Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, arrested for trespassing at a federal immigration facility last week, compared his confrontation with federal authorities to the biblical King David's trials.

The contrast between ICE officers in camouflage fatigues and the “nice old ladies” protesting outside the immigrant detention center might have been comic if not for the guns and plastic wrist cuffs the officers carried and the violent confrontation between Newark Police and other demonstrators the night before.

A protest was held in Worcester, demanding ICE "stop taking mothers" after immigration officials detained a woman​ last week.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said in a debate Monday his actions that got him arrested days earlier at an ICE facility were "absolutely" an effective protest against President Donald Trump.

Ben Cohen was one of seven people who were arrested at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing Wednesday.

Worcester City Hall is closing to the public early today ahead of a planned protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The ICE protest is expected to draw hundreds at the same time as a City Council meeting inside.

A group of protesters said government agencies have not been transparent about the people still in ICE custody following last month's raid of an illegal nightclub in Colorado Springs.

When asked about what he is calling for the Congress and Senators to do for Gaza, Ben Cohen said, “Congress and the Senators need to ease the siege."

A district judge has ordered the immediate release of an Marshall man, a native of Indonesia, after concluding that his arrest and detention by federal agents were likely retaliation for his support for causes such as Black Lives Matter and Palestinian rights.