Rosane Ferreira-De Oliveira said she was in “a lot of pain” when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested her on Worcester’s Eureka Street on May 8.

An ICE agent had grabbed her shoulder and strained her nerves, the 40-year-old mother told MassLive in an interview on Monday.

Ferreira-De Oliveira said that the pain in her shoulder caused her to cry as the agents placed her in a gold SUV on Eureka Street. More than 30 people confronted the ICE agents and Worcester police officers, who arrived at the scene just after Ferreira-De Oliveira was placed in the vehicle.

She would be taken away to be detained at the Wyatt Detention Center in Rhode Island.

Before arriving at the detainment center, Ferreira-De Oliveira required medical attention. She received care at a hospital,

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