US EditionGovernor Healey Proposes Bill to Restrict ICE Operations in Mass.
Gov. Healey's executive order and legislation aim to protect sensitive locations from ICE warrantless arrests and limit local cooperation, citing community intimidation and recent federal violence.
- On Thursday, Gov. Maura Healey announced legislation to bar U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from schools, courthouses, and hospitals, and signed an executive order restricting ICE use of most state buildings and resources.
- Reacting to recent federal actions, Healey cited fatal agent shootings this month in Minnesota and expanded enforcement last week in Maine that arrested more than 200 people.
- Her executive order restricts new 287 agreements and forbids ICE from using state property for staging or processing, banning civil arrests in non-public state facilities without a judicial warrant.
- Facing legal questions, Healey warned that any bill needs state Legislature approval, with State Senate President Karen Spilka pledging swift passage and House leadership holding closed-door meetings next week, while Healey said, `At this point, it's Congress that needs to act.`
- Advocates noted Chelsea enrollment fell by more than 350 students, about 5%, as residents skip medical appointments and courts, while groups rallied and the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus filed the PROTECT Act with Mass 50501 planning a Saturday protest at 11:30 a.m.
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Healey wants to bar ICE from schools, courthouses
BOSTON — Federal immigration agents would be prohibited from entering "sensitive" locations in pursuit of undocumented migrants under a plan rolled out Thursday by Gov. Maura Healey, which comes in response to the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts.
The Sun (Lowell)
Healey targets ICE, immigrant protections with executive order, bill
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey has signed an executive order intended to ban new 287(g) immigration enforcement agreements "unless there is a public safety need," prohibit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from making civil arrests in non-public areas of state facilities, and ban the use of state property for immigration enforcement staging.
Healey files legislation to keep ICE agents out of courthouses, schools, hospitals, churches - Boston News, Weather, Sports
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey filed legislation Thursday to keep U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) out of courthouses, schools, child care programs, hospitals and churches, in what her administration says is the most comprehensive effort in the country to protect against ICE activity in sensitive locations. The legislation also makes it unlawful for another state to deploy its National Guard in Massachusetts without the Govern…
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