Gov. Healey to Sign PROTECT Act Expanding Immigrant Protections
The law limits warrantless immigration arrests at courthouses, schools and hospitals and requires 48-hour notice to workers before ICE inspections.
- On Wednesday, Governor Maura Healey signed the PROTECT Act at La Colaborativa in Chelsea, restricting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to schools, hospitals, and courthouses across Massachusetts.
- Lawmakers passed the bill citing concerns that ICE operations deter residents from attending schools, seeking medical care, and appearing in court, effectively discouraging essential community participation in Massachusetts.
- The law prohibits warrantless civil immigration arrests at public schools, hospitals, and courthouses, while banning new agreements allowing local police to perform certain federal immigration enforcement functions and codifying the 2017 Lunn v. Commonwealth decision.
- Healey stated the bill "provides the strongest protections in the country against abuses by ICE" and opposed the agency's potential expansion in downtown Boston, saying "We cannot enable them to ramp up even further in Massachusetts."
- Massachusetts joins states like California and New York in enacting restrictive immigration policies amid President Donald Trump's broader deportation agenda, though ongoing legal disputes persist with federal authorities over state cooperation with ICE.
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Governor Signs Law Creating Additional Restrictions on ICE
BOSTON – Governor Maura Healey signed the PROECT Act into Massachusetts law on Wednesday, August 5, which places additional restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the state. The bill prohibits arrests by ICE without a judicial warrant at: Courthouses; Schools; Child care centers; and Health care facilities, including hospitals, community health centers, and nursing homes. The bill also codifies into law a previous…
Healey signs new bill to keep ICE out of schools, courthouses, hospitals - Boston News, Weather, Sports
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey Wednesday signed the PROTECT Act, legislation that provides the strongest protections in the country against “…the dangerous and illegal tactics of...
DHS: Mass. lawmakers putting ‘politics above public safety’ with signing of Protect Act
DHS is slamming state lawmakers after Gov. Maura Healey signed the Protect Act into law, which limits ICE's capabilities, saying Bay State politicians are “putting politics above public safety.”
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