El lunes, agentes del ICE arrestaron a un estudiante de secundaria de 18 años en Massachusets cuando se lo encontraron accidentalmente y determinaron que era indocumentado. Todd Lyons, director interino del ICE, informó que sus agentes detuvieron el vehículo de alguien que buscaban. Sin embargo, el hijo del sujeto, Marcelo Gomes, de 18 años, conducía el vehículo de su padre. Gomes, quien, según Lyons, se encontraba en el país ilegalmente, entonces fue arrestado. Tricia McLaughlin, funcionaria del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, declaró: «Aunque los agentes del ICE nunca tuvieron la intención de detener a Gomes, se descubrió que se encontraba en Estados Unidos ilegalmente y sujeto a un proceso de deportación, por lo que los agentes realizaron el arresto. Gomes permanece bajo custodia del ICE a la espera del proceso de deportación». Compañeros, estudiantes, maestros e incluso la gobernadora de Massachusetts, Maura Healey, criticaron el arresto. El lunes, ICE arrestó a casi 1500 personas en todo Massachusetts, alegando que se centran en individuos con una "criminalidad significativa". Refiriéndose a Gomes, Lyons dijo: "No dije que fuera peligroso, dije que estaba en este país ilegalmente".
On Monday, ICE agents arrested an 18-year-old high school student in Massachusetts when they accidentally happened to come across him and determined that he was undocumented. Todd Lyons, acting director of ICE, said his agents pulled over a vehicle belonging to someone they were looking for. However, the subject's son, 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes, was driving his father's vehicle. Gomes, who Lyons said was in the country unlawfully, was then arrested. Tricia McLaughlin, a Department of Homeland Security official, said "While ICE officers never intended to apprehend Gomes, he was found to be in the United States illegally and subject to removal proceedings, so officers made the arrest. Gomes remains in ICE custody pending removal proceedings." Fellow students, teachers, friends and even Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey criticized the arrest. On Monday, ICE arrested almost 1,500 people all over Massachusetts, claiming that they are focusing on individuals with "significant criminality." Regarding Gomes, Lyons said, "I didn't say he was dangerous, I said he was in this country illegally."
