April 16, 2025 • 6 mins
The DOJ announces a civil lawsuit against the Maine Department of Education, A judge orders the government to prove it's working to recover a wrongfully deported man from El Salvador, and mosquito season is upon us. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Mostly cloudy in Boston. It's eleven o'clock, forty six degrees.
Happy Wednesday to you. I'm Nicole Davis, and here's what's
happening starting in New Bedford this hour, where lawyers and
loved ones are speaking out in defense of Juan Francisco Mendez.
He was detained by ICE agents this week, but his
attorney says they got the wrong guy. He's Tammy Mutussa
(00:29):
with CBS News Boston.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
They said they were looking for a certain individual by
a different name, and I said, that's not my client.
He said he has prior entries to this country. I said,
that's not true. I know my client's history. That is
not him.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
The twenty nine year old has no criminal record. Rather,
he's waiting for his final documentation to solidify his asylum status.
Mighty Lew and their nine year old son are protected
under asylum status after persecut in their home country of Guatemala.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
They came to this country to live what they believe
was the American dream to work hard, and all of
their dreams and hard work is now they see for nothing.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
All this coming is legal battles unfold over the mistaken
deportation of a man from Maryland. More on that in
a few moments, but first, at eleven oh one, we've
learned a second immigration attorney in Massachusetts has mistakenly been
ordered by ICE to leave the country. East Boston immigration
attorney Carmen Bellow got a letter from Homeland Security, and
in the letter it says she should self deport because
(01:37):
her parole will be terminated in a week now. Bella
was born in the Dominican Republic, but has been a
US citizen since two thousand and seven. Yesterday we told
you about another attorney, Nicole Misharoni, who got the same email. Mischaroni,
though has been here her whole life, she was born
in Massachusetts. In response, Homeland Security confirmed the letters are real,
but saying they might be sent to quote unintended receipents.
(02:00):
End at eleven oh two. Developing this morning.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Today, the Department of Justice is announcing a civil lawsuit
against the main Department of.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Education, Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying Maine is not complying
with a federal push to ban transgender athletes from taking
part in girls' sports. It is the latest move in
weeks of feuding between the White House and Democratic Governor
Janet Mills, and this has led to threats to cut
off crucial federal funds to Maine. During a recent meeting
of governors with the President, Governor Mills was confronted directly
(02:29):
by the President over this, to which she said, quote,
We'll see you in court. She has also called the
attacks against transgender athletes executive overreach. Meantime, overseas, Britain Supreme
Court has issued a landmark ruling on gender.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
I'm Vicky Barker in London, where the UK Supreme Court
has just weighed in on a highly contentious issue.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Unanimous decision of this court is that the termswoman and
sex in the Equality Act two thy ten refer to
a biological woman and biological s.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
But the justices maybe clear that they ruled on a
very narrow point of law that trans women in the
UK do have and will continue to have multiple legal
protections here.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Advocates say the ruling, though, could have detrimental effects on
the lives of transgender people in the UK. We have
some clouds out there today and it's going to be
a windy day. We're seeing the wind right now from
the west or so about fifteen twenty miles an hour,
So it's one of those days where it's not overly
windy like we had those storms yesterday, but enough to
ruffle things around a little bit. We have temperatures right now,
(03:31):
most of us in the forties, getting up to near
fifty for the high today, some areas north and west
maybe closer to forty five for tonight. Breezy, partly cloudy
early than we clear out completely later on, with a
low in the low to mid thirties if you're north
and west and pushing forty if you're right by the coast.
Plenty of sun. Breezy tomorrow with the high rather than
(03:51):
the mid to upper fifties, some mixing with clouds on Friday,
with the high and the low to mid sixties, a
little bit cooler on the Capan Islands at eleven oh five.
Right now, we're at forty seven in Denvers, forty one
in Worcester, forty eight at the Cape cog Canal, and
in Boston it is cloudy and forty five degrees. Federal
judge given the government two weeks to prove it is
(04:12):
working toward getting a wrongly deported Maryland man back from
L Salvador. Kilmar Brego Garcia has been detained at an
El Salvador Mega prison since last month, despite core order
from twenty nineteen banning him from being deported. Here's ABC's
Rachel Scott.
Speaker 6 (04:26):
Judge Poulsenus declaring every day a Brigo Garcia spends in
that prison as a day of further or reparable harm.
Justice Department lawyers insisting the administration is prepared to facilitate
Abrigo Garcia's presence in the United States if he presents
at a port of entry, but they argue they cannot
compel Ol Salvador to release him from prison, even though
(04:47):
the administration is paying El Salvador more than six million
dollars to hold him there, along with more than two
hundred other undocumented immigrants they claim without evidence or members
of violent games and.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
In new developments on this this morning. Just a short
time ago, outside the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi
told reporters that Abrego Garcia is not returning to the country,
continuing to claim he's a member of MS thirteen. Now,
some congressional Democrats say they want to see what's happening
in El Salvador for themselves. Senator Chris van Holland of
Maryland right now is on his way to San Salvador.
Speaker 7 (05:20):
The goal of this mission is to let the Trump
administration to let the government of Al Salvador know that
we are going to keep fighting to bring Albrego Garcia home.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Van Holland says he is trying to meet with government
officials in El Salvador and trying to see Abrego Garcia
for himself to check in on his well being. At
eleven oh seven, the book collection at some military libraries
is about to be pared down.
Speaker 8 (05:45):
Army and Air Force libraries have been told to go
through their books to find anything related to diversity, equity
and inclusion. That's according to new memos obtained by the
Associated Press. The orders from service leaders come about two
weeks after the US Naval Academy remove nearly four hundred
books from its library after being told to get rid
of those that promote DEI. They included books on the Holocaust,
(06:07):
histories of feminism, civil rights, and racism, as well as
Maya Angelou's famous autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
And by the way quickly as the weather warms up.
It means we're getting back into mosquito season. Officials in
Norfolk County saying that over the next few weeks they're
dropping a chemical called BTI over wetlands and two dozen
cities and towns, which we'll say they're not one hundred
percent sure when they're going to be doing the drops.
It'll take about two days, could happen anytime between now
and the month's end. You are now in the Loup.
(06:36):
For news updates throughout the day, listen to WBZ Radio
on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole Davis WBZ and Boston's
News Radio
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Mostly cloudy in Boston. It's eleven o'clock, forty six degrees.
Happy Wednesday to you. I'm Nicole Davis, and here's what's
happening starting in New Bedford this hour, where lawyers and
loved ones are speaking out in defense of Juan Francisco Mendez.
He was detained by ICE agents this week, but his
attorney says they got the wrong guy. He's Tammy Mutussa
(00:29):
with CBS News Boston.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
They said they were looking for a certain individual by
a different name, and I said, that's not my client.
He said he has prior entries to this country. I said,
that's not true. I know my client's history. That is
not him.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
The twenty nine year old has no criminal record. Rather,
he's waiting for his final documentation to solidify his asylum status.
Mighty Lew and their nine year old son are protected
under asylum status after persecut in their home country of Guatemala.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
They came to this country to live what they believe
was the American dream to work hard, and all of
their dreams and hard work is now they see for nothing.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
All this coming is legal battles unfold over the mistaken
deportation of a man from Maryland. More on that in
a few moments, but first, at eleven oh one, we've
learned a second immigration attorney in Massachusetts has mistakenly been
ordered by ICE to leave the country. East Boston immigration
attorney Carmen Bellow got a letter from Homeland Security, and
in the letter it says she should self deport because
(01:37):
her parole will be terminated in a week now. Bella
was born in the Dominican Republic, but has been a
US citizen since two thousand and seven. Yesterday we told
you about another attorney, Nicole Misharoni, who got the same email. Mischaroni,
though has been here her whole life, she was born
in Massachusetts. In response, Homeland Security confirmed the letters are real,
but saying they might be sent to quote unintended receipents.
(02:00):
End at eleven oh two. Developing this morning.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Today, the Department of Justice is announcing a civil lawsuit
against the main Department of.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Education, Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying Maine is not complying
with a federal push to ban transgender athletes from taking
part in girls' sports. It is the latest move in
weeks of feuding between the White House and Democratic Governor
Janet Mills, and this has led to threats to cut
off crucial federal funds to Maine. During a recent meeting
of governors with the President, Governor Mills was confronted directly
(02:29):
by the President over this, to which she said, quote,
We'll see you in court. She has also called the
attacks against transgender athletes executive overreach. Meantime, overseas, Britain Supreme
Court has issued a landmark ruling on gender.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
I'm Vicky Barker in London, where the UK Supreme Court
has just weighed in on a highly contentious issue.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Unanimous decision of this court is that the termswoman and
sex in the Equality Act two thy ten refer to
a biological woman and biological s.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
But the justices maybe clear that they ruled on a
very narrow point of law that trans women in the
UK do have and will continue to have multiple legal
protections here.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Advocates say the ruling, though, could have detrimental effects on
the lives of transgender people in the UK. We have
some clouds out there today and it's going to be
a windy day. We're seeing the wind right now from
the west or so about fifteen twenty miles an hour,
So it's one of those days where it's not overly
windy like we had those storms yesterday, but enough to
ruffle things around a little bit. We have temperatures right now,
(03:31):
most of us in the forties, getting up to near
fifty for the high today, some areas north and west
maybe closer to forty five for tonight. Breezy, partly cloudy
early than we clear out completely later on, with a
low in the low to mid thirties if you're north
and west and pushing forty if you're right by the coast.
Plenty of sun. Breezy tomorrow with the high rather than
(03:51):
the mid to upper fifties, some mixing with clouds on Friday,
with the high and the low to mid sixties, a
little bit cooler on the Capan Islands at eleven oh five.
Right now, we're at forty seven in Denvers, forty one
in Worcester, forty eight at the Cape cog Canal, and
in Boston it is cloudy and forty five degrees. Federal
judge given the government two weeks to prove it is
(04:12):
working toward getting a wrongly deported Maryland man back from
L Salvador. Kilmar Brego Garcia has been detained at an
El Salvador Mega prison since last month, despite core order
from twenty nineteen banning him from being deported. Here's ABC's
Rachel Scott.
Speaker 6 (04:26):
Judge Poulsenus declaring every day a Brigo Garcia spends in
that prison as a day of further or reparable harm.
Justice Department lawyers insisting the administration is prepared to facilitate
Abrigo Garcia's presence in the United States if he presents
at a port of entry, but they argue they cannot
compel Ol Salvador to release him from prison, even though
(04:47):
the administration is paying El Salvador more than six million
dollars to hold him there, along with more than two
hundred other undocumented immigrants they claim without evidence or members
of violent games and.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
In new developments on this this morning. Just a short
time ago, outside the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi
told reporters that Abrego Garcia is not returning to the country,
continuing to claim he's a member of MS thirteen. Now,
some congressional Democrats say they want to see what's happening
in El Salvador for themselves. Senator Chris van Holland of
Maryland right now is on his way to San Salvador.
Speaker 7 (05:20):
The goal of this mission is to let the Trump
administration to let the government of Al Salvador know that
we are going to keep fighting to bring Albrego Garcia home.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Van Holland says he is trying to meet with government
officials in El Salvador and trying to see Abrego Garcia
for himself to check in on his well being. At
eleven oh seven, the book collection at some military libraries
is about to be pared down.
Speaker 8 (05:45):
Army and Air Force libraries have been told to go
through their books to find anything related to diversity, equity
and inclusion. That's according to new memos obtained by the
Associated Press. The orders from service leaders come about two
weeks after the US Naval Academy remove nearly four hundred
books from its library after being told to get rid
of those that promote DEI. They included books on the Holocaust,
(06:07):
histories of feminism, civil rights, and racism, as well as
Maya Angelou's famous autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
And by the way quickly as the weather warms up.
It means we're getting back into mosquito season. Officials in
Norfolk County saying that over the next few weeks they're
dropping a chemical called BTI over wetlands and two dozen
cities and towns, which we'll say they're not one hundred
percent sure when they're going to be doing the drops.
It'll take about two days, could happen anytime between now
and the month's end. You are now in the Loup.
(06:36):
For news updates throughout the day, listen to WBZ Radio
on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole Davis WBZ and Boston's
News Radio
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