Massachusetts has seen a spike in illegal migrants arrested for sex offenses over the last several months as the state and city of Boston have pledged to resist President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations.

Since August, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officials have arrested 26 illegal migrants in the Boston area for sex crimes against children ranging from child rape to sexual assault to distributing child pornography.

Many of these migrants were previously removed from the U.S. only to later illegally re-enter the country.

As recently as Dec. 3, an illegal migrant, Adrian Patricio Huerta-Nivelo, 25, was removed by ICE after it was discovered he was wanted for rape of a minor in his home country of Ecuador.

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Nivelo’s removal came just a day after the Boston City Council unanimously voted to reaffirm a 2019 measure restricting Boston police’s ability to cooperate with ICE in deporting illegal migrants. The measure seeks to protect immigrant communities from "unjust enforcement actions" and restricts Boston police’s ability to cooperate with ICE and bans police from keeping migrants in custody for possible deportation unless there is a criminal warrant.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has also vowed that state police would "absolutely not" assist Trump in the mass deportations operation.

Despite this, a spokesperson for Healey denied that Massachusetts is a "sanctuary state," telling Fox News Digital that "as a former prosecutor and attorney general, the governor believes violent criminals should be deported."

Boston officials have been largely silent on the series of sex crimes against residents in the city. Mayor Michelle Wu, a Democrat, and the Boston City Council did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

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Boston ICE officials arrested six illegal migrants for sex crimes against children in November.

One of the most recent arrests, announced by ICE on Dec. 5, involved a 46-year-old Honduran national named Salvador Castro Garcia, who is charged with indecent assault and battery of a child under 14.

Garcia was previously deported in 2001 but then re-entered the country at an unknown location and time. ICE took Garcia into custody on Nov. 21 after he was released on bail by the Brockton District Court.

In addition to Garcia, Boston ICE ERO officials arrested Felix Meletz Guarcas, a 45-year-old Guatemalan national, on Nov. 20 after he was charged with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor.

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According to an ICE statement, the Rhode Island Department of Corrections refused ICE’s request to hold Guarcas in custody, forcing agents to make a dangerous arrest in a public parking lot. ICE is currently holding Guarcas in custody pending a hearing before an immigration judge.

On Nov. 18, Boston ICE officials arrested Belardis Tapia Gonzalez, a Dominican national charged with second-degree child molestation-sexual assault, and Alexandre Romao De Oliveira, who was charged with rape of a child in his home country of Brazil.

Billy Erney Buitrago-Bustos, a 42-year-old Colombian migrant, was arrested by ICE in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Nov. 15 after being charged with rape of a child by force, statutory rape, and aggravated rape against a minor.  

On Nov. 12, ICE arrested Guatemalan illegal migrant Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz, 21, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, after he was charged in Massachusetts with rape of child by force, rape of a child and indecent assault and battery against a minor.

Boston ICE ERO arrested three illegal migrants for child sex crimes in October.

Officials arrested Andre Tiago Lucas, 36, from Brazil, on Oct. 31. Lucas fled his native country after being convicted of the rape of a 13-year-old child.

Two more migrants – Colombian national Mateo Hincapie Cardona, 28, and 20-year-old Guatemalan national Selvin Alex Galvez-Mejia – were arrested by Boston ICE ERO on Oct. 29 and Oct. 18, respectively.

Cardona is charged with enticing a child under 16, distribution of obscene matter, and lascivious posing and exhibiting a child in the nude. Mejia is charged with rape and indecent assault and battery against a minor.

Boston ICE officials arrested nine illegal migrants charged with sex crimes against children in September.

Maynor Francisco Hernandez-Rodas, a 38-year-old Guatemalan national, was arrested by Boston ICE ERO on Sept. 20. He was charged with forcibly raping a Massachusetts minor.

Within a single week, seven illegal migrants - Abraham Malpica, Sept. 13, Angel Gabriel Deras-Mejia, Sept. 12, Enrique Alberto Ortiz-Brito, Sept. 12, Felix Alberto Perez-Gomez, Sept. 11, Gean Do Amaral Belafronte, Sept. 11, Jefferson Jerome, Sept. 11, Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo, Sept. 10, Elmer Sola, Sept. 10 – were arrested by Boston ICE officials for sex crimes.

On Aug. 1 Jorge Luis Castro-Alvarado, 28, Guatemala, was arrested after raping a Massachusetts resident.

In August, six illegal migrants – Akim Marc Desire, 18, Haiti, Warley Neto, 24, Brazil, Elmer Perez, 49, Guatemala, Cory Bernard Alvarez, 26, Haiti, Marc Kervens Beauvais, 34, Haiti, Jackson Bento-Pinheiro, 35, Brazil – were arrested by Boston ICE for sex crimes against children.

The Boston City Council unanimously voted this week to double down on a measure designed to obstruct President-elect Trump’s plans for mass deportations.

According to the Boston Herald, Boston council member Gabriela Coletta said the measure is an important step "as we brace for [the] impact" of a second Trump presidency.

Titled the "Trust Act," the law was first passed in 2014 and was amended during Trump’s first term in 2019.

It seeks to protect immigrant communities from "unjust enforcement actions" and restricts Boston police’s ability to cooperate with ICE and bans police from keeping migrants in custody for possible deportation unless there is a criminal warrant.

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The resolution adopted by the council states that "proposals for mass deportations represent a direct attack on Boston’s immigrant families, and threaten to tear communities apart."

"In the face of changing federal leadership, the City of Boston must reaffirm our support for the Boston Trust Act to protect our immigrant residents," the resolution goes on. "The City of Boston shall continue to monitor and respond to federal immigration policies that may impact its residents, reaffirming its commitment to protect immigrant communities from unjust enforcement actions and to uphold the Trust Act, recognizing that protecting the rights and dignity of all residents, regardless of immigration status, is essential for a safe and welcoming city for all."

According to the Boston Globe, all 13 council members voted to reaffirm the Trust Act on Wednesday.

Per the Boston Globe, Council President Ruthzee Louijeune said that "as the national climate grows increasingly hostile towards immigrant communities, we must reaffirm who we are as a city."

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"As a city built on the strength of its diverse communities," she went on, "Boston remains steadfast in its commitment to protecting the rights [and] dignity of all its residents, regardless of status."

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a Democrat, has also vowed the city would not cooperate with Trump and his incoming border czar Tom Homan’s plans for mass deportations.  

"The federal government is responsible for a certain set of actions, and cities, no individual city, can reverse or override some parts of that," Wu said during a local news interview. "But what we can do is make sure that we are doing our part to protect our residents in every possible way, that we are not cooperating with those efforts that actually threaten the safety of everyone by causing widespread fear and having large-scale economic impact."

This comes after the Boston area has seen several ICE arrests of illegal immigrants who have been charged with crimes, including child sex offenses, released back onto the streets. 

ICE announced in November that it apprehended a Colombian illegal immigrant, who had been arrested on charges of enticing a child under 16, distribution of obscene matter, and lascivious posing and exhibiting a child in the nude. ICE had filed a detainer against him, but it was ignored, according to the agency.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has similarly said she is prepared to use "every tool in the toolbox" to protect residents, vowing that state police would "absolutely not" assist Trump in the mass deportations operation.

Several other Democratic leaders have also pledged resistance to Trump’s deportation plans, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston.

Johnston got into a spat with Homan after he vowed to have Denver police physically block ICE officials from carrying out deportations and predicted a "Tiananmen Square moment."

In response, Homan has warned resisters to "get the hell out of the way" and cautioned he is "not afraid" to jail those who illegally obstruct ICE enforcement.

• I spent about $120 on a round-trip ferry ride from Boston to Provincetown, Massachusetts, and back.
• The ferry, which I booked through Boston Harbor City Cruises, had lots of seating and a snack bar.
• The ride was easy to book, and I loved exploring Provincetown's beaches and main street.

Cape Cod, known for its pristine beaches, seafood shacks, and sand dunes, is comprised of a handful of towns — including artsy Provincetown.

Known as P-town by locals, the seaside spot located at the tip of Cape Cod has been a haven for artists and the LGBTQ+ community for generations.

A friend and I recently decided to take a day trip there from Boston via a 90-minute ferry ride on Boston's Provincetown/Cape Cod Fast Ferry through Boston Harbor City Cruises.

Including taxes, fees, and ticket insurance, my round-trip ticket cost about $120. Here's what the ferry ride and day trip to Provincetown were like.

We boarded the ferry at about 9 a.m. in Boston.

The ferry boarded at the Long Wharf pier in Boston's waterfront area. We showed up for our 9 a.m. ferry about 15 minutes early and quickly walked onto the vessel after showing an employee our mobile tickets.

Once on board, I noticed various indoor and outdoor seating arrangements.

Our ferry had three levels and a mix of indoor and outdoor seating options.

When we boarded, the seats along the windows on the first level were all taken, so we sat toward the center of the cabin.

The ferry had a few on-board amenities as well.

The first level had a snack bar, a few decently sized bathrooms, and a deck space where some passengers put their bikes.

I also spent some time on the second-level deck, though it was chilly with the wind.

It was a little chilly outside, but I was glad I got to spend some time on the second-level deck.The trip took a little over an hour and a half, and we had nice views of the Boston skyline and the vast ocean.

Pulling up to P-town, I felt as though I was a world away from Boston.

Disembarking onto Provincetown's MacMillan Pier took no more than a few minutes.

We walked past artisan shacks lining the pier to Commercial Street, P-town's main drag. There, we stopped at a café for coffee and a bite to eat.

Next, we boarded a shuttle to a nearby beach and hiking spot.

During a previous visit to P-town, I remembered seeing shuttle buses to a nearby beach. After a quick Google search, I learned there was a bus picking up passengers hourly at MacMillan Pier, so we headed back there.

The bus stop was marked and easy to find. We rode the bus for about 10 minutes and got off at Race Point Beach, the northernmost beach on the Cape Cod National Seashore. Despite the chilly weather, there were plenty of beachgoers in the area.

The dune and ocean views were worth the trip, and we even noticed a few seals in the water.

Back in P-town proper, we stopped for lunch.

We had a late lunch at The Canteen, an elevated seafood shack with outdoor seating and harbor views, where I grabbed a lobster roll.

No Cape Cod trip is complete without ice cream, so we also got a scoop at The Nut House, a quaint candy shop and ice-cream joint.

We originally planned to return on the 9 p.m. ferry, but we decided to head home early.

Although there's plenty to do on a rainy day in Provincetown — see a drag show, eat at one of the many restaurants, or catch a movie at the theater — I was ready to head back on the 5:30 p.m. ferry.

Because I purchased ticket insurance, the attendant on the wharf was able to change my original 9 p.m. departure time in seconds.

Even with rain rolling in, the ride home was almost as smooth as the first trip. The sunset poked through the clouds as we pulled up to Boston's Long Wharf just after 7 p.m.

Overall, the ferry ride was worth it.

The fast ferry is a great option for carless tourists or Boston residents who want to experience Cape Cod for a day or a weekend.

The $120 price tag might be more than what I'd typically spend, but I think it was worth turning a three-hour drive into a 90-minute ferry ride.

The Massachusetts GOP (MassGOP) issued scathing remarks toward Democrats Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu after U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrests of three illegal immigrants on child rape charges.

Healey and Wu have both been vocal about their opposition to President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promise to conduct mass deportations of illegal immigrants once he returns to the Oval Office in January.

This month, Healey vowed that her state police will "absolutely not" cooperate with the expected mass deportation effort by the incoming Trump administration, warning that she will use "every tool in the toolbox" to "protect" residents in the blue state.

Wu also took a stance against Trump during an interview on Sunday, saying her city will not cooperate with the incoming administration's looming mass deportation operation despite the region seeing a number of illegal immigrants with criminal charges getting released back onto the streets.

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Even after the two leaders made their positions on not working with Trump on immigration public, ICE on Wednesday announced the arrests of two illegal immigrants charged with forcibly raping children in Massachusetts and the arrest of a third individual who was convicted of raping a child in Brazil before fleeing to the U.S. and going into hiding after being caught and released at the U.S. border in 2022.

In a news release Thursday, MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale called the positions taken by Healey and Wu "appalling and disgusting" and accused them of prioritizing the appeasement of the most radical elements of their political base over the safety of residents.

"Parents across the Commonwealth are horrified that individuals charged with such serious crimes are allowed to roam free because local authorities refuse to work with ICE to remove these criminals from our streets," Carnevale said. "Massachusetts residents have had enough. These harrowing incidents are becoming far too frequent. When our state’s top leaders go on television to proclaim that Massachusetts will protect illegal immigrants and refuse to cooperate with ICE, they send a dangerous message that invites more of this behavior into our communities. By doing so, they are complicit in the chaos that follows."

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"It’s time for Democrats to put politics aside and work with federal authorities to end this alarming pattern in Massachusetts," she added.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, Healey's office said, "As part of immigration enforcement, the Governor believes individuals who commit violent crimes like those alleged here should be deported."

Wu’s office did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the matter.

The three suspects arrested by ICE were identified this week as 21-year-old Mynor Stiven De Paz-Munoz of Guatemala, 42-year-old Billy Erney Buitrago-Bustos of Colombia and 41-year-old Alexandre Romao De Oliveira of Brazil.

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ICE said Wednesday that De Paz-Munoz entered the U.S. on Sept. 24, 2020, near Eagle Pass, Texas, before getting released by U.S. Border Patrol with a notice to appear before an immigration review judge.

He was later arrested in western Massachusetts by Great Barrington police on Feb. 29, 2024, for rape of a child by force, rape of a child, and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older.

Despite ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston office lodging a detainer with the police department, De Paz-Munoz was released on bail. He has since been taken into custody.

Buitrago-Bustos was admitted into the U.S. on May 4, 2016, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, though he failed to leave under the terms of his visa.

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After his arrest in October 2023, ERO Boston lodged an immigration arrest with the Great Barrington Police Department. Later that month, Buitrago-Bustos was arraigned in Southern Berkshire District Court and held without bail. The charges were elevated to Berkshire County Superior Court on March 18, which honored the immigration detainer and released him into custody of ERO Boston on Nov. 15 after he posted bail.

Romao De Oliveira is a foreign fugitive convicted of raping a child in Brazil.

He was convicted in the First Criminal Court of Jaru, Rondônia, Brazil, on Feb. 10, 2022, and sentenced to serve 14 years behind bars.

But according to ICE, Romao De Oliveira fled Brazil before he could serve his sentence. On April 16, 2022, Romao De Oliveira entered the U.S. near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, without admission by an immigration official and was released from custody after being served a notice to appear before a DOJ immigration review judge.

MassGOP spokesperson Logan Trupiano told Fox News Digital that State Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr and House Minority Leader Brad Jones have filed legislation to close loopholes created by a 2017 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decision that barred state courts from cooperating with ICE detainers. As a result, the ruling facilitated the release of illegal immigrants accused of crimes on bail rather than honoring federal immigration detainers.

"Filed a month ago, this critical legislation addresses the public safety risks stemming from the decision," Trupiano said. "We urge the Democratic supermajority in the legislature to put political posturing aside, prioritize public safety and pass this important measure."

The immigration issues stretch across the U.S., and on Wednesday, House Republicans pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra for an answer about how the U.S. lost track of thousands of unaccounted migrant children. He was also asked about fumbling the vetting process that allegedly allowed some minors to be sent to gang members and sometimes even a strip club.

Fox News Digital’s Adam Shaw contributed to this report.