Brazilian Student Arrested Day Before Graduation: ICE Admits Targeting Father

On Saturday, just one day before his graduation from Milford High School in Massachusetts, Marcelo Gomes, an 18-year-old Brazilian student, was arrested by US immigration authorities. This sparked outrage and protests. The authorities later admitted that their primary target was actually Gomes's father. Senator Rebecca Rausch joined the protest, stating, "Placing high school students in handcuffs doesn't make anyone safer." Patricia Hyde, the chief of ICE in Boston, countered that "collateral arrests" would continue as long as local police don't cooperate with federal actions. The incident highlights the tensions between state and federal governments over immigration policy and underscores the human cost of such policies. The planned graduation ceremony transformed into a protest against the detention of young Gomes and the broader immigration policies of the Trump administration.