ICE Agent Fact Checks Dem Gov Who Claimed Massachusetts Is Not A ‘Sanctuary State’
Opinion by Jason Hopkins • 19h
A top Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official listed policies in Massachusetts that restrict cooperation between federal immigration authorities and local law enforcement after Democrat Gov. Maura Healey claimed it wasn’t a “sanctuary state.”
Healey, who has presided over a staggering illegal immigration crisis into the state since entering office in 2023, defended her government’s massive expenditures on emergency shelter housing for migrants and other homeless individuals during an interview with the Boston Herald. The Democratic governor also pushed back on conservative criticism that Massachusetts has policies in place that protect illegal migrant criminals.
“We’re not a sanctuary state,” Healey told the newspaper. “We have a limited budget, and the emergency shelter system really was meant for Massachusetts families who were experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity and needed a place to go that was temporary.”
While the governor said that she believes “violent criminals should be deported if they’re not here lawfully” and federal and local law enforcement officials should cooperate in order reach this goal, she added that she doesn’t like the idea of “showing up at a hotel, and rounding up groups of people who are suspected to be here unlawfully, who are here working, and just deporting all of them without a process.”
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