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Father detained by ICE back in Brazil
Rogério da Silva Lima, 42, the Brazilian father who was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody alongside his teenage son Nycolas de Alvarenga Lima (now 16) while fishing in Menemsha in May, left the U.S. on Saturday and returned to Brazil Sunday evening under a removal order. Da Silva Lima, who was reached by phone in Brazil by a reporter from The Times, was asked how it felt to be back, and he lamented: “It was the worst feeling in the world. I love my sons, and I…
On fishing and freedom
The father and his son had always been knotted together through a shared love of fishing, a narrative throughline from their homeland in Brazil and throughout their journey as immigrants to America. When his son was just a little boy, the father provided him with a bamboo pole to go for tilapia in the pond…
UPDATED: Father detained by ICE released
Updated May 27. The father and teenage son who were out fishing together before they were taken into ICE custody were ordered by federal judges to be released from the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the past week. The son, 15-year-old Nycolas de Al Varenga Lima, has already returned to the…
Teenager taken by ICE released; hundreds gather in Menemsha rally
Hundreds of Islanders stood and marched in solidarity with Nycolas de Al Varenga Lima, the high school student who was arrested by immigration officials alongside his father, Rogerio da Silva Lima, in the fishing town the pair were detained from earlier this week. The streets of Menemsha were overflowing with an estimated 275 supporters of…
MVRHS students hold walkout to honor classmate detained by ICE
Students at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) were energized Friday as they called for the release of their peer, Nycolas de Al Varenga Lima, from the custody of the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE). Roughly 200 students poured out of the school on Friday onto the sidewalk of Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road for a…
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