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.

A Massachusetts police union is calling for charges against a City Councilmember who allegedly assaulted local and federal officers — and incited a caught-on-video chaotic protest of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest of an accused violent criminal.

A Worcester City Council meeting and a budget hearing scheduled for Tuesday will both be held over Zoom, the city manager said. The post Worcester moves City Council meeting to Zoom after weekend of protests against ICE,

The union's statement called for the city to launch an ethics investigation into Haxhiaj's conduct and urged federal officials to take action against her.

Worcester’s police union is calling for city officials to conduct an ethics investigation into District 5 City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj, accusing the local councilor of using her elected position to incite aggression towards police officers.

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.

ICE agents arrested a mother in Worcester, MA, leading to a confrontation with dozens of residents, the arrest of two people, and a call from the LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts for residents to remain alert and engaged.

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.

Federal authorities say the woman detained amid the chaotic ICE operation in Worcester had been previously arrested on charges that include assault and battery on a pregnant victim.

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.

Two people were arrested by Worcester police on Eureka Street on May 8 in a situation involving agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Witnesses say the agents were at a local residence to detain a woman of Brazilian descent.