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.

Police said officers were there to deescalate the situation, but bystanders said they couldn’t tell whether cops were protecting the public or the agents.

A 12-year-old boy was left behind on a street after an immigration raid in Waltham, Massachusetts. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were seen on camera leaving the boy by himself on a sidewalk after arresting the person he was with on Felton Street on Sunday,

WORCESTER, Mass. — Two people, a juvenile and a School Committee candidate, were arrested on Thursday after chaos erupted on a Worcester street when federal agents detained a Brazilian woman. Community leaders are now calling for transparency and answers after the dramatic scene, which was caught on cell phone video.

The video taken outside in a Worcester neighborhood is gaining national attention. It shows ice agents detaining 40-year-old Rosane Ferreira de Oliveira, a Brazilian national, last week.

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

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.