“They like to present these tools as being neutral … but these tools are being sold to ICE and DHS specifically to track immigrants, to track activists, and to use that information across law enforcement networks to terrorize communities and split families apart.”
SPLIT FAMILY: WITH A BORDER BETWEEN A HUSBAND AND A WIFE, A FAMILY CONSIDERS MOVING BACK TO MEXICO
“Me and my wife were both applying for our residency together,” Ruben says. “But her dad got sick. She went back to Mexico and took care of some of his business after he died. I got my residency in 2015. She got a 10-year ban from the United States when she left seven years ago.”
THE DREAMER: I REMEMBER GOOGLING, ‘WHAT HAPPENS TO A US CITIZEN CHILD IF AN UNDOCUMENTED PARENT IS DEPORTED?’
“It feels increasingly cruel to offer what amounts to be a fairy tale, when in reality she may need great strength to overcome great threats.”
UNRESPONSIVE: THE MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC RECORDS LAW FAILS THREE OUT OF THREE TIMES
That’s what’s happening with all three agencies in this case, with each one putting their own unique spin on how to circumvent the rules.
BRIC OF ICE: FEEBLE STATE RECORDS LAW AIDS ICE IN MA
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.
