Massachusetts Should Stop Tying The Hands of Feds On Criminal Illegal Immigrants

Massachusetts legislators should end the harmful practice by some local and regional authorities in the state of ignoring detainer requests from federal immigration authorities. A handful of Republican legislators have filed bills to that purpose in the legislative session that began earlier this month. Democrats who dominate the state legislature ought to get on board.

Massachusetts legislators should end the harmful practice by some local and regional authorities in the state of ignoring detainer requests from federal immigration authorities. A handful of Republican legislators have filed bills to that purpose in the legislative session that began earlier this month. Democrats who dominate the state legislature ought to get on board.…