"City officials said Everett police recovered a large knife when they arrested the middle schooler Oct. 9 following a "credible tip" that he'd made a violent threat against another student. ICE "immediately" sent Everett police a detainer after the boy's fingerprints were entered into a nationwide database following his arrest, Mayor Carlo DeMaria said last week. "We did not call ICE," he maintained on an El Mundo Boston podcast Thursday, contradicting claims from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security."
"They contend the incident "underscores a broader pattern of escalating immigration enforcement in Massachusetts" and highlights a pressing need for statewide guidance for law enforcement. "While the facts are still unfolding, this alarming sequence of events raises serious questions about coordination between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities and about whether Everett police officers violated [state law] and other legal restrictions," the Lawyers for Civil Rights letter states."
Lawyers for Civil Rights called for a state investigation into the Everett Police Department after a 13-year-old was arrested and later detained by federal immigration officials. Everett police arrested the middle schooler Oct. 9, recovering a large knife after receiving a "credible tip" that he had threatened another student. ICE issued a detainer "immediately" after the boy's fingerprints entered a national database, and the teen was transferred to a juvenile detention center in Virginia. Mayor Carlo DeMaria said Everett did not call ICE but contradicted DHS claims. Lawyers for Civil Rights alleged possible violation of state law by extending custody to enable an ICE arrest and urged statewide guidance for law enforcement.
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