Two police unions in Worcester are accusing City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj of District 5 of being aggressive and physically assaulting officers during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest on Eureka Street on May 8.

Worcester officials are facing “threats of violence” after ICE arrested a criminal illegal alien accused of assaulting her pregnant juvenile daughter with a phone charger cable,

WORCESTER ― City Hall will be closed to the public at 5 p.m. on May 13 due to safety concerns, the city has announced. The scheduled City Council meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the budget hearing at the Standing Committee on Finance at 5 p.m., both will be held virtually via Zoom.

Worcester city officials have decided to make Tuesday's City Council meeting virtual after grassroots political organizers announced plans to hold a rally at the meeting.

The video taken outside in a Worcester neighborhood is gaining national attention. It shows ice agents detaining 40-year-old Rosane Ferreira de Oliveira, a Brazilian national, last week.

President Trump's deportation push divided a family in Worcester and prompted a standoff between federal and local police officers and members of the community.

The protesters plan to demand that the city council request the City Manager to draft a new policy that would prevent Worcester Police officers from becoming involved in ICE operations.

Challengers vying for the at-large seats will be Bernard P. Iandoli, Cayden Davis, Charles E. Luster, Edson Montero, Gary Rosen, Jermoh Kamara, Jessica R. Pepple, Owura-Kwaku Sarkodieh and Satya B. Mitra.