Police said officers were there to deescalate the situation, but bystanders said they couldn’t tell whether cops were protecting the public or the agents.

The City of Worcester announced Monday that Tuesday night’s city council meeting and standing committee on finance meeting would be held virtually instead of at City Hall “out of an abundance of caution” regarding “public safety concerns.

The Department of Homeland Security alleged that Worcester City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj “pulled a political stunt and incited chaos."

Kennedy used her platform to condemn recent federal immigration arrests in the city, which have prompted a wave of protests. Worcester City Hall is closing early Tuesday and a City Council meeting was moved to Zoom over "public safety concerns," officials tweeted ahead of another protest.

Many of the same protestors who were blocking the agents' car and chanting, "where is the warrant," during Thursday's arrest, packed inside the YWCA on Friday, angry and demanding answers.

A 12-year-old boy was left behind on a street after an immigration raid in Waltham, Massachusetts. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were seen on camera leaving the boy by himself on a sidewalk after arresting the person he was with on Felton Street on Sunday,

The Department of Homeland Security accused a Worcester, Massachusetts city council member of creating a chaotic situation when ICE arrested a violent criminal illegal alien.

Tamara Lundi had declined to discuss her employment history since leaving Community Healthlink for unexplained reasons in 2023.

Tensions rose in Worcester as ICE agents tried arresting a mother, sparking community outrage and a chaotic scene involving police.