The masked agents worked for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Hours after her detainment, her attorney, who had no idea where she was, filed a petition demanding her release.

1 month ago | wbur.org | Roberto Scalese

Boston is taking the Trump administration to court.

2 months ago | wbur.org | Roberto Scalese |Carrie Jung |Suevon Lee

Following the announcements, student names started to reappear on the Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems, or SEVIS, a database controlled by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that allows students and schools to track immigration standings. Many affected individuals said they were not notified when their legal status was revoked, and Friday's reversal followed a similarly opaque process. ICE has not revealed which students would be restored in the system — or why.