Overview
- Rep. Seth Moulton said he asked Milford high school senior Marcelo Gomes da Silva to attend President Donald Trump’s Feb. 24 address to illustrate flaws he sees in the system.
- ICE detained Gomes on May 31, 2025, while agents sought his father; his student visa had lapsed and he spent several days at the agency’s Burlington facility.
- An immigration judge later released him on a $2,000 bond after a brief hearing in which the government presented no arguments.
- Gomes alleges he was denied basic necessities during detention, a claim ICE disputes as false, saying he received three meals daily and prompt off-site medical attention.
- Coverage links the episode to the reinstatement of collateral arrests under Trump, and Moulton’s tours of the Burlington site and clash with Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons have sustained scrutiny of local ICE operations.