BREAKING:
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Nantucket, a major “sanctuary status” island with off the coast of Massachusetts, just got raided by ICE in a multi-day operation.
Authorities say that the arrested were violent illegal immigrants who entered through the Biden/Harris administration…
Agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency have been active on Nantucket this week, making several arrests of "violent offenders" around the island in unmarked vehicles.
It’s unclear how many people have been arrested during the multi-day operation or what charges they are facing. Photos and videos sent to the Current by island residents this week showed arrests being made at Park Circle on Wednesday, another on Surfside Road Thursday morning, as well as on Bartlett Road and Essex Road.
According to a press release issued by the Nantucket Police Department, the ICE agents were on Nantucket "to serve administrative arrest warrants for immigration violations. The arrest warrants were specifically for ‘violent offenders’. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, not unlike many local, state, or federal agencies, requested our assistance with local knowledge of geographical areas of our town. The Nantucket Police Department, specifically the Detective Unit did assist with identifying requested addresses provided to them by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency."
On Friday, the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston field office issued the following statement about the Nantucket arrests through its spokesperson James Covington: “ERO Boston can confirm that we have been conducting targeted enforcement actions in coordination with Nantucket Police in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The actions, which targeted several egregious noncitizen offenders, have been going on for the last few days and wrapped up this morning. ERO Boston would like to thank the Nantucket Police for their cooperation and support throughout this process. As many aspects of the analysis remain ongoing, ERO will not comment further at this time. ERO Boston will release further details in the coming days.”
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https://nantucketcurrent.com/news/federal-ice-agents-make-arrests-on-nantucket
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