"Burlington police responded to the ICE field office located at 1000 District Ave. on Tuesday morning after federal officials notified them that about 40 people were blocking the building's 'administrative entrance.'"
"A majority of them chose to relocate to a 'free speech area' that authorities had identified outside the building's 'security envelope,' police said."
"Those who were arrested are being issued summonses to appear in court on charges of trespassing and disturbing the peace."
"As the Trump administration drastically ramped up its mass deportation campaign last year and implemented arrest quotas, concerns grew about the conditions inside the building."
Protesters gathered outside the ICE facility in Burlington, blocking the administrative entrance. After attempts to de-escalate the situation, eleven individuals were arrested for civil disobedience when they refused to move to a designated free speech area. They were charged with trespassing and disturbing the peace, and received no trespass orders. The ICE facility serves as a main hub in the Boston area, raising concerns about detainee treatment amid increased deportation efforts by the Trump administration.
Read at Boston.com
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