4 Western Massachusetts farm workers arrested by ICE

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) -ICE agents arrested four men in Western Massachusetts associated with Red Fire Farm in March. The detainments, part of a larger raid throughout the state resulting in the arrests of nearly 400 undocumented immigrants.

All four farmworkers were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers back on March 20th in Springfield, and two of the men were arrested after leaving their homes on their way to work that morning.

According to a GoFundMe created for the farmworkers, the other two men were arrested after the Department of Homeland Security Investigations broke into their home, shattering the front door, without asking permission to enter or presenting a warrant…

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