“People who file their taxes here at our office have been detained by ICE. No one has said to us directly, 'I think it’s because of my taxes,'” said Pastori. “We don’t know because ICE hasn’t been forthcoming about how they’ve used this information” www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Exclusive interview with Suya Joint manager Paul Dama, who spent nearly 100 days in ICE detention. We talk about his release, recovery, trauma. watch here. youtube.com/watch?v=NOfU7JDNU8s&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wgbh.org%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY @gbhnews.bsky.social

45 minute video interview after weeks of lung stuff...hopefully not too terrible. fellow broadcast reporters- nothing like a tea mix of black pepper, tumeric, and oregano to get your voice straight, even for an hour.

Paul Dama, the Suya Joint manager and home care worker, has been released by ICE. Read here, and watch our exclusive interview later today, same link. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... #immigrationnews @gbhnews.bsky.social

“It is evident as this arrest shows that if you are brown in public, you are at risk of being illegally detained and removed from your family and your community,” said Scott. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Update on Suya Joint manager: Cho said Dama has done the “work of searching and diving into his own past traumas to improve and come from under those haunting memories in his life.” www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

This weekend marked an “acceleration of ICE activity,” according to city spokeswoman Denise Taylor. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

On 89-7 @gbhnews.bsky.social, we discuss @aclum.bsky.social / Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic suing the Trump administration in Boston federal court over immigrants being denied bond hearings. They consider this to be a breach of Fifth Amendment due process rights.

Staff members at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham photographed ICE vehicles and reported the issue to LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of MA. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Perlera Gonzalez got to the scene minutes later and saw Elias Escobar had been sideswiped by an unmarked car. He was still seated and had a “taser pointed at his face,” as masked individuals kept her away from him. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social @bostonlegalaid.bsky.social

“I’m alive because of cancer research funding,” said Kate Weissman of Natick. "We have the access to the brightest minds in this world, but if they don't have the funding, they can't do their jobs & they can't find cures.” www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @americancancersoc.bsky.social

Everett cancels a festival due to ICE concerns causing mixed reaction. Similar events in boston will continue. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Did The BPD Fly A Surveillance Drone Over The Dominican Parade? They Won’t Tell Us. horizonmass.news/2025/09/10/d... @horizonmass.bsky.social

Curious… what items in Massachusetts are you seeing that have grown in price recently? And is it bc tariffs? Any shortages?

In less than an hour, thousands of Hondurans and Nicaraguans with temporary protected status will lose status— and become deportable. www.wgbh.org/news/nationa... @gbhnews.bsky.social

For @gbhnews.bsky.social, I spoke with the mother of a woman who was as detained as part of this ICE operation on Friday. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Reminder to local reporters writing about immigration: don’t fear monger, rely on facts, and don’t throw together stories with old data. it creates a lot of fear for people who won’t read beyond your second graf, and make assumptions.

One Haitian home care worker who lives with and supports his grandmother was recently laid off due to the Trump administration revoking CHNV parole. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

A Brazilian father of twins with a rare genetic disorder was recently released from federal immigration detention after nearly three months in custody. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

For more than a year, Robert spent his days getting seniors dressed, taking their vital signs and helping them eat at Edgewood LifeCare Community in North Andover. But one day in May, that changed. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Local organizations that help immigrants apply for naturalization say the “neighborhood checks” may deter them from applying. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

If you’re in the middle of applying for citizenship in Massachusetts and would be open to talking to a reporter today, shoot me a DM.

“I found that after the settlement, there was a mass influx of drivers and trying to find rides was a lot more difficult,” said Ed Booth, a former ride share driver. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

A DACA recipient and an undocumented indigenous Guatemalan man were both recently detained by ICE. Both who organizers for the law that allows undocumented immigrants to apply for drivers licenses. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

The detentions of community activists Carlos Chang Barrios and Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago by ICE have gained nationwide attention. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

“There’s no definition of antisemitism in the law,” said @mattcameron.bsky.social .“We’ve seen with Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, that the definition of ‘antisemitic’ has been expanded to really anyone who opposes what Israel is doing in Gaza.” www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

A subtle but massive change to US Citizenship and immigration services policy could have implications for millions of immigrants. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Later on All Things Considered 89-7: A new USCIS memo dictates officers will now screen for "anti-americanism and anti-semitism" in immigration benefit requests, like adjustment of status. I'll discuss the implications with attys Mahsa Khanbabai, Matt Cameron, & Jennifer Bade. @gbhnews.bsky.social

An appeals court decision allows the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for immigrants from Nepal, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Locals react. www.wgbh.org/news/nationa... @gbhnews.bsky.social

On All Things Considered: Laid off caregivers speak out about losing their work permits. An already strained industry deals with layoffs of immigrant parolees. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

One Haitian homecare worker who lives with and supports his grandmother was recently laid off due to the Trump administration revoking CHNV parole. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

“They complied with all of the instructions. They’ve done everything that they were supposed to do,” said Heather Arroyo, senior immigration attorney at @masslawreform.bsky.social “This was just arbitrarily stripped from them.” www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

500 personal care attendants represented by 1199SEIU have been laid off due to changes in their immigration status, including many CHNV parolees. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

FEATURE: immigrants who had parole through the now terminated CHNV parole program talked to @gbhnews.bsky.social about what it’s been like to lose their jobs in health and home care. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Later on 89-7, 13 people are charged with operating a transnational elder fraud scheme. over 50 Massachusetts seniors, and over 400 nationally, were scammed out of millions. US attorneys office says the scammed started out of a call center operation in the Dominican Republic.

Really glad to see Flipside covered this one: flipsidenews.net/wu-says-city...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested in Florida after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of extorting $50,000 from a cannabis company. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

From recently: the wife of the East Boston TPS holder speaks about his two day detention— and why her family has launched the steps to sue ICE. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

“The girls were also screaming because they’re witnessing mother being taken away,” said Celedon. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Hodsdon added that several employees were in the back area, with only one out front, and she asked if the agents had a warrant. “They just kept saying, ‘None of your business,’” she recounted. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Listen to @gbhnews.bsky.social 89-7 to hear updates about a federal appeals court hearing over the termination of parole status for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.

There are at least 5,000 young adults, teens and children in Massachusetts who have Special Immigrant Juvenile status. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

@gbhnews.bsky.social confirmed that immigrant homecare workers serving seniors have lost their jobs due to changing immigration policies. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Closing arguments in AAUP v Rubio featured a mention of Don Quixote and Henry II-- opinion expected before Sept. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

A federal judge will hear closing arguments today in AAUP v Rubio, the case challenging the Trump administration’s policy of detaining and deporting foreign students and faculty who participate in pro-Palestinian speech and protest. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social #immigrationnews

A federal judge will hear closing arguments today in AAUP v Rubio, the case challenging the Trump administration’s policy of detaining and deporting foreign students and faculty who participate in pro-Palestinian speech and protest. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

In court, a senior government official admitted there’s no standard or guidance used to determine what speech or action is antisemitic— when determining if foreign students who participate in pro-Palestinian speech should have visas revoked. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

“Yesterday, I just broke down. We gathered everything [to support him] and then some more, and then it was declined, denied,” said Lizotte, his sister, chef and owner of Suya Joint restaurant. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Chelsea and Somerville, which have long had sanctuary city ordinances, argue that President Trump’s executive orders and directives to withhold funding from them is unconstitutional. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...