Скачать или смотреть ICE is targeting residents in Somerville, Mass.

Somerville has become a focal point for immigrant detentions, with city officials verifying that more than 30 people have been detained in the area since January.

Somerville City Councilor J.T. Scott witnessed officers jump out of two ICE vehicles and stop a man later identified as a 42-year-old Somerville resident, Magdaleno Pineda Avelar.

Scott recorded video showing Pineda Avelar answering agents’ questions but refusing to give his name. In the video, Scott offers to walk with Pineda Avelar into a local bakery, but the man declines, telling agents he “didn’t want to be rude.”

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