Baker Bill Would Allow Officers To Honor Certain ICE Detainers [in Mass.]
Source: WBUR
Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday filed legislation that would authorize state and local law enforcement to detain certain individuals based on requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The bill is in response to last week's landmark decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which ruled that state law does not provide statutory authority to police and court officers to hold someone based solely on a request from ICE.
In a statement announcing the new legislation, Baker said that local authorities have cooperated with ICE in the past "to ensure that they can detain violent and dangerous criminals, convicted of crimes like murder and rape, to keep our communities safe.”
The Baker administration last week had said it was "exploring legislative options" following the SJC's ruling in the Lunn v. Commonwealth case.
Read more: http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/08/01/baker-legislation-ice-detainers
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