Residents protested Tuesday night outside the Hyatt Place in Medford in response to reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents staying at the hotel. The demonstrations were a follow up to a similar protest on Saturday on the Hyatt’s premises.
The neighboring city of Somerville has seen increased detainments of immigrants and Latin Americans. Among them, Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk — who was arrested by ICE on March 25 and held in detention for 45 days.
Ron Newman, a Somerville resident who attended Saturday’s protest, heard about the demonstration from a Facebook post by Lucy Pineda, a coordinator from the group “Latinos Unidos en Massachusetts.” Protesters from the Service Employees International Union and Party…