Worcester County feeling the effects of new Trump immigration policy Boston 25 News [Video]

WORCESTER, Mass. — On Fridays, at Worcester’s El Buen Samaritano (EBS) food program, Executive Director Mari Gonzalez and her staff, provide free food to whoever needs it.

Many who line up are undocumented.

This Friday, with fresh news of ICE crackdowns in Massachusetts, Mari noticed fewer people showing up at EBS.

“We usually see 300 families today. And there wasn’t that many today, because they are in fear,” Gonzalez said. “I had messages, DMs, ‘Can you deliver? Because I don’t want to go out there.’ The fear is real.”

Almost immediately after returning to the White House Monday, President Donald Trump signed executive orders revamping official US Immigration policy, paving the way for ICE to round up undocumented migrants, even at schools.

On Wednesday, ICE agents made arrests in East Boston.

In Worcester, the District Attorney expressed concern

“I was talking to a teacher yesterday and he told me he’s really sad because the students would be looking out the window, …