Portuguese green card holder detained on way to landscaping job in Dartmouth
Sep 22, 2026Dartmouth, MAPortugal
João Ferreira, 59, a Portuguese immigrant with a U.S. green card, was taken into custody early Tuesday in Dartmouth alongside a Brazilian man while riding in a landscaping truck on his way to a job in New Bedford. Ferreira had past criminal charges from 1992 and 2009, and in 2019 was stopped by Customs and Border Protection at Logan Airport and given a notice to appear for removal proceedings. He had filed a motion for a new trial on the earlier charges, which court records show remained unresolved.
