一名18岁的马萨诸塞州高中生被捕，引发了抗议活动，州官员称这名学生是被移民和海关执法人员拘留周末在他去排球训练的路上。
根据他的律师提交的法庭文件，巴西国民马赛罗·戈麦斯·达·席尔瓦是米尔福德公立高中的一名三年级学生，他于周六被捕。
该高中的学生周一举行了支持戈麦斯·达席尔瓦的罢工，举着写有“释放马塞洛”的标语抗议发生在周日米尔福德市政厅要求释放他的社区示威活动之后。
据ICE官员称，这名少年目前被ICE拘留，他不是此次行动的目标，而是一次附带逮捕。
“当我们走进社区，发现其他人非法在这里，我们将逮捕他们，”ICE代理现场主任帕特里夏·海德在周一的新闻发布会上说。“我们对此完全透明。他18岁了。他在这个国家是非法的。”
根据ICE代理主管托德·莱昂斯的说法，戈麦斯·达·席尔瓦的父亲才是这次行动的真正目标。根据国土安全部的说法，父亲若奥·保罗·戈麦斯-佩雷拉被通缉，因为他“有鲁莽驾驶的习惯”，时速超过100英里。
莱昂斯在简报中说，探员们拦下了父亲的车，戈麦斯·达·席尔瓦被捕时正驾驶着这辆车。他说，父亲还没有自首。
据他的律师说，戈麦斯·达席尔瓦于2012年通过学生签证进入美国，该签证已失效。他没有犯罪史，“有资格并打算申请庇护，”他的律师在周日提交的人身保护令申请中表示，寻求释放他。
一名联邦法官周日下午发布了一项紧急命令，指示政府至少在72小时内不要将戈麦斯·达席尔瓦从美国驱逐出境或将其转移出马萨诸塞州的司法管辖区。周一，一名联邦法官下令，在没有提前至少48小时通知法院并说明理由的情况下，政府不得将这名青少年转移出马萨诸塞州。
ICE被拘留者定位器网站列出了戈麦斯·达·席尔瓦被拘留，但没有列出他被关押在哪里。他的人身保护申请表明“根据所知所信”, ICE将他拘留在马萨诸塞州伯灵顿的一个办事处。
马萨诸塞州州长莫拉·希利(Maura Healey)表示，她“要求ICE立即回答”这名少年的被捕，他被关押在哪里以及“他的正当程序是如何受到保护的”
希利周日在X的一份声明中说:“我对一名米尔福德高中学生昨天在去排球训练的路上被冰逮捕的报道感到不安和愤怒。”“然而，当地官员和执法部门又一次被蒙在鼓里，没有人提醒他们，也没有人回答他们的问题。”
米尔福德学校的负责人凯文·麦金太尔(Kevin McIntyre)在一份声明中说，这名学生是在校外被拘留的，最近几周，数名家长也被ICE拘留。
麦金太尔在一份声明中说:“我们都被这个消息弄得心烦意乱。”“米尔福德公立学校不参与移民执法，而是支持我们所有的学生和家庭，包括那些美国移民。他们是社区成员、我们教室里的学生、代表米尔福德参赛的运动员、音乐家、艺术家、朋友和邻居。在这段困难时期，我们将竭尽全力支持我们的学生和家庭。”
戈麦斯·达·西尔瓦本应在周日的高中毕业典礼上在波士顿ABC子公司WCVB的乐队中演奏据报告的。一些毕业生从典礼游行到米尔福德市政厅的抗议活动，仍然戴着帽子穿着礼服。
这名少年的朋友对他的被捕表示震惊和沮丧。他的女朋友朱利安·伦塔斯告诉WCVB，他为她的教堂打鼓。
“他是他的社区的一员，他从未做过任何错事，”她强忍泪水告诉电视台。
参加了周日集会的美国众议员杰克·奥金克洛斯(Jake Auchincloss)也对这名少年被拘留表示怀疑。
这位民主党人告诉WCVB:“我不明白一个去打排球的孩子，一个优等生，一个高中乐队的音乐家，怎么会对法律和秩序构成威胁。”。
根据海德的说法，作为大规模行动的一部分，ICE在5月份在该地区逮捕了1461名“外星罪犯”。她说，超过一半的人——790人——也有“严重的犯罪行为”。
当记者追问戈麦斯·达·席尔瓦是否对社区构成威胁时，莱昂斯说:“我没说他是危险人物。我说他在这个国家是非法的。”
“我们不会抛弃任何人，”他补充道。
Protests erupt after Massachusetts high school student detained by ICE
Protests have erupted over the arrest of an 18-year-old Massachusetts high school student who state officials say wasdetained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agentsover the weekend while on his way to volleyball practice.
Marcelo Gomes da Silva, a Brazilian national who is a junior at Milford Public High School, was arrested on Saturday, according to a court filing from his attorney.
Students at the high school staged a walkout on Monday in support of Gomes da Silva, holding signs that said "Free Marcelo." The protest followed community demonstrations at the Milford Town Hall on Sunday calling for his release.
The teen, who is currently in ICE custody, was not the target of the operation but was a collateral arrest, according to ICE officials.
"When we go out into the community and we find others who are unlawfully here, we are going to arrest them," ICE acting Field Director Patricia Hyde said at a press briefing on Monday. "We've been completely transparent with that. He's 18 years old. He's unlawfully in this country."
Gomes da Silva's father was the actual target of the operation, according to acting ICE Director Todd Lyons. The father, Joao Paulo Gomes-Pereira, was sought because he "has a habit of reckless driving" at speeds over 100 mph, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Agents made a traffic stop on the father's vehicle, which Gomes da Silva was driving at the time of his arrest, Lyons said during the briefing. The father has not turned himself in yet, he said.
Gomes da Silva entered the U.S. in 2012 through a student visa, which has since lapsed, according to his attorney. He has no criminal history and is "eligible for and intends to apply for asylum," his attorney stated in a habeas corpus petition filed Sunday seeking his release.
A federal judge issued an emergency order Sunday afternoon directing the government not to remove Gomes da Silva from the U.S. or to transfer him out of the judicial district of Massachusetts for at least 72 hours. On Monday, a federal judge ordered that the government not transfer the teen out of Massachusetts without first providing the court at least 48 hours advance notice of and reasons for the move.
The ICE detainee locator website lists Gomes da Silva as being in custody but does not list where he is being held. His habeas petition indicates "on information and belief" that ICE is detaining him at a field office in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said she is "demanding immediate answers from ICE" about the teen's arrest, where he is being held and "how his due process is being protected."
"I'm disturbed and outraged by reports that a Milford High School student was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice yesterday," Healey said in a statement on X on Sunday. "Yet again, local officials and law enforcement have been left in the dark with no heads up and no answers to their questions."
Kevin McIntyre, the Milford superintendent of schools, said in a statement that the student was detained off-campus, and several parents have also been detained by ICE in recent weeks.
"We are all distraught by this news," McIntyre said in a statement. "The Milford Public Schools play no part in immigration enforcement and support all of our students and families, including those who are immigrants to the United States. They are members of the community, students in our classrooms, athletes that compete representing Milford, musicians, artists, friends, and neighbors. We will do everything in our power to support our students and families during these difficult times."
Gomes da Silva was supposed to play in the band at the high school's graduation on Sunday, Boston ABC affiliate WCVBreported. Some graduates marched from the ceremony to the protest at Milford Town Hall, still in their caps and gowns.
The teen's friends expressed shock and dismay at his arrest. His girlfriend, Julianys Rentas, told WCVB that he plays drums for her church.
"He's a member of his community and he's never done anything wrong," she told the station while fighting back tears.
U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, who attended Sunday's rally, also expressed disbelief at the teen's detainment.
"I don't see how a kid en route to volleyball, who is an honors student, who's a musician in the high school band -- that kid is not a threat to law and order," the Democrat told WCVB.
ICE arrested 1,461 "alien offenders" in the region in May as part of a large-scale operation, according to Hyde. Over half -- 790 -- had "significant criminality as well," she said.
Pressed by reporters on whether Gomes da Silva was a danger to the community, Lyons said, "I didn't say he was dangerous. I said he's in this country illegally."
"We're not going to walk away from anybody," he added.
