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Surveillance video shows ICE agents shatter truck window to arrest Malden man

ICE agents forcibly removed Edgar Hernan Elias Escobar from his vehicle despite his pending permanent residency petition; his wife and legal services highlight this as part of a broader pattern in Boston.

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A Massachusetts woman fought back tears as she described to NewsCenter 5 how her husband was detained by ICE agents while on his way to work.

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The immigrant citizen tried to regularize his status through a family application I-130

A Salvadoran worker was arrested Wednesday in Malden, Massachusetts, on his way to work. His wife, Leslie Perlera, a U.S. citizen and lawyer, claims that her husband’s rights, Edgar Hernán Escobar, 31 years old, were violated during the operation. “I’m worried that I don’t know what can happen when there are no cameras, when I’m not there,” Leslie said. According to Perlera and the lawyers’ team of Greater Boston Legal Services, the arrest was v…

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Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra broke the news in on Thursday, September 18, 2025.
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