House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security - 3-4-2026

Massachusetts House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security · March 4, 2026

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Opening rules, committee introductions

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Chair opens the hearing, sets ground rules for public testimony (three minutes), asks committee members to introduce themselves and notes the committee convened to review the Protect Act (H.5158).

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House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security heard hours of testimony on H.5158, the "Protect Act," a bill led by the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus that would limit state and local cooperation with civil immigration enforcement, ban some 287(g)-style arrangements, and prohibit civil immigration arrests at courthouses absent a judicial warrant.

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