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How an ICE arrest changed a Massachusetts family

Report for America|August 8, 2025August 8, 2025

In April, ICE agents stopped Juan Francisco Méndez and his wife, Marilú Domingo Ortiz, while they were driving, saying they were looking for someone named Antonio. The couple showed the agents their documentation to prove they had the wrong person. Marilú began recording the interaction, and then, the agents broke through the car window with

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