A hearing to dismiss charges against a Worcester city councilor who confronted officers during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest is set for Thursday morning.
District 5 Councilor Etel Haxhiaj was charged on June 4 with one misdemeanor count of assault and battery on a police officer and one common law violation for interfering with a police officer.
The charges stem against Haxhiaj’s actions on May 8, where she confronted and protested Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Eureka Street in Worcester. The agents were arresting 40-year-old Rosane Ferreira-De Oliveira, a Brazilian mother of three…