US EditionMassachusetts governor calls Trump Patriot 2.0 ICE action ‘political theater’
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey calls ICE raids a political maneuver targeting 'criminal illegal aliens' despite Department of Homeland Security citing 1,500 arrests in May.
- Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey called the Trump administration's Operation Patriot 2.0 ICE raids in her state a political power grab and political theater in August 2025.
- The raids follow a May operation that arrested nearly 1,500 undocumented migrants and target dangerous criminals, but Healey said the enforcement is not about public safety.
- Healey, a former attorney general, stressed her support for public safety but accused ICE of taking essential workers from their families and undermining local law enforcement efforts.
- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu responded to a federal lawsuit over the city's sanctuary policies by pledging to defend constitutional rights and criticized ICE tactics as unsafe and authoritarian.
- The controversy highlights tensions between federal immigration enforcement and local leadership, suggesting ongoing conflict over sanctuary protections and enforcement priorities.
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CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said on Monday that Massachusetts officials have no legal ability to obstruct U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations. ICE is conducting a fresh federal immigration enforcement operation prioritizing the deportation of criminals in Massachusetts, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), CNN reported on Sunday. Honing, on “CNN News […] CNN’s Analyst Says ‘There’s Really Nothing’…
Dominican national sentenced in Massachusetts for illegal reentry into the U.S.
BOSTON (WWLP) - A Dominican national living unlawfully in Lawrence was sentenced for unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation. ICE begins Operation Patriot 2.0 to target undocumented immigrants in Massachusetts The Department of Justice states that 31-year-old Eddy Antonio Perdomo was originally deported from the United States to the Dominican Republic in October 2023. Following his deportation, he illegally reentered the …
'Patriot 2.0': ICE begins immigration crackdown in Massachusetts
BOSTON (WPRI) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is targeting Massachusetts once again with another immigration crackdown. The operation, known as "Patriot 2.0," will target "the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens living in the state," according to a senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson. ICE is arresting sex offenders, pedophiles, murderers, drug dealers, and gang members released by local authorities, …
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