Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) used a woman's children and grandchild as "bait' to arrest her in Worcester, Massachusetts, last week.

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 Massachusetts police union is calling for charges against a City Councilmember who allegedly assaulted local and federal officers — and incited a caught-on-video chaotic protest of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest of an accused violent criminal.

WORCESTER ― Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. announced May 12 that his office will distribute 1,500 “crisis bags,” to law enforcement across the county, which, he said, will be an essential tool for supporting children during traumatic events.

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

A statewide immigration hotline rang hundreds of times in the past week as federal agents detained Massachusetts residents. Why it matters: The calls indicated an uptick in immigration enforcement, with arrests in Worcester sparking outrage among neighbors and some politicians.

Worcester police say they moved in to deescalate the situation, but the response has outraged the community, some saying they question which side the police were on.

Some ICE altercations in Greater Boston turned violent last week, spurring a fear in local immigrant communities that this may be round-two of the "hell" Trump's border czar promised to bring.