NBC 10 Boston, July 2025
The impacts of immigration policy under President Donald Trump are being felt by many across the country. In a special presentation Thursday, NBC10 Boston focused on some of the faces of those affected in Massachusetts.
Marcelo Gomes Da Silva
Eighteen-year-old Marcelo Gomes da Silva has spent the past month trying to adjust to life back in Milford, Massachusetts, after being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in late May. Picked up on his way to volleyball practice, the Brazilian native became a prominent figure in the immigration debate playing out across Massachusetts and the country. Now, as he prepares for his senior year of high school, Gomes Da Silva says he’s learning to live under the fear of deportation. “I just kind of decided that I have to grow up faster than people that are my age,” he said in an interview with NBC10 Boston. “So I just took it upon myself to take things more seriously.”
