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By Billal Rahman
Immigration Reporter
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Federal immigration agents shocked a man with a Taser during an arrest in Massachusetts, his wife told Newsweek.
Jorge Alejandro Miranda Monge, 26, a Honduran roofer and landscaper, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on September 24 in Worcester, his wife said.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) disputed the family’s account and denied the allegations.
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Kenia Gavidia, 25, a medical assistant and Miranda Monge’s wife, said he was detained after being “boxed in” by three unmarked vehicles while traveling down Hermon Street with a friend and the friend’s wife and child.
“They used brutality during the arrest,” Gavidia said.
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Gavidia said the ICE agents did not present a warrant or documentation during the arrest. She described the agents’ behavior as “forceful, brutal and rude.”
**“**Any allegations that ICE used a taser on Jorge Alejandro Miranda Monge are FALSE,” Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, told Newsweek.
“ICE conducted a targeted vehicle stop and clearly identified themselves as law enforcement,” McLaughlin said.
DHS said Miranda Monge had previously been arrested after driving without a license.
ICE has faced increased scrutiny amid the administration’s push to remove millions of migrants without legal status as part of President Donald Trump’s hard-line mass deportation policy. The White House maintains that anyone living in the country without legal status should be considered a criminal.
Miranda Monge has since been moved multiple times within the ICE detention system, his wife said.
He was transferred from Burlington, Massachusetts, to Batavia, New York, and then to the El Paso Service Processing Center.
According to Gavidia, Miranda Monge has had minimal contact with his family and has described sleeping on concrete floors and experiencing what he called excessive force by ICE agents.
Gavidia described the emotional toll of her husband’s detention as “devastating,” adding that his family in Honduras was “agonizing” over his safety.
“It’s hard to go to work and to take care of things at home. I constantly worry about his safety and if he’s all right,” she said.
Miranda Monge has not had any hearings scheduled, according to his wife.
DHS said he would remain in ICE custody and placed him in removal proceedings. The family is raising money on GoFundMe for legal costs to fight his case in the courts.
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