More than 100 people rallied across the street from the Meriden courthouse Oct. 1, as a state law requiring judicial warrants for civil immigration arrests at schools, hospitals and houses of worship took effect.
At least one man was taken into custody at Meriden Superior Court on Sept. 23; one activist said an ICE agent pepper-sprayed her, and another went to a hospital.
Yunior Benavides, 49, of Southington was arrested March 6, 2026 in West Hartford for illegal re-entry after being deported to the Dominican Republic in 2013.
Suspected MS-13 member Danny Granados-Garcia was arrested by the FBI in Waterbury March 10 on an El Salvadoran murder warrant. He was transferred to ICE and will be deported to face charges.
New Haven Mayor Elicker and Superintendent Negrón testified March 10 for CT Senate Bill 91, which would ban ICE enforcement in schools and hospitals without a warrant.
Middletown's Common Council voted 8-4 on March 2, 2026, to pass a resolution strengthening Connecticut's Trust Act, prohibiting city employees from aiding ICE and restricting masked immigration raids.
A Wesleyan Argus piece argues trustee Marc Casper, Thermo Fisher CEO, makes Middletown university complicit in ICE DNA collection of detained immigrants.