Monday during a press conference acting ICE director Todd Lyons and U.S. Attorney for MA Leah Foley addressed the media saying early 1,500 people have been detained in Massachusetts by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the last month. The news comes on the heels of the arrest of a Milford high school student who got swept up in an ICE operation that targeted the student’s father over the weekend. We discussed the ramped-up efforts by ICE, it's impact on MA and how the U.S. Attorney plans to tackle immigration in MA.

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