March 7

Orbelio Ayala (left rear) attended a news conference in New Bedford with his nephews Bryan Reyes, 1, and Jefferson Maravilla, 2, and niece Melissa Alfaro, 4. Bryan and Melissa’s mothers and Jefferson’s parents were detained in the raid.

State officials said two young children were hospitalized on March 8 for dehydration after their nursing mothers were taken away.