When ICE agents arrived to detain a woman with her newborn baby and teenage daughters, incensed neighbors formed a human ring around them to thwart the agents.
The harrowing video shows the woman clinging to her infant child as ICE agents attempt to arrest her.
When a neighbor in the crowd demanded to see identification and a warrant, the ICE agents shouted back, “We don’t have to show you anything,” an ICE agent reportedly told the crowd.
And when the teenage daughter tried to stop the car from leaving, ICE agents reportedly ‘slammed her face’ into the ground and arrested her as well.
“What kind of person takes a mother away from her family?,” a neighbor questioned. “Everyone is fed up! It’s disgusting seeing ICE across the country tearing families apart.”
Meanwhile, Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty called the altercation “devastating.”
“As someone who prides themselves on leading a welcoming city, I am devastated to hear about the separation of a family, especially with Mother’s Day around the corner. The fear of ICE tearing a family apart is the worst nightmare of so many in our city,” the mayor said.