Sanctuary Amendment Stripped Out Of Massachusetts Budget
By David Jaroslav July 23, 2018 3 Comments
Supporters of public safety and the rule of law have scored another remarkable victory over the open-borders crowd in liberal Massachusetts. On July 18, after weeks of wrangling and uncertainty, the legislative conference committee negotiating the Commonwealth’s overdue final budget agreement stripped out an extreme and reckless amendment that would have made the Bay State into far more of a sanctuary state than it already is.
The House had passed its version of the budget on April 26, free of any sanctuary language. But on May 23, the Senate passed a sanctuary amendment by Senator James Eldridge (D-Acton) that would have forbidden state and local law enforcement from asking about anyone’s immigration status, cancelled 287(g) agreements by any state or local agency other than the Department of Corrections, and could easily be read as a blanket ban on practically any information-sharing or other cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Six Democrat Senators broke ranks with their party to join all seven of the Senate’s Republicans in voting No. Republican Governor Charlie Baker called the Senate amendment “ridiculous and outrageous,†and promised a line-item veto if it ever reached his desk.
https://immigrationreform.com/2018/07/23/sanctuary-amendment-stripped-out-of-massachusetts-budget/
