Expert Witness At Hearing Compares Boston Trust Act of 2010s To Resistance To Fugitive Slave Act During 1850s

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.

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.…