US EditionIrish Tourist Detained For 100 Days By ICE After Overstaying Visa For Three Days: 'Didn't See The Sky For Weeks'
MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 15 – Marcelo Gomes endured six days in a crowded ICE detention cell before release and now advocates for immigrant rights amid lengthy legal delays, his story drawing statewide attention.
- Milford teenager Marcelo Gomes, Brazilian teenager, was taken by ICE officers on May 31 while heading to volleyball practice, sparking public attention.
- Amid intensifying immigration enforcement, this highlights the Trump administration’s broader crackdown on immigration in Massachusetts, reflecting policy-driven detention practices.
- He shared a detention cell with 30 other immigrants deprived of sunlight or a shower in a Burlington facility, no attribution, and expressed desire for a shower on June 5.
- Following his detention, Gomes has been routinely stopped by strangers in public to discuss immigration policy and shared his story with Governor Maura Healey, prompting public reactions.
- Going forward, his lawyer said, and he’s committed to helping other immigrants, despite a three-year wait for a final hearing due to court backlog.
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An engineer from Ireland who had travelled several times to the US was detained and then deported due to the expiration of his visa after a medical problem
An Irish tourist was imprisoned for about 100 days in the United States. He had exceeded his three-day tourist visa because of a health problem.
The detainee delayed his departure from the country because of a medical problem and ended up in a prison where, according to his complaint, he was surrounded by cockroaches and was neglected How the U.S. immigration agency has become the assault troop of Trump and the far right Thomas, an Irish tech worker 35 years old and father of three children, traveled last fall to West Virginia, in the U.S., to see his girlfriend. He had been in the count…
An Irish tourist who fell ill and overstayed his visa was disappeared by ICE for "roughly 100 days"
Irish tourist "Thomas" was visiting his girlfriend in West Virginia when he tore his calf. Ordered not to fly by his doctor, the Irishman proactively contacted his embassy and the US Department of Homeland Security to notify them of the medical emergency. — Read the rest The post An Irish tourist who fell ill and overstayed his visa was disappeared by ICE for "roughly 100 days" appeared first on Boing Boing.
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