Outside the Burlington ICE office on District Avenue, members of LincolnWitness observed the arrest of three activists attempting to bring food to detainees at the ICE Field Office. The three brought baskets of food and were turned away at the door. Burlington police were called and asked to remove the people who were charged with a single count of trespassing.
> https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/09/12/activists-arrested-burlington-field-office-ice This action followed previous attempts to aid to detainees being held in a building zoned as an office, not a detention center — an unacceptable / inhumane situation. Back in June, Senators Markey and Warren "led the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation in writing to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons and ICE ERO Boston Acting Field Office Director Patricia Hyde, pressing them on whether ICE was violating agency standards and holding detainees in inhumane conditions at a facility in Burlington, Massachusetts. https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-warren-ma-leaders-sound-alarm-on-inhumane-conditions-at-burlington-ice-field-office-ice-attempts-to-undermine-transparency Many of our group will be at the Farmer’s Market tomorrow - between 9:30 and 12:30 tomorrow morning — Please come and see us there. Kathy Madison Concord Road lincolnwitness.org <http://lincolnwitness.org/>
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