An NBC affiliate in Boston complained of “growing concerns” of deportation raids performed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the federal law enforcement agency caught illegal alien criminals wanted for crimes such as murder and rape.
NBC10 published a <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/after-federal-agents-spotted-in-east-boston-concerns-grow-over-potential-ice-raids/3610367/">story</a> headlined, “After federal agents spotted in East Boston, concerns grow over potential ICE raids” shortly after federal law enforcement agents captured illegal alien criminals accused of a variety of violent crimes.
“There&#8217;s growing concerns over potential ICE raids locally after federal agents were spotted by NBC Boston cameras entering homes in East Boston Wednesday and taking at least one person into custody,” the NBC10 story read. “These operations come amid heightened alert for mass roundups and deportations promised by President Donald Trump, but federal authorities would not confirm they are related to that effort.”
The report was slammed on X by Bill Melugin, the Fox News National Correspondent who embedded with ICE on their series of raids in Boston.
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“I’m curious what concerns there would be over the following being removed from the streets by ICE Boston yesterday?” he wrote on X, explaining that the federal law enforcement agency captured two alleged members of MS-13, a Haitian gang member with 17 convictions, multiple alleged rapists, and an alleged heroin trafficker, among others.
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I’m curious what concerns there would be over the following being removed from the streets by ICE Boston yesterday?
Two MS-13 gang members, one of which has an Interpol Red Notice warrant for aggravated murder 
Haitian gang member w/ 17 convictions 
Multiple alleged rapists,… <a href="https://t.co/HQl6GoeAHW">https://t.co/HQl6GoeAHW</a>
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1882615991492108435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
One Haitian illegal alien and alleged gang member was captured on video yelling, “I’m not going back to Haiti,” and praising former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. “Yo Biden forever bro. Thank Obama for everything he did for me bro,” he said as he was placed in the back of a police car.
President Donald Trump pledged during his campaign to carry out the largest mass deportation operation in American history. The 47th president signed a slate of immigration-related executive orders within hours of taking office, including declaring a national emergency on the southern border, designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and suspending refugee resettlement.
Trump’s deportation plan enjoys significant public support, with one <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-overwhelming-majority-of-americans-support-trumps-plan-to-deport-criminal-illegal-aliens">recent poll</a> from The New York Times finding that nearly 9 in 10 Americans support deporting illegal aliens with criminal records. That same survey also found that 63 percent of Americans support deporting immigrants who are here illegally and arrived over the past four years and that a majority of Americans, 55 percent, support deporting all illegal aliens.
Nearly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-strongly-supportive-of-trumps-mass-deportation-agenda-poll-finds">60 percent</a> of respondents in a CBS News poll said they would support an effort to deport all illegal aliens from the United States, not just those who have been convicted of a violent crime.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has already arrested hundreds of illegal migrants in the first few days of the Trump administration, including MS-13 gang members and a Haitian gang member who shouted &#8220;F*** Trump!&#8221; and &#8220;Biden forever!&#8221; as he was carted away.
Video of the Haitian gang member mouthing off during his arrest was captured by Fox News, which had a reporter <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first-images-ice-mass-deportation-efforts-show-arrests-ms-13-gang-members-murder-suspects" target="_blank" rel="noopener">embedded</a> with ICE in Boston.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not going back to Haiti!&#8221; the arrested migrant shouted, sticking his head out the window of the ICE car.
“F*** Trump! You feel me? Yo, Biden forever, bro! Thank Obama for everything that he did for me, bro!” he said.
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🚨 Watch the stunning moment when <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillMelugin_</a> joined ICE on an immigration raid in Boston to arrest an illegal alien gang member from Haiti:
“F*** Trump! You feel me? Yo, Biden forever, bro! Thank Obama for everything he did for me, bro!” <a href="https://t.co/qCUor01OHD">pic.twitter.com/qCUor01OHD</a>
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The Haitian gang member had 18 convictions in recent years.
Also in Boston, ICE arrested multiple MS-13 gang members and several illegal migrant murder and rape suspects, a total of eight arrests in one day.
Some of the arrested migrants had been released with ICE detainers that were not honored by sanctuary areas. Some also had Interpol Red Notices, meaning police forces internationally are asked to arrest them, often for extradition.
&#8220;Today was a good day. Today we took several significant public safety threats out of our communities,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first-images-ice-mass-deportation-efforts-show-arrests-ms-13-gang-members-murder-suspects" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Patricia Hyde, acting director for Boston&#8217;s ICE field office.
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&#8220;Unfortunately, a lot were released by sanctuary policies. But we’re here to tell the Commonwealth and the rest of the country that we&#8217;re going to find them, whether they’re released or not,&#8221; she said.
A woman could be heard yelling &#8220;thank you&#8221; to the ICE agents as they arrested the criminals, Fox reported.
President Donald Trump has ordered mass deportations of illegal migrants, starting with dangerous criminals. On his first day in office, he signed multiple executive orders, revamping ICE enforcement, resuming the construction of the border wall, and reinstating the “Remain in Mexico” policy, among other immigration priorities.
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Within hours of Trump&#8217;s inauguration, the Biden administration&#8217;s CBP One app, which allowed asylum seekers to make appointments with border authorities, was also shut down.
Less than 48 hours after Trump was sworn in, ICE had already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-400-illegal-immigrants-arrested-in-first-few-days-of-trump-admin?topStoryPosition=2">arrested</a> more than 460 illegal migrants.
Several men charged or convicted of sexually abusing children were also arrested, as well as a man convicted of “sexual penetration with a foreign object on an unaware victim.”
Under the Biden administration, nearly 11 million illegal encounters were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-first-house-judiciary-hearing-of-2025-to-focus-on-biden-border-failures">recorded</a> between fiscal year 2021 and October 2024. Only about three million encounters were recorded nationwide during Trump&#8217;s first term.

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Worcester Public Schools directed bus drivers to not allow students off of the bus if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are waiting at bus stops, a letter reveals.
&#8220;A recent notification has gone out regarding ICE (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) agents potentially being at bus stops,” the letter states. “If you are aware of any agents being at a stop, DO NOT let any student off the bus and contact the transportation office immediately.&#8221;
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NEW: The school district of Massachusetts&#39;s second largest city is directing bus drivers to not let students off at stops where ICE agents are present. <a href="https://t.co/vMlzX7jxUJ">pic.twitter.com/vMlzX7jxUJ</a>
&mdash; Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) <a href="https://twitter.com/KassyAkiva/status/1882494606606254434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The letter comes amid Massachusetts leaders — including Democratic Gov. Maura Healey — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boston-mayor-doubles-down-on-defying-trump-deportations-as-ma-police-arrest-migrants-for-child-rape" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promising to</a> resist any crackdown on immigration under the new Trump administration in the sanctuary state. Massachusetts has been a focal point of the immigration crisis, with the state providing migrants with shelters in hotels that are often riddled with chaos, violence, rape, and wasteful spending, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-former-migrant-shelter-director-sounds-alarm-recalls-widespread-rape-and-violence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire previously reported</a>.
The district of the second biggest city in Massachusetts <a href="https://www.worcesterschools.org/article/1978850">sent a letter</a> to families reminding them of policies and procedures if immigration officials arrive at schools or places such as bus stops, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/worcester-schools-immigration-ice-agents-bus-stop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported CBS News</a>.
Superintendent Rachel Monarrez reportedly said her district will not coordinate with ICE and will not allow agents into facilities without a warrant signed by a federal judge.
A Massachusetts Republican Party spokesperson accused the district of “creating fake scenarios to rile up fear” in a statement to The Daily Wire.
“It’s clear that ICE is targeting violent criminals, not children,” Logan Trupiano said. “This political posturing is stoking unnecessary fear and deliberately misrepresenting what is actually happening on the streets.”
The Trump administration withdrew a Biden administration guideline that made “sensitive” areas like schools off-limits for ICE agents.
“Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest,” Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman said in a Tuesday statement.
A progressive nonprofit is preparing school officials with instructions of how to deal with federal law enforcement officials, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schools-arent-off-limits-for-ice-raids-trump-dhs-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire reported</a>. The Century Foundation advised principals to meet federal law enforcement at the door and inform them that &#8220;district protocols&#8221; require approval before entry and to call the district’s lawyers.
On Tuesday, Border Czar Tom Homan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/go-make-arrests-trumps-mass-deportations-are-underway-tom-homan-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said that ICE agents</a> have already started seeking out criminal illegal immigrants for deportation.
“ICE officers throughout the country were told today, ‘Go make arrests of those here illegally that have a public safety threat.’ So they’ve developed target sheets, an operational plan to go out in the field … so they’re out there right now looking for the most serious public safety threats throughout the country,” Homan said.
ICE and Monarrez did not respond to a request for comment.

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An illegal alien in possession of a semi-automatic rifle and an estimated $1 million worth of fentanyl was busted by police at a Massachusetts homeless shelter, prompting an investigation of shelters across the state.
Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, a 28-year-old illegal alien from the Dominican Republic, was <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/01/07/us-news/massachusetts-gov-healey-orders-inspection-of-state-shelters-after-migrant-arrest/">arrested</a> by the Revere Police Department and was in possession of a loaded AR-15 rifle with three magazines and 10 pounds of fentanyl.
The illegal alien’s supply of fentanyl — the deadly drug that has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans — amounts to an <a href="https://www.dea.gov/onepill">estimated 2.2 million</a> lethal doses.
Sanchez was looking for a room at a hotel that had been converted to a homeless shelter when police apprehended him. He is now in state custody and slated to be delivered to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“This individual endangered occupants of the hotel, on-site workers, public safety personnel and the community at large,” Revere Police Chief David Callahan stated. “His arrest underscores our commitment to work tirelessly to protect our community from those dealing deadly Fentanyl and possessing illegal firearms.”
The arrest of the illegal alien prompted Democrat Governor Maura Healy to announce an inspection of homeless shelters across the state as well as a review of their policies. She also directed the blame at the federal government and the “broken federal immigration system.”
&#8220;This further underscores our broken federal immigration system and the urgent need for Congress and the White House to act on a border security bill to prevent criminals from entering our communities,” Healy <a href="https://spectrumnews1.com/ma/worcester/news/2025/01/07/healey-migrant-shelter-inspections-010725">said</a>.
But Healy has been a vocal opponent of President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda and said that state forces will not assist in federal immigration enforcement operations.
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The Democrat Governor said in one November interview that the Massachusetts State Police will “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-gov-refuses-to-help-deportations-as-ice-busts-alleged-illegal-alien-child-rapists-in-her-state">absolutely not</a>” be permitted to assist the federal government in its effort to enforce immigration law against illegal aliens.
ICE agents busted three illegal aliens who are believed to have sexually assaulted children just days after Healy expressed her opposition to the deportation agenda.
One of the three illegal aliens, Guatemalan national Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz, was charged with raping a child and arrested by the Great Barrington Police Department. ICE says, however, that the police department did not honor a federal detainer for the illegal alien and failed to deliver him to federal custody.

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Two men were arrested on Saturday after police said they flew a drone “dangerously close” to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston</a>’s Logan International Airport. 
The Boston Police Department <a href="https://police.boston.gov/2024/12/15/two-suspects-arrested-following-hazardous-drone-operation-on-long-island/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Sunday that officers apprehended 42-year-old Robert Duffy of Charlestown and 32-year-old Jeremy Folcik of Bridgewater for allegedly flying a drone near Logan’s airspace. The two Massachusetts men were charged with trespassing, but police say they could face more serious charges. 
“Even small drones pose significant risks, including the potential for catastrophic damage to airplanes and helicopters,” the police said. “Near-collisions can cause pilots to veer off course, putting lives and property at risk.”
Police said that on Saturday, at 4:30 p.m., an officer specializing in real-time crime surveillance noticed an Unmanned Aircraft System “operating dangerously close” to the airport. That officer was then able to identify the drone’s location, altitude, and flight history and track the operator&#8217;s location on Long Island, part of the Boston Harbor Islands.
A police unit went to Long Island, where officers found the operators at a decommissioned health care center. 
“Upon attempting to make contact, the suspects fled on foot. Two of the three individuals were apprehended and identified as Duffy and Folcik. During the investigation, a drone was discovered inside a backpack carried by Duffy,” the police said. 
Police said a third suspect, who was not identified, likely escaped the island in a small boat. 
“Recognizing the serious risks posed by the drone’s proximity to Logan’s airspace, additional resources were mobilized,” the police said, noting that local law enforcement worked with Homeland Security, Massachusetts State Police, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Federal Communications Commission, and the airport to locate the drone and track the suspects. 
“The Boston Police Department is committed to ensuring public safety and will continue to take necessary action against hazardous drone operations,” the police said. 
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The arrests come amid a rash of &#8220;mysterious drone&#8221; sightings throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S., including New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. These sightings have left the public and elected officials confused and demanding answers.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayorkas-claims-americans-have-nothing-to-worry-about-over-drone-sightings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Sunday that the agency would provide New Jersey law enforcement with special equipment and manpower to address the drones. 
“We’ve deployed personnel, technology, and if there is any reason for concern, if we identify any foreign involvement or criminal activity, we will communicate with the American public accordingly,” he claimed. “Right now, we are not aware of any. If we become aware of any, we will communicate accordingly and take appropriate action.”

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Federal authorities have arrested a leftist Democratic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftist-boston-city-councilwomans-rhetoric-is-so-vitriolic-that-it-disturbs-democratic-colleagues-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">city councilwoman</a> in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston</a> after being accused of defrauding the city and giving kickbacks to a family member on her staff. 
Tania Fernandes Anderson, who immigrated to the U.S. illegally from Cape Verde, was <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/12/06/boston-city-councilor-arrested-by-feds-on-corruption-charges/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> by the Justice Department with five counts of wire fraud and one count of stealing federal funds, including a charge for providing a $13,000 bonus to an unnamed relative she employed at city hall. The two allegedly shared the money.
&#8220;The charges stem from an alleged kickback scheme she orchestrated to obtain several thousand dollars in taxpayer money in exchange for bribes paid,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-city-councilor-tania-fernandes-anderson-arrest/3570143/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy on Friday. 
The indictment alleged that at the time of the illegal activity, Fernandes Anderson was “facing personal financial difficulty,” including missing rent and car payments and a civil penalty from her previous ethics violation, in which she was fined for hiring her sister and son.
Prosecutors say that Fernandes Anderson hatched a scheme to hire a family member and pay them a $13,000 bonus. An email included in the indictment shows her falsely claiming to a Boston official that the staffer was not related to her. Investigators said Fernandes Anderson took $7,000 in cash during a drop in a city hall bathroom.
&#8220;On or about June 9, 2023, at approximately 4:11 p.m., Staff Member A texted Fernandes Anderson, ‘Bathroom’ to let Fernandes Anderson know that Staff Member A was waiting in the bathroom to hand the $7,000 cash to Fernandes Anderson,&#8221; the indictment said. &#8220;Within seconds, Fernandes Anderson texted Staff Member A, ‘Ready&#8217; to confirm that Fernandes Anderson was ready to accept the $7,000 cash kickback from Staff Member A.”
&#8220;When they met in that bathroom, Ms. Fernandes Anderson put $7,000 in her pocket,&#8221; Levy said. &#8220;All of that money was funded by the taxpayers of Boston.&#8221;
The indictment also accused Fernandes Anderson of embezzling money from a federal grant program meant for the city of Boston. 
On Wednesday, after news broke that she may have been under investigation, Fernandes Anderson <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-city-councilor-tania-fernandes-anderson-reacts-to-reported-federal-probe/3567998/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> she couldn’t comment on the allegations. 
&#8220;To my people, District 7 constituents: You know that I am always transparent with you and always available. My job is to show up and fight for you, and I will continue to do just that&#8211;the people&#8217;s work,&#8221; the city councilor said. &#8220;Unfortunately, I am not able to comment on this matter at this time. As soon as I can, I will be sure to share more with you.&#8221;
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Fernandes Anderson, who was elected in 2021, has become known for her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftist-boston-city-councilwomans-rhetoric-is-so-vitriolic-that-it-disturbs-democratic-colleagues-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">racially charged rhetoric</a> and calls for “a revolution” to combat “systemic racism.” 
“I can’t even call you cowards because desperation deserves mercy. Your votes here sometimes are racist … I am here to represent every black woman and man in the community … What the f*** do I have to do in this f***ing council to get respect as a black woman,” Fernandes Anderson said to fellow council members during a meeting in August 2023.
She was set to appear before a federal judge Friday afternoon.

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The former director of a Massachusetts migrant shelter exposed the chaos, violence, rape, and wasteful spending that haunt these shelters in an exclusive interview with The Daily Wire.
Jon Fetherston, who managed a hotel-turned-migrant shelter in Marlborough, Massachusetts, from November 2023 to July 2024, said he took the job to assist people in need. However, he soon observed how Massachusetts’ Right to Shelter law — which mandates that the state provide housing and necessities to homeless families with children or pregnant women — led to an overwhelming influx of migrants, turning once-functional hotels into unsafe environments.
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A man who ran a Massachusetts hotel that was turned into a migrant shelter says it was plagued by violence, rape, and wasteful spending.
He blames the state’s governor Maura Healey for what he calls “Healey Hotels.”
Watch his exclusive interview with reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/KassyAkiva?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KassyAkiva</a>: <a href="https://t.co/g8jKPSqxQE">pic.twitter.com/g8jKPSqxQE</a>
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“There was a lot of violence,” Fetherston recalled. “Unfortunately there was a gentleman in the hotel that impregnated his own daughter and got very violent when the state removed her from the shelter.”
In June, The Maine Wire published <a href="https://www.themainewire.com/2024/06/bay-state-hotel-flop-house-becomes-hub-for-illegal-alien-rape-and-domestic-violence-on-maura-healeys-watch/">an exposé</a> on the migrant shelter at a Holiday Inn, where Fetherston was working to support over 550 people. It detailed the situation Fetherston referenced regarding a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly raped multiple times and impregnated by her father, Ronald Joseph. 
“[Department of Children and Families] then conducted an interview with [the victim] who reported that her father has had sex with her multiple times, both on the journey to the U.S. and in the U.S. DCF then made the decision to remove [the victim] from her father’s custody on an emergency basis,” the document obtained by the Maine Wire states.
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Instead of being arrested, records show Joseph was given a taxpayer-funded Lyft ride to another shelter in Worcester, Massachusetts, after he started yelling and making threatening gestures at the shelter staff.
“They had me send them to Worcester County,” Fetherston said.” And I, for the life of me, don&#8217;t understand why he wasn&#8217;t locked up. A man who admits he committed rape, you’re just going to put in another shelter so he can rape again another day? It makes no sense.”
Police were reportedly alerted about Joseph after the incident.
In another situation, a local school asked Fetherston to check on a female student who seemed distressed.
“It turned out that the girl claimed that one of the residents of the shelter was actively raping her on a pretty consistent basis,” Fetherston said. “I immediately stopped and we called the police. The police came in, brought in detectives.”
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Fetherston said the girl did not immediately tell the police the same story, and instead claimed the man was her boyfriend. But, days later, she asked to be taken to the police station.
“After a couple of days, she changed her mind so I personally put her in my car with the family and I drove her to the police station,” Fetherston said. “She told the police officer that she was raped multiple times. It was probably the most disturbing conversation I&#8217;ve ever heard in my adult life.”
Fetherston then took the girl to get a restraining order. The man, identified by the Maine Wire as 29-year-old Gladimy Rodene, reportedly sexually assaulted another girl, according to a report from a security guard recounting a statement from the original victim.
Rodene was arrested and removed from the shelter and was reportedly issued an abuse prevention order, according to the Maine Wire.
It is unclear if either individual was charged by local officials. A spokeswoman for ICE told The Daily Wire that they do not have a detainer on either of the individuals.
In August, the <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/30/metro/rape-at-peabody-homeless-shelter-was-domestic-violence-state-says/">Boston Globe reported</a> a pregnant woman was allegedly raped and assaulted at a different hotel shelter in July by a Haitian national.
Other violent altercations also took place between migrants residing at the hotel, including one situation where a woman threw hot soup at another woman.
“I witnessed one of the women throwing hot soup at the other during a dispute over the microwave,” a report by a security guard states. “After a few minutes of yelling, Jon intervened again, warning that he would remove the microwaves if the altercation continued.”
In another instance, a migrant drove a car into Fetherston’s office, knocking him off his chair, in what he claims was a retaliation for refusing to hand out diapers to migrants on government benefits.
“If you were receiving benefits and you were receiving those, then we were going to start scaling back on providing diapers, formula and wipes,” Fetherston said. “That did not go over well with the migrants. They thought that they were being attacked. A gentleman then drove his car into my office.”
The car crash was <a href="https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/driver-charged-after-crashing-vehicle-into-massachusetts-hotel-being-used-migrant-shelter/5VMHOKEGFRATPOLA55JY5NRBBQ/">reported in local media</a>, but it was not publicly reported that the migrant drove into the shelter on purpose, though Fetherston said he was told by other residents it was.
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Fetherston said his daily tasks included assisting migrants with enrolling in social services like food stamps and government health insurance, ensuring they received three meals a day from catering companies, and purchasing essential items such as toiletries, diapers, strollers, cribs, formula, and baby wipes. He also coordinated state-paid, same-day dry cleaning for the migrants and arranged Uber rides to work when needed.
“They maybe have two days’ worth of clothing on them and they have no toiletries, they don’t have any IDs, they don&#8217;t have anything,” Fetherston said. “The state contract was that you provide everything that they would need. So a lot of the days you spent ordering.”
Fetherston said he doesn’t fault the migrants for coming to Massachusetts to get free handouts, but Gov. Maura Healey for mismanaging the crisis which has led to as many as 3,832 migrant families <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/massachusetts-emergency-family-shelter-system-changes/3559148/">using shelters</a>, which Fetherston calls “Healey Hotels.”
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“The governor had let it be known that Massachusetts was a safe haven for migrants to come to,” Fetherston said. “She now will call the migrants residents and they&#8217;re not residents. Most of them are here seeking asylum protection, but I certainly wouldn&#8217;t call them residents.”
Fetherston, who said he was given an Amazon budget and other accounts to buy necessities with the migrants with no spending cap, says the cost of the migrant program is immeasurable. 
“What does it cost for a public education teacher to say, listen, I&#8217;m not getting the help and the services that I need to take care of my classroom? I&#8217;m just going to retire. What is the price of a senior police officer in a local police department says, I don&#8217;t need this. I don&#8217;t need this aggravation in my life. I&#8217;m going to leave. You can&#8217;t even put a dollar figure on what it&#8217;s costing these communities to replace a good teacher or replace a good police officer.”
Incoming Trump administration border czar, Tom Homan, said that Massachusetts will be a “huge focal point when it comes to mass deportations” last month, following several state leaders — including Healey — saying they <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-gov-refuses-to-help-deportations-as-ice-busts-alleged-illegal-alien-child-rapists-in-her-state">would not assist</a> federal immigration enforcement agents.
“So I think the key here is that, you know, every tool in the toolbox has got to be used to protect our citizens, to protect our residents and protect our states and to hold the line on democracy and the rule of law as a basic principle,” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-governor-threatens-use-every-tool-fight-back-against-trump-era-deportations">Healey said</a> on MSNBC last month.
Fetherston said he hopes Healey changes course and cooperates with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boston-mayor-doubles-down-on-defying-trump-deportations-as-ma-police-arrest-migrants-for-child-rape">Trump administration</a> on deporting criminal migrants.
“Governor Healey’s hatred of Donald Trump has blinded her so badly that she has put the risk [sic] of every child and woman in the state of Massachusetts,” Fetherston said. “I don&#8217;t understand this. I lose sleep over it.”
U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement and the Marlborough Police did not respond to requests for comment. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities declined to comment.

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EXCLUSIVE: Former Migrant Shelter Director Sounds Alarm Recalls Widespread Rape And Violence

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu reaffirmed her refusal to fully cooperate with the Trump administration’s planned deportations — the same day two illegal immigrants were charged with raping children in Massachusetts.
In response to criticism from incoming Trump border czar Tom Homan, Wu — who had previously said she would maintain Boston’s “sanctuary city” status in defiance of the Trump administration, said Wednesday said she had “no intention of rolling out the welcome mat” for the president-elect and his team.
“They can say whatever they want about me, but our public safety record speaks for itself: Boston is the safest major city in America,” the mayor said. “Our homicide rates are among the lowest of any city nationally, and gun violence has been at an all-time historic low over the last two years here in Boston”
The same day, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s field office in Boston announced it arrested two illegal immigrants for forcibly raping children inclding 42-year-old <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-boston-arrests-colombian-national-charged-rape-massachusetts-minor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billy Erney Buitrago-Bustos</a> of Columbia and 21-year-old Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz of Guatamala.
An additional migrant, who <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-boston-arrests-brazilian-international-fugitive-convicted-rape-child" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was convicted</a> of raping a child in Brazil and sentenced to serve 14 years in prison before fleeing to the United States, was also arrested on Thursday.
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-gov-refuses-to-help-deportations-as-ice-busts-alleged-illegal-alien-child-rapists-in-her-state" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also said</a> she would not assist with federal efforts to deport illegal aliens. Trump’s support in Boston has grown since 2016, when he secured just 14.1% of the vote. Though Boston is still Democrat-dominated, Trump secured 20.4% in November.
Wu first commented on Trump’s deportation plan on November 17th, when she told a <a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-goes-on-the-record-about-leading-a-sanctuary-city/62921765" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local news channel</a> she would not cooperate with deportation efforts, citing the fact that Boston was a sanctuary city.
“Elections have consequences, and the federal government is responsible for a certain set of actions, and cities — no individual city can reverse or override some parts of that,” Wu said. “But what we can do is make sure that we are doing our part to protect our residents in every possible way; that we are not cooperating with those efforts that actually threaten the safety of everyone by causing widespread fear and having large-scale economic impacts.”
Wu stated that under the 2014 Boston Trust Act, the city will not cooperate with resources or personnel on civil immigration detainers unless there is serious criminal activity involved.
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Mayor Wu &#8220;we are not co-operating&#8221; with deportations and she suggests that a city may in fact be able to &#8220;reverse or override some parts&#8221; of federal immigration law, this morning on WCVB &#8220;On the Record&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mapoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#mapoli</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bospoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#bospoli</a> <a href="https://t.co/gO8hJJcmz2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/gO8hJJcmz2</a>
— JohnFGately (@johnfgately) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnfgately/status/1858258764841046066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
When asked if Boston is struggling with the migrant crisis, Wu responded that “resources are stretched,” adding that shelters have been at capacity because of “newly-arrived residents.”
Boston’s struggle with the migrant crisis made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/migrants-now-sleeping-at-airports-in-two-major-u-s-cities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">national headlines</a> when migrants used a terminal in Boston Logan Airport as a shelter.
Wu added that she is worried about residents who will “retreat into the shadows” and not use city services like schools or call 911 because they fear being deported.
Homan responded to Wu in an interview with Newsmax on Monday, questioning her intelligence and stating that she should either help or “get the hell out of the way,”
“She’s not very smart, I’ll give her that,” Homan said. “President Trump’s going to prioritize public safety threats. What mayor or governor doesn’t want public safety threats out of their communities? That’s your number one responsibility, to protect your communities, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.”
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Homan responds to Boston’s Mayor: I suggests she read title eight, United States Code 1324 III that says, you can&#8217;t harbor or conceal an illegal alien from federal law enforcement. So I hope she don&#8217;t cross that line. <a href="https://t.co/HUhIF3Y4r5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/HUhIF3Y4r5</a>
— Acyn (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1858701092055642162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
“So she helps us or she gets the hell out of the way because we’re going to do it,” he added. “They can not cooperate, but there are certain laws in place that they can’t cross. And I hope she doesn’t cross it.”
Homan pointed to Title 8, United States Code 1324 III, which states that it is against federal law to harbor or conceal an illegal immigrant from a law enforcement officer.

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Boston Mayor Doubles Down On Defying Trump Deportations As MA Police Arrest Migrants For Child Rape

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents busted three illegal aliens accused of raping children in Massachusetts just days after the state’s Democratic governor said she would not assist federal efforts to deport illegal aliens.
The Boston-based agents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice">arrested</a> three illegal aliens, each of whom have been charged or convicted with raping children. That includes Alexandre Romao De Oliveira, who was previously convicted in his native country of Brazil for raping a child in 2022. He illegally entered the United States in 2022 and was arrested this week in Methuen, Massachusetts.
The arrests come just after Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-governor-threatens-use-every-tool-fight-back-against-trump-era-deportations">said</a> state police will “absolutely not” cooperate with federal immigration enforcement agents as they attempt to carry out President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. Healey also said Massachusetts and other blue states might fight Trump’s deportation agenda in the courts.
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NEW VIDEO: “No, absolutely not,” <a href="https://twitter.com/maura_healey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Maura_Healey</a> responded when MSNBC’s anchor Lawrence O’Donnell asked if she would allow the State Police to assist in the deportations. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mapoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#mapoli</a> <a href="https://t.co/k2ou6n3Sch">pic.twitter.com/k2ou6n3Sch</a>
— Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance (@MassFiscal) <a href="https://twitter.com/MassFiscal/status/1857749565841047802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
<a href="https://www.amiracist.com/?_gl=1*jtghwp*_gcl_au*ODQ1NjYzNTg2LjE3Mjg5MDk3OTE.*_ga*MTc2NzM0NDQ2NS4xNzI4OTA5Nzkx*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTczMDEyMDgwOS40OS4xLjE3MzAxMjA4MzkuMzAuMC4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+</a>
ICE also arrested Guatemalan national Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz, who was charged with raping a child and held by the Great Barrington Police Department. ICE says that the detainer placed on Paz-Munoz was ignored, and he was not transferred to federal custody.
“Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz stands accused of horrifically victimizing a Massachusetts child and represents a significant threat to our neighborhoods,” acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde of Boston’s Enforcement and Removal Operations <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-boston-arrests-guatemalan-national-charged-rape-child-force">noted</a>.
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BREAKING: ICE Boston announces the arrests of three alleged illegal alien child rapists in Massachusetts, two of whom are charged w/ forcibly raping MA children, and another who was convicted of raping a child in Brazil in 2022, but was hiding in MA as a fugitive after he was… <a href="https://t.co/OaDNOETTJU">pic.twitter.com/OaDNOETTJU</a>
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The third perpetrator was Colombian illegal alien Billy Erney Buitrago-Bustos, whom ICE took into their custody after he was arrested by the Great Barrington Police Department for forcibly raping a child. The Berkshire County Jail honored ICE’s detainer for the illegal alien.

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Dem Gov Refuses To Help Deportations As ICE Busts Alleged Illegal Alien Child Rapists In Her State

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) received fewer votes and a lower share of the votes on Election Day in Massachusetts than failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Warren, however, won her race in the deep blue state, while Harris lost the presidency, even with Massachusetts’ electoral votes. Harris received 2,074,446 votes in the Bay State, while Warren only received 1,988,453 – meaning Warren received 85,993 fewer votes than Harris, with more than 95% of the votes counted, <a href="https://election.dailywire.com/?_gl=1*ls0tik*_gcl_au*MTMxNTMzNjQwMS4xNzI1ODkxMjg1*_ga*NDEzODkwMjcyLjE3MDY3OTk2MjI.*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTczMTYwOTM4MC4zMTAuMS4xNzMxNjA5Mzg2LjU0LjAuMA..">according to Decision Desk HQ</a>.
Harris also received a higher percentage of votes than Warren. Harris won Massachusetts with 61.3% of the vote, while Warren received 59.3% in her re-election bid – a slight difference of two percentage points.
CNN gave Warren <a href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/results/massachusetts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">even worse numbers</a>, showing her nearly 500,000 votes behind Harris, although the news outlet based that on data showing just 76% of the votes in.
Senate races tend to get less attention than presidential ones, but the vote differences between President-elect Donald Trump and Tim Sheehy, who defeated incumbent Jon Tester (D-MT), are much smaller. Trump received 351,783 to Sheehy’s 319,432 – a difference of 32,351, or less than half the difference in raw vote totals between Harris and Warren. But Montana is a less populated state, so the percentage of votes shows a larger gap between Trump and Sheehy, 58.1% to 52.6%, respectively, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/results/montana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNN’s numbers</a>.
Rhode Island, another deep blue state that borders Massachusetts, also showed closer margins between Harris and the Democrat Senate candidate in that state. Harris won the state with 282,915 votes, or 55.5%, while incumbent Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) won with 293,265 votes, or 59.9%. Whitehouse performed better than Harris in his re-election bid, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/results/rhode-island" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNN’s election results</a>.
Despite performing worse than one of the poorest-performing Democrat presidential nominees in decades (Harris lost ground with nearly every demographic across the country), Warren doesn’t seem to have humbled. On her campaign account, she accused her political opponents of being “extremists.”
<a href="https://www.amiracist.com/?_gl=1*jtghwp*_gcl_au*ODQ1NjYzNTg2LjE3Mjg5MDk3OTE.*_ga*MTc2NzM0NDQ2NS4xNzI4OTA5Nzkx*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTczMDEyMDgwOS40OS4xLjE3MzAxMjA4MzkuMzAuMC4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+</a>
“The far right wants us to feel powerless,” Warren posted on X on Thursday. “Extremists are counting on apathy, cynicism, &amp; heartbreak to be their rocket fuel. They are counting on us to point fingers at each other &amp; lose trust in our ability to make change. I absolutely refuse to give them the satisfaction.”
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The far right wants us to feel powerless. Extremists are counting on apathy, cynicism, &amp; heartbreak to be their rocket fuel. They are counting on us to point fingers at each other &amp; lose trust in our ability to make change.
I absolutely refuse to give them the satisfaction.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) <a href="https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1857079727766262202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Warren also insulted Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, by ignoring his 20 years of military service and boasting that she’s on the Senate military personnel panel despite never serving.
“A Fox &amp; Friends weekend co-host is not qualified to be the Secretary of Defense,” Warren said. “I lead the Senate military personnel panel. All three of my brothers served in uniform. I respect every one of our servicemembers. Donald Trump’s pick will make us less safe and must be rejected.”
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A Fox &amp; Friends weekend co-host is not qualified to be the Secretary of Defense.
I lead the Senate military personnel panel. All three of my brothers served in uniform. I respect every one of our servicemembers.
Donald Trump’s pick will make us less safe and must be rejected. <a href="https://t.co/6ADUJSm8x6">https://t.co/6ADUJSm8x6</a>
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/1856502912551158049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Warren’s poor showing compared to Harris could be due to her being the <a href="https://2020.elizabethwarren.com/cfpb">architect</a> of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a government bureaucracy that has made it more difficult for people to get credit, <a href="https://www.theamericanconsumer.org/2024/05/cfpb-threatens-consumer-credit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> The American Consumer Institute. The pinch has been felt especially since inflation rose under the Biden administration.

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Elizabeth Warren Performed Worse Than Kamala In Massachusetts

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Scott Hayes, 47, says he lost his job because he defended himself by shooting an anti-Israel attacker who charged through traffic and tackled him in Newton, Massachusetts.
Hayes was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and released on a $5,000 bail on September 13 after he shot Caleb Gannon, 31, in the stomach the day before. Hayes pleaded not guilty and is arguing that he acted in self defense.
The disabled Iraq War veteran was contracted to provide natural gas leak detection, leak surveys,  and inspections for a company that contracts with National Grid, one of the largest utility provider companies in Massachusetts.
National Grid refused to allow Hayes to work on their account after the incident. As a result, his company informed him on Sunday — a month after the attack — that there was no work available, and advised Hayes to file for unemployment.
“National Grid tried to hold me guilty until proven innocent and kept me out of work for one month because of optics,” Hayes told The Daily Wire. “Then, at about the 30-day mark, while I was honoring the hostages, I got a phone call telling me that I should go collect unemployment.”
“As of today, I am jobless,” he added.
National Grid <a href="https://www.nationalgridus.com/News/2023/10/National-Grid-Awarded-50-Million-Federal-Infrastructure-Grant-to-Integrate-More-Clean-Energy-on-the-Grid-/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was awarded</a> $50 million in federal funding in 2023 for integrating more clean energy into the grid.
National Grid did not respond to a request for comment.
A judge ordered Hayes&#8217;s GPS ankle monitor removed last Monday — on the anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attack — after granting his lawyer’s petition. The judge also lifted Hayes’s curfew and restrictions on being in Newton on the same day. Hayes’s lawyer noted in his motion that the GPS monitor incorrectly activated several times when Hayes used the Massachusetts Turnpike and Route 128, which go through Newton.
Hayes is still forbidden from possessing firearms, though his firearm was lawful at the time of the shooting. Hayes’s next court date is November 7.
Hayes is a frequent presence at pro-Israel demonstrations around eastern Massachusetts, where he often has American and Israeli flags.
Though not Jewish, Hayes says he believes it’s important to use his voice to call for the release of the 101 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and to stand up to anti-Semitism in the United States.
“If my life has to be ruined for trying to help the Jewish people to survive, then that’s the price,” he told The Daily Wire. “It’s a much bigger issue than me. What happened to me brought a lot of local Jewish people together and got them out and active because of the reality of what’s happening.”
Two days after the monitor was removed, Hayes drove to the grave of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Chabad, one of the most influential Jewish leaders of the 20th century. Known as the “Rebbe,” Schneerson’s grave <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-joins-trump-on-october-7-visit-to-world-famous-rabbis-grave" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is often visited</a> by Jews and non-Jews alike who are inspired by his teachings and legacy.
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Hayes said he stumbled upon Schneerson’s teachings a few months ago and that they have brought him comfort since the fallout of the self-defense shooting.
Video obtained by The Daily Wire shows Gannon, wearing a Palestinian pin, standing across the street from Hayes, who was participating in a pro-Israel protest on the side of a high-traffic road. Gannon is seen in the video shouting at the pro-Israel demonstrators, calling them “sick” and accusing them of “supporting genocide.”
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In another video, the man who fired the gun is seen providing medical care to the man who tackled him before first responders arrived. <a href="https://t.co/wMtoowakr9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/wMtoowakr9</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1834399006341918961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Gannon then charged across the street in front of cars, and tackled Hayes, who had called 911 on his cellphone seconds before. Moments later, while Gannon was on top of Hayes, Gannon was shot, and Hayes was seen placing the gun behind him on the pavement after the shooting.
In another video, Hayes was seen telling bystanders to call 911 and tending to Gannon’s wound.
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-scott-hayes-legal-defense?attribution_id=sl:8772e9ff-da35-43bd-a6a4-6dfa501831ba&amp;utm_campaign=man_ss_icons&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A GoFundMe</a> for Hayes has raised more than $260,000 since the incident.
Police are seeking to charge Gannon with assault and battery though he was still hospitalized as recently as Tuesday, according to the <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/08/metro/man-charged-shooting-pro-israel-rally-newton/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston Globe</a>.
Gannon’s radical <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/muslim-justice-league-to-host-vigil-for-anti-israel-extremist-shot-after-tackling-veteran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media posts</a> show him calling for the destruction of the United States, refusing to condemn Hamas, and calling murdered American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin a terrorist who “got what he deserved.”
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Caleb Gannon, the man who tackled Scott Hayes and was shot, has a X history of calling for the destruction of America and says he does not condemn Hamas. <a href="https://t.co/t11GcY5eFv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/t11GcY5eFv</a>
— Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) <a href="https://twitter.com/KassyAkiva/status/1834709152964268315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“I don’t condemn Hamas. I condemn my family,” Gannon wrote in one post about the terrorist group that killed, raped or took hostage over 1,000 citizens from Israel on October 7.
Last month, Gannon’s father told the police that his son is mentally unstable and possibly autistic, the <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/14/metro/newton-shooting-scott-hayes-caleb-gannon-israel-hamas-war/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston Globe</a> reported.

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250 years ago today, future president John Adams declared this was “one of the happiest Days of” his life. As he <a href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/01-02-02-0004-0006" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recorded in his journal:</a>
<blockquote>&#8220;This was one of the happiest Days of my Life. In Congress We had generous, noble Sentiments, and manly Eloquence. This Day convinced me that America will support the Massachusetts or perish with her.&#8221;</blockquote>
Why so happy? Because the First Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia and composed of respected Virginians like George Washington and Patrick Henry and Massachusetts natives Sam and John Adams, had endorsed the <a href="https://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=696&amp;img_step=1&amp;pid=2&amp;mode=transcript#page1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Suffolk Resolves</a>, a series of 19 resolutions written by defiant colonists from Boston’s surrounding counties.
Why was this so monumental?
In one sense, the Suffolk Resolves were not unique. Other localities throughout the colonies issued similar statements of resistance. American colonists had long governed themselves through their own institutions, assemblies, and charters. They resented Britain’s creeping interference and were preparing, as they would in the Declaration of Independence, to present to a “candid world” the principles of a new nation. And yet the Resolves stand out as a refined version of widespread conversations that had been occurring in the colonies about political principles and was an intellectual precursor to the Declaration.
The Declaration itself encapsulates the principles most central to the American national character. It did not spring suddenly from the singular pen of Thomas Jefferson. As <a href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/98-01-02-5212" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jefferson himself wrote</a>, it was “an expression of the [A]merican mind,” and its “authority rests then on the harmonising sentiments of the day.” In voting to draft, finalize, and pass the Declaration, participants in various committees and associations, like the Committee of Five and the Continental Congress, had to come to an agreement. All told, the members of the conventions, committees, Congress, and the colonies achieved a consensus in “more than fifty separate instances at a minimum” as Dr. Danielle Allen demonstrates in &#8220;Our Declaration.&#8221;
Such a consensus was possible because, prior to the Declaration’s issuance, the American people had deliberated and united around a set of moral and political maxims. They did so in and through church pews, pulpits, and pamphlets. In a 1638 sermon, Reverend Thomas Hooker, who founded the colony of Connecticut, declared that “<a href="https://connecticuthistory.org/the-free-consent-of-the-people-thomas-hooker-and-the-fundamental-orders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the foundation of authority is laid, firstly, in the free consent of the people</a>.”
Religious institutions were gathering places for the 70-80 percent of colonists who attended service on a regular basis, according to &#8220;We Still Hold These Truths&#8221; by Dr. Matthew Spalding. Likewise, Thomas Paine’s &#8220;Common Sense,&#8221; published in the early months of 1776, sold approximately 500,000 copies when the population was just four million.
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Public documents were a means of disseminating and discussing the ideas America would be dedicated to upholding. The Suffolk Resolves made clear that the actions of the British were not mere violations of man-made laws. Reaching back to first principles, Americans contended that infringements on the right of representation and self-government were, “gross Infractions of those Rights to which we are justly entitled by the Laws of Nature, the British Constitution, and the Charter of the Province.” Violations by the British of the laws of nature were the ultimate grounds for separation.
Natural laws are not about the physical laws of the universe, like gravity, but the moral laws that human beings do not author and cannot themselves change. For example, murder is and has always been wrong, despite it occurring in all human societies, and it would remain immoral even if Congress passed a law to make it legal.
Human beings have inherent equal dignity, a principle that is interwoven through America’s documents leading up to the Revolution and is resoundingly affirmed in the Declaration of Independence. Nine of the early state constitutions contained expressions of human equality in some form, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Political-Theory-American-Founding-Conditions/dp/1316506037/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2H20U7BN7TC4J&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6qtc2rDHt-eUAnvUNOWGcHoydmfDDWYvpVCEfsosvd0EIwzTqv-kOfaQ2wvE-5-nivfxK_gCKiOydGmsvehF9Axk0jevsI92E_SVXYrSLJUYNZe3XhWYq_STdhR2rS39tf6XIAg2YjNKFwciDl3hhwOw1EZz9fff6X07sToEIl3o4L-5HKnbL19VO7vzSMmJwDDkHKzseLZQyv7OS9e7us9WCCeQH8xqMxjINBMzx6g.iz2h0xgI27hDriV1LLtgh5AlgL1thYUFaB6cToR16ug&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=the+political+theory+of+the+american+founding&amp;qid=1717520575&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=the+political+theory+of+the+american+founding%2Cstripbooks%2C100&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">founding scholar Dr. Thomas West</a> notes.
The <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/virginia-declaration-of-rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Declaration of Rights</a>, adopted in June 1776, states that, “all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights.” And the Declaration of Independence memorialized this principle with the phrase, “all men are created equal.”
Men is a substitute for all human beings, regardless of sex or social status. As John Adams <a href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-10-02-0007-0007" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote, equality</a>:
<blockquote>&#8220;It really means little more than that We are all of the same Species: made by the same God: possessed of Minds and Bodies alike in Essence… All Men are Men and not Beasts…The Equality of Nature is a moral Equality only: an Equality of Rights and Obligations; nothing more.&#8221;</blockquote>
All species have their defining characteristics. Most essential to humanity is our capacity to reason and engage in self-government, not our physical features, like skin tone or size. Through reason, we can discern right from wrong rather than act on mere instinct. And human beings are capable of controlling their impulses, passions, and desires.
Such capacities mean it is unjust for people to rule over one another absent their consent. England had repeatedly violated those principles by dismissing elected colonial assemblies, rejecting colonial laws, and imposing their own without obtaining the consent of the colonists. Thousands of miles away, Parliament believed it could uphold the common good and represent Americans as subjects. But Americans had formed themselves into a new kind of people, united around the principles of human equality and consent of the governed, and the character of that people rebelled against being relegated to an inferior status.
Sustaining that character requires ongoing work. Each generation of Americans has to decide to recommit itself to the principles of the Declaration of Independence, and it is remarkable that we have the opportunity to do so. We can choose to govern ourselves now, both as individuals and as a nation, if we maintain the principled consensus of our past.
While today marks the anniversary of the Suffolk Resolves, we are rapidly approaching an even more crucial anniversary: the 250th of the Declaration of Independence. Will we resolve on that day to continue in the work we began on July 4, 1776, or will we depart from the intellectual heritage that made possible our ongoing experiment in self-government?
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Brenda Hafera is the Assistant Director and Senior Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Simon Center for American Studies.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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