The move has had a profound impact in the state, where federal agents in May arrested 1,461 people, nearly half of whom had no criminal record.

Nearly 1,500 people have been detained in Massachusetts by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the last month, the agency said Monday. ICE acting director Todd Lyons told reporters at a news conference in Boston that 1,461 people have been hauled into custody since Operation Patriot began in May.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says the city wants to know "who has been arrested, why, and where they're being detained" during recent local Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.

Far from the southern border, Massachusetts' immigrant community lives in fear of ICE and high school students are leading the local resistance.

A rally will be held in Boston on Monday afternoon in response to ICE raids and protests in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed an executive order that seeks to put pressure on the Trump administration to shed light on ICE’s “secret police tactics” that she says have been used in the city

More than 200 people gathered outside Boston City Hall Monday to condemn President Trump’s response to ICE protests in Los Angeles over the weekend.

The Massachusetts senators called for the investigation in a letter sent Wednesday to the US Department of Homeland Security.