What’s less known is that here in Massachusetts, our feeble public records law is helping to bolster these efforts by obscuring the process through which local officials share information with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
CAPE FEAR: SHERIFF SIDES WITH TRUMP AND ICE, AGAINST CONSTITUENTS AND IMMIGRANTS
As the debate over immigration increases in urgency, the Massachusetts sheriff and his department are about to enter into a cooperation agreement with ICE, which would operationalize local forces to assist Trump’s regime in deporting undocumented people on the Cape.
CREDIBLE FEAR: SIHAM BYAH’S ‘DEHUMANIZING’ DEPORTATION LIMBO
This is not the first time that the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office has been at the center of controversy. Among other things, Bristol Sheriff Thomas Hodgson has made headlines for denying visitation rights to families of inmates, while last January he proposed sending his inmates to the southern border of the US to help build President Trump’s wall.
TARGETED DEPORTATION IN MASS?
Human rights activist seized by ICE during routine immigration check-in
ICE COLD: AS NONCRIMINAL DETAINMENTS RISE IN MASS, THIS CASE STANDS OUT
Despite having the ticket, ICE holds that Rodriguez did not comply with their orders—even though he was not given a date to exit the country.
TRUST ACTING: DOES WALSH THINK PEOPLE FORGOT ABOUT HIS REFUGEE COMMENTS?
Meanwhile, while mainstream outlets surely know about the stances Walsh has taken in the past, as well as about the history of Boston and ICE, reporters seem more interested in flanking Walsh in his war against Trump than in questioning local authority.
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: YOU’LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT
STOP THE ICE RAIDS: FIGHT FOR THE ‘RIGHT TO THE WORLD’
Americans all bear some responsibility for electing governments who have made a series of decisions over the last century that have resulted in the immiseration of the countries that undocumented immigrants have left.
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: ICE ICE BABY 2
