Congressman Seth Moulton’s illegal immigrant guest during the State of the Union address is referenced in police reports involving sexual assault and juveniles, police say.

The Herald submitted a public records request to the Secretary of State’s Office and the Milford Police Department regarding two reports, one from June and the other from September of  2021, where Marcelo Gomes da Silva was apparently named as the person of interest.

The Herald sought the police report numbered 21-23101 dated 9/15/2021 featuring Marcelo Gomes da Silva and 1-16254 dated 6/30/21 also featuring the 19-year-old.

Milford Deputy Chief John Sanchioni denied both of those requests, indicating that the police report from June 2021 “involves a sexual assault and juveniles,” and that the report from September 2021 “involves juveniles.” He did not elaborate.

The deputy chief simply wrote: “The records you are requesting are not public records in accordance with M.G.L. c. 4 s. 7 cl. 26 (A). Report 21-23101-OF involves a sexual assault and juveniles. Report 21-16254-OF involves juveniles.”

Moulton brought Gomes da Silva to the State of the Union address Feb. 24 as his guest in a highly publicized trip announced earlier in the month. Moulton had posted on social media that he had to allow Gomes da Silva to hide in his office after leaving the speech early due to social media posts about him by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

“Gomes DaSilva is an illegal alien who has no right to be in our nation. We are committed to enforcing the law and fighting for the arrest, detention, and removal of aliens like him,” said DHS in a post on X about Moulton’s guest.

A spokesperson for Congressman Moulton told CBS News the decision to escort Gomes da Silva out of the House gallery was made “out of an abundance of caution” due to DHS “targeting and harassing Marcelo.”

In an appearance on MSNOW following the address, Moulton called Gomes da Silva a “great American,” a “patriot,” and “a reminder of what courage looks like.”

“We all know Marcelo because of his tragic immigration story where he was thrown in a detention facility for days on end, sleeping on a concrete floor and not even given a Bible … and yet throughout that time he insisted on helping others, [was] more focused on translating for other detainees and helping them contact their families than even his own safety,” Moulton said.

“He wanted to come here and confront not just Donald Trump at the State of the Union, but his MAGA Republican enablers, who are my colleagues here in the House of Representatives, and he did that. He put a human face on this immigration tragedy and what I think so many colleagues saw is not just an immigrant, but a great American, a great young American, an amazing patriot, someone whose courage we should all emulate in these challenging times,” he said.

Following his visit to Capitol Hill, Gomes da Silva recently testified on Beacon Hill in support of proposed legislation to ban ICE agents from making civil immigration arrests in state courthouses and on other state-owned property. The bill would also ban sheriff’s departments from entering into any new 287(g) agreements in Massachusetts.

“It’s very important to note that a lot of kids that are growing up in our community now are going to build some type of anger not towards ICE itself but towards anyone they deem to be working with them. We should note that a lot of people are really nervous and scared about police officers and a lot of people don’t want to go off to work. I think it’s important for our community to go out and be able to build a better economy and work,” Gomes da Silva said while testifying before the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security on the Protect Act.

Gomes da Silva was held for nearly a week at ICE Boston’s Burlington facility back in May after agents detained him while he was driving his father’s car. ICE had been searching for da Silva’s father — a habitual traffic offender via speeding violations — on behalf of local law enforcement when they took him into custody.

Both Moulton and da Silva have claimed he was treated inhumanely during his detainment, saying he was “denied basic necessities, including access to a shower and a bed to sleep in.”

Moulton conducted an oversight tour of the ICE Burlington facility back in Dec. to follow up on a previous tour he made earlier in 2025. He told reporters following his Dec. visit that “the abuses of ICE need to be prosecuted. Not just defunded — prosecuted. They need to be held accountable to the law that they claim to enforce.”

ICE Boston says Moulton’s and Gomes da Silva’s claims are untrue.

The situation sparked a highly publicized feud between Moulton and Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, who called Moulton’s words “disgusting” and “pure political theater.”

Da Silva was reportedly in the U.S. on a student visa that had expired unbeknownst to him when he was taken into custody by ICE. An immigration judge later granted da Silva a $2,000 bond after determining he was not a danger to the public.

Following his release, Gomes da Silva received a wave of sympathetic media coverage and was invited by Gov. Maura Healey to tour her office at the State House.

The Herald has reached out to Gomes da Silva, and the lawyer to whom he directed the inquiry, as well as Congressman Moulton. None of these parties have commented.

The Herald is appealing both the Milford Juvenile Court and the Milford Police’s denial of releasing Gomes da Silva’s background on the ground Moulton has turned the teen’s story into a public debate on ICE enforcement.