DHS says Massachusetts city council member 'incited chaos' as ICE arrested 'violent criminal alien'

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said a Worcester, Massachusetts metropolis assembly subordinate "incited chaos" erstwhile U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a convulsive transgression amerciable alien connected Thursday.

"District Councilor for the City of Worcester [Etel] Haxhiaj pulled a governmental stunt and incited chaos by trying to obstruct instrumentality enforcement. ICE officers and section constabulary regained power of the concern and ICE arrested Ferreira de Oliveira," DHS adjunct caput Tricia McLaughlin said. "The erstwhile administration’s unfastened borderline policies allowed this transgression to illegally participate our state successful August of 2022. Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Noem this transgression is disconnected our streets."

DHS went connected to picture Oliveira arsenic a "violent transgression alien." The bureau said she was arrested by section constabulary for battle and artillery with a unsafe limb and battle and artillery connected a large woman.

Tense video emerged implicit the play of Oliveira's arrest. A rowdy assemblage of astir 25 radical gathered and disrupted the operation. Police called it a "chaotic incident."

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A pistillate was seen being taken into custody connected Thursday, May 8, successful Worcester, Mass. (@iwontstealthemooniswear_ via Storyful)

The video showed a radical of residents chanting "don’t instrumentality the mother" and "no warrant" aft a pistillate was led into an SUV by uniformed ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. Before the conveyance pulled away, different women are seen placing their hands connected the beforehand hood of an SUV and screaming successful protest.

The Worcester Police Patrol Officers’ Union said successful a property merchandise that the incidental happened astatine astir 11:15 a.m. connected Thursday and that constabulary were dispatched for a telephone from national instrumentality enforcement officers who needed assistance owed to a hostile and uncooperative crowd.

"Officers arriving connected country continued to telephone for much officers arsenic the country continued to escalate rapidly," the national said. "Police officers respond to a assortment of highly affectional calls regular and determination is thing that tin beryllium much affectional oregon hard to woody with than a telephone that involves times erstwhile families are separated oregon arrested oregon taken into custody successful beforehand of different household members. These types of calls for assistance tin beryllium highly unsafe and spot officers astatine a precocious hazard of wounded owed to the precocious emotions radical consciousness astatine the time."

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All disposable constabulary officers from Worcester were dispatched to the scene, the national continued, and "for evident reasons" the officers became acrophobic for their safety.

Federal and section authorities were "threatened, abused and adjacent assaulted" astatine the scene, the national said.

"Such behaviour cannot beryllium tolerated oregon condoned. Because immoderate protesters threatened officers' safety, constabulary had to marque further arrests," the national said. "Of peculiar interest successful this case, 1 of our elected argumentation makers and idiosyncratic who has created this hard task for the police, District 5 City Councilor, Etel Haxhiaj, incited aggression towards the constabulary during the incident.

"This councilor participated successful the behaviour of the unruly assemblage and yet assaulted some Worcester constabulary and national instrumentality enforcement officers connected scene. Her behaviour besides emboldened others to enactment successful this manner," the national added. "The behaviour of this anti-police activistic councilor is deplorable and unacceptable. Regardless of governmental opinions oregon views, metropolis officials should ne'er condone the battle of an serviceman and flat-out disregard to the constituent of convulsive opposition, the authorization of constabulary to support information and nationalist order."

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Worcester City Council subordinate Etel Haxhiaj allegedly caused a chaotic country erstwhile ICE agents arrested a convulsive transgression amerciable alien connected Thursday. (Worcester City Council Website)

As a result, the national said it is calling for an morals probe into Haxhiaj’s behavior, adding it volition clasp her and others who assaulted their officers accountable.

"No 1 has the close to enactment successful specified a reckless mode towards constabulary officers, and we request accountability for each transgression and ethically deplorable behavior," the national said.

Haxhiaj did not respond to Fox News Digital's petition for remark connected the matter.

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A assemblage of radical is seen gathering astir the SUV successful Worcester, Mass. (@iwontstealthemooniswear_ via Storyful)

The Worcester Police Department said that during the chaotic events connected Thursday, 38-year-old Ashley Spring of Worcester was besides arrested aft she "pushed aggregate officers" and "threw an chartless liquid substance connected them."

Spring was charged with Assault and Battery connected a Police Officer, Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon (unknown liquid), Disorderly Conduct, and Interfering with a Police Officer. 

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The Worcester Police Department said the "chaotic incidental is inactive nether investigation" and further charges whitethorn beryllium forthcoming. 

Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman contributed to this report.