ICE preparing for second ‘surge’ in arrests in Greater Boston

ICE is coming back to Boston for more Todd Lyons the acting director for U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement notified the Herald Thursday the winter sweep of criminal illegal immigrants only scratched the surface The last operation revealed ICE necessities to be in the commonwealth The numbers are staggering he mentioned The January sweep became a national story after a Haitian gang member taunted ICE officers while he was being arrested Expletive Trump Biden forever the suspected gangbanger shouted at the camera He also thanked former President Barack Obama Lyons in Boston where he once headed up the regional ICE office commented he came to work closely with U S Attorney Leah Foley and other federal partners on preparing for a second crack at the worst first movers He noted the surge is being planned with DHS the FBI and more with a focus on fentanyl traffickers The drug is a weapon of mass destruction that s identified from Wellesley to Dorchester he reported It s causing a huge constituents safety concern Why would you not want to take that threat out of the district This is a growing story