ICE Detains Providence Father Whose Children Clung to Him in Viral Video

ICE detained a 24-year-old Guatemalan construction worker at a required check-in at its Warwick office; he is now held in Massachusetts. On October 20, a viral video showed agents grabbing him on a Providence street while his 3-year-old son and 21-month-old daughter clung to him; he was held about an hour and told to report. ICE said at the time there was “no arrest” and “no detention of children”; DHS now confirms the arrest and says he was expelled in 2021 and 2023.