U.S. Attorney Leah Foley also told Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden that he was wrong to criticize recent ICE operations.

Only hours after Boston’s top prosecutor criticized federal immigration officials on Wednesday as “extraordinarily reckless” for detaining a man mid-trial last week, the U.S. Department of Justice responded in a series of remarkable letters and court filings.

A judge in Boston is holding an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in contempt after he detained a suspect while he was on trial.

A district attorney in Boston harshly criticized the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday after one of its agents detained a suspect while he was on trial. ICE agent Brian Sullivan took Wilson Martell-Lebron,

A Boston-area district attorney on Wednesday criticized ICE for the arrest of an illegal immigrant in the middle of his trial last month.

In an "unprecedented move," a Massachusetts state judge found an ICE agent in contempt of court after detaining a man in the middle of his trial last week.

A Boston Municipal Court judge held a federal immigration agent in contempt Monday for detaining a defendant in the middle of his trial, in the latest clash between the local criminal justice system and authorities implementing President Trump’s orders to conduct mass deportations of immigrants.

Boston Municipal Court judge Mark Summerville said ICE agent Brian Sullivan violated Wilson Martell-Lebron’s rights to due process and a fair trial.

ICE agents jumped on the suspect without identifying themselves moments after he walked out of court, put him into a truck, and sped away.