Worcester City Hall is closing to the public early today ahead of a planned protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The ICE protest is expected to draw hundreds at the same time as a City Council meeting inside.

A Worcester City Council meeting and a budget hearing scheduled for Tuesday will both be held over Zoom, officials said.

As public anger in Worcester boils over the controversial arrests of a woman and her teen daughter last week, City Hall will close early on Tuesday and a City Council meeting will be held on Zoom. The decision was made “Due [to] public safety concerns, out of an abundance of caution,” Tom Matthews, Worcester city spokesperson, said in a statement.

Videos of an ICE arrest in Waltham continue to go viral as witnesses recorded ICE agents on popular Moody Street smashing a window and pulling a man from his truck. Recorded ICE a

A Massachusetts police union is calling for charges against a City Councilmember who allegedly assaulted local and federal officers — and incited a caught-on-video chaotic protest of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest of an accused violent criminal.

WORCESTER ― Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. announced May 12 that his office will distribute 1,500 “crisis bags,” to law enforcement across the county, which, he said, will be an essential tool for supporting children during traumatic events.

A protest was held in Worcester, demanding ICE "stop taking mothers" after immigration officials detained a woman​ last week.

A statewide immigration hotline rang hundreds of times in the past week as federal agents detained Massachusetts residents. Why it matters: The calls indicated an uptick in immigration enforcement, with arrests in Worcester sparking outrage among neighbors and some politicians.