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Massachusetts governor says ICE raids endanger communities, vows state protections
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Governor Mara Healy told an interviewer that federal immigration enforcement operations involving "masked agents" are harming public safety in Massachusetts and pledged state steps including legal-rights trainings and a demand that a private airport not be used for deportation flights.
During a televised interview, Governor Mara Healy, the Democratic governor of Massachusetts, said federal immigration enforcement operations are creating dangers for residents and pledged that the state will act to protect people.
Healy said the tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have included "masked agents" and detentions that do not make communities safer. "We've had US citizens picked up here. We had a kid, picked up on his way to volleyball practice, 16 years…
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