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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey softened her tone on the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigrants, supporting the removal of criminal aliens.
WhentheDemocratgovernorwasaskedaboutrecentarrestsmadebyImmigrationandCustomsEnforcementagentsinthecity,shesaidshe“wouldn’tdescribethemasraids.”
“Whatitseemstobe,andwhatweexpectedandwhatIsupport,whichistheapprehensionofcriminals[regardlessoftheirimmigrationstatus]inourcommunities,”HealeytoldWCVB.
Healeysaidshedoesn’tplantogetinthewayoffederalimmigrationofficialsdoingtheirjobs.
However,HealeyhasexpressedconcernsaboutmassdeportationsandhassaidtheMassachusettsStatePolicewillnotassistinthose,butwillcooperatewithcriminalenforcement.
“Cooperationbymyadministrationthroughthestatepolice,byothersinlocallawenforcement,willcontinuewithourfederalauthorities,”Healeysaid.“Statepolicewillcooperate;that’salwaysbeenthecase.”(WCVB)
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