"The Senate passed its version of the bill with a 37-3 vote last Thursday. "Across our Commonwealth, we are seeing children torn from their parents, students pulled off the street, and families living in fear - and we refuse to accept that as normal in Massachusetts," Senate President Karen Spilka said in a statement."
"The Senate bill prohibits federal agents from making warrantless civil immigration arrests at "sensitive locations" like state courthouses, hospitals, places of worship, and public schools. It bars local law enforcement agencies from entering into new 287(g) agreements with the federal government where they are deputized to carry out immigration enforcement operations. It creates a new civil liability for federal agents, allowing individuals to sue under state law if their Constitutional rights have been violated."
"The Senate bill also bans state and local police from stopping, questioning, or targeting people solely because of their immigration status. It explicitly prohibits them from taking any action that constitutes civil immigration enforcement, while preserving their ability to coordinate with federal officials durin"
Massachusetts lawmakers moved legislation aimed at limiting immigration enforcement by ICE. After anti-ICE sentiment rose in January, Gov. Maura Healey introduced a bill with multiple restrictions. The House passed a version in March, and the Senate later passed its own version by a 37-3 vote. The Senate bill would prohibit federal agents from making warrantless civil immigration arrests at sensitive locations such as courthouses, hospitals, places of worship, and public schools. It would also prevent local law enforcement from entering new 287(g) agreements for immigration enforcement. The bill would create civil liability for federal agents and bar state and local police from stopping or targeting people solely based on immigration status, while allowing coordination with federal officials.
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