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Gov. Maura Healey signs executive order and files bill to bar ICE from sensitive locations in Massachusetts
Summary
Gov. Maura Healey announced legislation and signed an executive order to limit Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in schools, hospitals, houses of worship and courthouses, saying the measures are needed to restore trust and protect victims, witnesses and public safety.
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey announced legislation and signed an executive order on Jan. 22 aimed at restricting Immigration and Customs Enforcement from conducting enforcement actions in sensitive locations across Massachusetts, saying recent federal operations have driven families from schools, health care and courthouses and harmed public safety.
"Today, I'm filing legislation to keep ICE out of our schools, day cares, other childcare centers, churches, hospitals, health clinics, and our courthouses," Healey said. She said the executive order signed at the event bars ICE from making civil arrests in non‑public spaces of state buildings, prohibits use of state property to stage immigration‑enforcement activities and blocks state agencies from entering into new 287(g) agreements except where the secretary of public…
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