US EditionBoston University Student Brags About Calling ICE On Car Wash Employees
Zac Segal said he repeatedly alerted ICE before the Nov. 4 raid that detained nine workers, sparking legal challenges as advocates say many had legal status.
- On Nov. 4, an ICE operation at the Allston Car Wash resulted in nine employees being detained after Zac Segal, president of the Boston University College Republicans, said he repeatedly tipped off agents.
- Zac Segal, president of the Boston University College Republicans, said he had been calling ICE for months, and on Nov. 7, he posted that they finally responded to his request, claiming he had alerted authorities to protect local jobs.
- DHS and ICE described the Nov. 4 operation as targeted, but ICE did not confirm if public tips prompted it; Pomerleau said `They were grabbed and thrown in a van without any opportunity to explain who they are, where they're from`.
- Attorneys have filed habeas petitions and requested bond hearings, with most detainees slated for hearings next week and held in federal detention facilities in Massachusetts and Vermont.
- College Republican leaders publicly applauded Segal while local advocates condemned the tactic, with Boston University community and campus groups and LUCE holding vigils and warning of rising nativist rhetoric.
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BU student’s posts leads to controversy and ICE raid at carwash
A Boston University student is at the center of a growing controversy after admitting he repeatedly called U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on employees at a local Allston car wash, resulting in nine legal workers being detained on Nov. 4. Zac Segal, president of the university’s College Republicans, posted on X that he had been contacting ICE “for months on end” and framed the recent detentions as a response to his activism. In his post…
Boston Student Claims Credit for ICE Raid on Car Wash
A Boston University student who claimed credit for reporting car wash workers to immigration authorities earned the praise of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the ire of his fellow students in recent days. Zac Segal, who is the president of the university’s College Republicans club, said he had “been calling ICE for months” about workers at the Allston Car Wash, near the university campus, while sharing an article about federal agen…
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