PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Providence Mayor Brett Smiley called Thursday’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention of a teenage intern at the Providence Superior Court “the latest outrageous and cruel action” of the Trump administration, and rejected the notion that a change in city policy relative to immigration enforcement would stop ICE from showing up at courthouses.

Smiley was the latest state Democrat to sharply criticize ICE for agents’ actions Thursday.

A spokesperson for the state court system said ICE agents detained a high school student who is an intern at the Superior Court.

In a statement Friday, Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos said Judge Joseph McBurney intervened on the intern’s behalf.

The spokesperson for the state courts said ICE agents then confirmed the i

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