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VIRAL ICE CHILD ENCOUNTER: LEOMINSTER DAD FREED ON BOND AFTER FIRST CIRCUIT ORDER

GBH News|Oct 31, 2025
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A Leominster man, Edwards Hip Mejia, was released on bond after a viral video showed ICE agents taking his 5-year-old daughter with autism from the family car during a September operation outside their home. The family alleges agents used the child to lure Mejia out; DHS/ICE deny this, saying the child was rescued after being left in the car. Mejia was detained two days later; a First Circuit order led to a bond hearing and his release. The case has sparked local outrage and scrutiny of ICE tactics in Massachusetts.

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ICE AGENTS IN L.A. SPOTTED WEARING HALLOWEEN MASKS; DHS REJECTS CHICAGO PAUSE AS ENFORCEMENT SURGES

NBC News reports DHS brushed off a local account that immigration agents in Los Angeles wore Halloween masks during an apparent raid, amid a broader late-October enforcement push. Illinois’ governor asked DHS to pause arrests around Halloween after controversial Chicago actions, but Secretary Kristi Noem refused, citing public safety. DHS has highlighted sharp increases in assaults and threats against ICE officers as justification, though without raw numbers. The incident and timing add to political and safety tensions around federal immigration operations in major cities.

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