A 14-year-old girl at the centre of a high-profile immigration dispute is being sent back to Massachusetts after a federal judge ordered her return, days after she was detained by federal agents and transported overnight to New York in a move that has drawn sharp criticism from lawmakers and lawyers who allege she was used as leverage to target her father for deportation.
The teenager was taken into custody by agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations during an operation in the city of Marlborough on 10 March 2026.
