Gov. Maura Healey is doubling down on her stance that she lacks immigration enforcement authority, calling for President-elect Trump to make good on his border-related promises. “We need reform at the border,” she said.
Illegal Immigration
Massachusetts Republicans look to give power to courts in violent illegal immigrant cases
Top Massachusetts Republicans are filing legislation that they say would give local courts more tools to protect the public from illegal immigrants who have been arrested for violent crimes.
Detainer disputes: ICE officials blast Mass. courts for releasing suspects wanted by immigration
A debate on how Massachusetts courts address ICE detainers against illegal immigrants has heated up after a local superior court released a noncitizen charged with forcibly raping a minor.
