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Video footage collected by MassLive after 11 a.m. shows City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj confronting Worcester police officers.
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Worcester Telegram on MSNCity councilors mostly listen as speakers criticize response to Worcester ICE raidWORCESTER ― Rules limiting speaking time were suspended at least twice during the fully virtual May 13 City Council session as a torrent of residents barraged the Police Department and city officials with criticism in connection to the arrest of a woman by federal agents on Eureka Street on May 8.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a statement on the evening of May 9 identifying the woman arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Eureka Street in Worcester on May 8.
Worcester city officials have decided to make Tuesday's City Council meeting virtual after grassroots political organizers announced plans to hold a rally at the meeting.