Miguel Castro
Role at the time: Immigrant-rights advocate and former Meriden city councilman
Condemned
Response to this claim
The man ICE arrested at the Meriden courthouse had been in court for a motor-vehicle violation and was targeted through racial profiling.
“Public safety should be one of our priorities to make sure members of our community can actually perform all of their duties and obligations in a safe environment. But even more concerning that judicial Marshalls are actually cooperating with and interacting and sharing information with ice agents”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Viewer video allegedly shows ICE agents entering Meriden courthouse to make arrestParagraphs quoting Miguel Castro and the Meriden mayor's office
Reports the Meriden mayor's office statement that it was not notified of the operation, and Miguel Castro's on-record account of the confrontation.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Castro directly criticizes the marshals' cooperation with ICE as concerning, an express criticism of that conduct.