Boston Immigration Lawyer Demands Seized Phone’s Return

Oct. 2, 2025, 6:28 PM UTC

A Boston-area immigration attorney sued federal officials on Thursday seeking the return of his business cellphone after he said agents seized it at the airport.

Four federal agents stopped Andrew Lattarulo at Boston Logan International Airport last Sunday, after he arrived from Aruba, and took his phone “without reasonable suspicion or probable cause,” according to the lawsuit filed in US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Lattarulo, the owner of Georges Cote Law in Chelsea, Mass., said he was targeted because he’s an immigration attorney. He also runs an Instagram account to inform people of their rights in the ...

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