BOSTON — The piston-hot topic of illegal immigration assumed center stage at the Massachusetts State House on Friday, as lawmakers heard an earful of testimony inside a jam-packed committee room about a proposal to enact so-called sanctuary city policies statewide.
The proposal, dubbed the Safe Communities Act and introduced by state Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton), in his words, "would ensure that police are used to fight crime and not assist in federal immigration enforcement."
