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U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan demands release of Marlborough 14-year-old detained by immigration officers
U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, D-3rd District, is demanding the Department of Homeland Security release a detained 14-year-old girl from Marlborough.
The girl, who is listed in court documents under the pseudonym B.E.S., was arrested and detained by federal agents. The girl was reportedly taken to Boston, but her whereabouts remain unknown, according to her lawyer, Andrew Lattarulo.
In a post on social media, Trahan wrote that the girl was taken in order to coerce her father into turning himself in for deportation.
“As a mother to 15- and 11-year-old daughters, I am furious,” Trahan wrote. “This is not immigration enforcement. It’s the deliberate targeting of a child to inflict maximum pain on her family.”
Trahan’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Lattarulo also said he believes the girl was detained to coerce her father.
Lattarulo and Gabriela Cerretani, both lawyers at the firm Georges Cote Law LLP, filed a lawsuit on the girl’s behalf, seeking a writ of habeas corpus.
According to the lawsuit, the girl was born in Brazil and entered the United States on a visitor’s visa in 2019. She lives in Marlborough with family members, including her two brothers, both of whom are United States citizens, according to the lawsuit.
On March 10, 2026, the teenager was with her brothers and friends at a parking lot in Marlborough when Homeland Security Investigations agents approached the group. The agents detained the 14-year-old and took her to the Marlborough Police Station, where she stayed for several hours, according to the lawsuit.
A deputy police chief told those present at the police station the teenager would be given to federal immigration authorities and taken to the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston, according to the lawsuit.
Officers reportedly tried to reach the girl’s father to release her from the police station. When she wasn’t released, she was turned over to federal agents, the lawsuit states.
District Judge Leo T. Sorokin will hold a remote hearing on the matter at 3 p.m. Wednesday, according to court documents.