by BRIAN CRANDALL, NBC 10 NEWS
Thu, January 23rd 2025 at 11:40 AM
Updated Thu, January 23rd 2025 at 6:06 PM
NBC 10 News observed agents from the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and the IRS go in and out of the office of Joseph Molina Flynn throughout the day. (WJAR)
(WJAR) — Federal agents marched boxes of files out of a Providence immigration lawyer’s office Thursday afternoon, hours after their raid inside an office building on Dorrance Street began.
NBC 10 News observed agents from the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and the IRS go in and out of the office of Joseph Molina Flynn throughout the day.
The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office in Rhode Island would not say what the raid is focused on, only that it is court authorized.
It would appear the raid was in the works before Donald Trump became president and began his crack down on illegal immigration.
Molina Flynn practices several areas of law, but is known for his work on immigration.
His biography notes that he came to the U.S. as a child as an undocumented immigrant before later becoming a citizen.
Molina Flynn was also a municipal court judge in Central Falls.
The mayor’s office said Thursday he has now resigned.
Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera said in a statement, “I was deeply concerned to see the reports of an FBI search at the law office of Joseph Molina Flynn. As the Central Falls community knows, transparency and accountability are priorities of mine. In an effort to uphold the integrity and focus of the Municipal Court, Judge Molina Flynn has officially resigned his position.”
It was unclear if Molina Flynn was in the office during the raid.
He has not been accused of any crime.
NBC 10 tried to reach him by phone.
