Sarah Betancourt

The federal government is arguing in favor of keeping a Brazilian father and son detained after they were arrested while fishing off Menemsha on Martha's Vineyard.

Nycolas de Al Varenga Lima, 15, and his father, Rogerio da Silva Lima, were detained by the Coast Guard in an unusual arrest while fishing together for the first time off the village of Menemsha on Martha's Vineyard on May 18.

Nycolas de Al Varenga Lima, 15, and his father, Rogerio da Silva Lima, were detained by the Coast Guard in an unusual arrest while fishing together for the first time off the village of Menemsha on Martha's Vineyard on May 18.

“I'm taking action and will do whatever I can to keep our little kids safe, to keep their parents safe. And to send a message loud and clear to ICE that they need to stay out of Massachusetts and stay out vulnerable, sensitive spaces,” Healey said at a Thursday morning press conference.

It's been nearly 18 months since President Donald Trump took office and began to upend longstanding immigration policy in an effort to promote mass deportation.

Immigrant groups are warning visitors to be wary ahead of the largest World Cup in FIFA history.

A federal judge on Friday ruled that Trump administration policies barring people from 39 countries from receiving decisions on their immigration application are unlawful.

A dozen or so local Latino men and teens play pickup soccer at American Legion Field in East Boston in the rain, using orange cones and old trash bins for goal posts.

Nine-month-old Ailany is clad in a Minnie Mouse shirt, a tiny pony tail with a pink bow and pink overalls. She gurgles when she spots her father, and he turns his head.

Small Business Administration has changed its policies over the past year to restrict small business owners who are not U.S. citizens from receiving SBA financing.