Massachusetts defendant arrested by ICE reportedly had drug trafficking charges tossed due to Annie Dookhan lab scandal

ICE agents arrested four men in Western Massachusetts associated with Red Fire Farm in March. The detainments, part of a larger raid throughout the state resulting in the arrests of nearly 400 undocumented immigrants.

Immigration authorities and federal law enforcement agencies said on Monday that 370 migrants were arrested in Massachusetts across six days last week as part of an interagency operation.

Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish PhD student at Tufts University, was arrested by plainclothes federal agents on a Somerville sidewalk last week.

The Suffolk DA addresses the controversial ICE arrest of Wilson Martell-Lebron outside a Boston courthouse during his trial, sparking judicial criticism.

In an interview Tuesday morning, Homan confirmed that immigrants living here without legal authorization, but with no criminal record, were swept up in the operation.

"Border czar" Tom Homan traveled to Boston last week after saying he would be "bringing hell"​ to the sanctuary city.

The mystery surrounding Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk's whereabouts after she was picked up by federal immigration agents has shocked many — and is now complicating her legal proceedings. Why it matters: The case's question about jurisdiction — typically a granular area of court proceedings — could affect how ICE detains foreign-born residents and how it communicates about detentions in the future.

After detaining Rümeysa Öztürk at ICE’s field office in St. Albans the night of March 25, court filings show, ICE officials placed her on a flight out of the airport in Burlington.