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 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…
Gov. Healey takes action to keep ICE out of schools, hospitals, courthouses, and places of worship
Press release from the Office of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey: Boston — Gov. Maura Healey took action on Thursday, January 29, to protect the people of Massachusetts from abuses by President Donald Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). She filed legislation to keep ICE out of courthouses, schools, child care programs, hospitals, and churches; make it unlawful for another state to deploy its National Guard in Massachusetts …
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