Woman Held in Burlington and Flown out of Hanscom

“By the Court’s count, the foregoing describes at least half a dozen ways in which ICE disregarded the standards the Constitution demands of a government agency responsible for the health and safety of a person it has chosen to detain. Considered altogether, this course of conduct demonstrates ICE’s deliberate indifference to Peruano’s health and safety, both generally and specifically as a result of her known and serious medical condition. ICE’s failure to comply with the constitutional obligations it assumed when it took Peruano into custody bears on the appropriate scope of relief and also warrants sanctions, as the Court will explain below.”

It was a cold and bleak afternoon, but that didn’t deter about two dozen residents of Lincoln and neighboring towns who stood with protest signs to protest ICE prisoner flights from Hanscom Field on March 6 as they have done every Friday for the past several months.

Dear Mr. Lefebvre,

I am writing to request that you to immediately sever all ties with I CE and cease providing services that support ICE’s deportation flights out of Hanscom Field.

Hanscom Field is the busiest in New England for immigration detainee flights, happening about thrice weekly during most months since President Trump’s second inauguration, according to ICE Flight Monitor.

Gov. Maura Healey’s demands come after ICE expanded its operations at Hanscom Field in Bedford last year.