Boston city councilors are considering ways to expand the scope of a city ordinance that limits cooperation by Boston police with federal immigration authorities.
The Boston Trust Act, enacted in 2014 and amended in 2019, doesn’t go far enough, some council members and immigration advocates said Monday.
Editor’s Note: A guest witness who appeared Tuesday, March 10, 2025 before the Boston City Council’s Public Safety & Criminal Justice Committee compared a local ordinance that limits cooperation by Boston police with federal immigration authorities with efforts in Boston (and in Massachusetts more generally) to resist the federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
