A Stockton police sergeant and eight officers wearing face shields and carrying batons helped escort vehicles from the city’s ICE facility Thursday night.

As he was being transported in a vehicle to the federal building, he allegedly attempted to bite one officer and spit on a second officer who was driving the car.

Immigration officials on Tuesday arrested a 38-year-old Iranian father who is in the process of obtaining a green card, while he was dropping off his child at a preschool in Oregon.He has been identified by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as Mahdi Khanbabazadeh.

The Providence Journal's top stories for the week of July 13th include a Cranston pool closure, a stonemason's wall in Westerly, and the symbolism of pineapples in Newport. Budlong Pool in Cranston remains closed due to an unexpected aqueduct discovery during renovations.

The 35-year-old husband and father of five was taken into custody by ICE agents outside a routine green card appointment in East Hartford.

Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, who is a citizen of Iran, was arrested outside his child's preschool in Oregon for overstaying his visa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

Less than a third of ICE detainees at the Butler County Jail had criminal convictions, and most were for nonviolent crimes.

Esther Ngoy Tekele, a Congolese woman who lives in Vermont, has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention for more than a week after being arrested at the Canadian border.