Earlier today, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, in her opening remarks defending Boston’s Trust Act to the US House Oversight Committee, explained, “We are the safest major city in the nation because we are safe for everyone.”
During the hearing, Mayor Wu and three other mayors had to withstand the racist, intellectually dishonest attacks from House Republicans but made clear that protecting the rights of our immigrant communities makes us safer.
Cities like Boston and countless others across the Commonwealth have passed ordinances to make clear that local law enforcement do not work for ICE and should not do the work of federal immigration enforcement. But we need to enshrine local best practice into state law and strengthen the protections for our immigrant communities against the threats from the Trump administration.
That’s why it’s essential for your state legislators to co-sponsor critical legislation this session in support of immigrants’ rights:
- Safe Communities Act, which would end the voluntary involvement of our public safety officials in civil immigration matters
- Dignity Not Deportations Act, which would prohibit sheriffs from voluntarily renting beds to ICE and ban agreements to deputize state and local law enforcement to ICE
- Immigrant Legal Defense Act, which would ensure that immigrants navigating our complex immigration courts have legal representation
Can you write to your state representative and state senator in support of these key bills?
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