The Boston-based organization said the “alarming sequence of events” raises questions about whether local police coordinated with ICE.
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A Boston-based civil rights organization is calling for a state probe into Everett police following the controversial arrest of a 13-year-old boy who was later detained by federal immigration officials.
In an open letter to state leaders Friday, Lawyers for Civil Rights said it is “deeply concerned” about the role the Everett Police Department played in the teen’s transfer into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The boy was ultimately sent to the Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Virginia, hundreds of miles from home…