In a small room at the US Attorney’s office in Boston, immigration officials stood next to blown-up photographs of immigrant men they detained, announcing to the press that they tallied 1,461 arrests in Massachusetts this past month.

Across the city, US Representative Ayanna Pressley wrapped her arms around immigrant women from East Boston, Chelsea, and Randolph as they tearfully recounted the recent arrests of their husbands.

And on Beacon Hill, Governor Maura Healey publicly decried the high-profile arrest of a Milford High School student over the weekend. Immigration officials have since said they intended to arrest his father , instead.

The coinciding events Monday further highlight how the Democratic-led state has been in the crosshairs of the Trump administration’s efforts to

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