WORCESTER, Mass. - Immigration attorney Randy Feldman said people coming out to show their support for someone being picked up by ICE is a good thing like they did during the incident in Worcester Thursday on Eureka Street… but he said obstructing justice, is not.
He said people should follow the rules of the law, especially with so many unknowns.
Feldman said it's unclear whether Thursday’s incident obstructed justice and said with the facts he knows so far, this was a legal arrest.
"So, there's two kinds of warrants,” said Feldman. “One is judicial, usually issued by a judge when a crime has occurred, or the threat of a crime has occurred. And the other warrant is an administrative, meaning ICE itself issues the warrant. When you have an ICE only warrant, you can't break into someone's house to take them out. You can with a judicial warrant. So, this person apparently was taken on the street. No home was broken into, a person was not taken out. So that's why they didn't need a warrant because the person was in a public place. A public place can be on the streets or the public area of a building."
Feldman said Thursday’s scene heightens fear at a time when people are already on edge.