"As the Trump administration implemented its mass deportation agenda last year, supporters made a renewed push for the legislation to finally be passed. That has not yet happened, but the shootings that occurred in Minnesota and Oregon this week appear poised to become major flashpoints in the national debate over ICE's actions. Growing public outrage directed at ICE in Massachusetts could inject the debate over the Safe Communities Act with more urgency as lawmakers get back to work in the new year."
"In November, a Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll found that 54% of voters "strongly disapprove" of how ICE has handled arrests and deportations. Hundreds of people, spurred by the recent shootings, took to downtown Boston Thursday night to protest ICE. Leaders from across the state, including Senate President Karen Spilka, expressed their outrage at the killing of Renee Good, the 37-year-old Minnesota mother who died at the hands of an ICE officer Wednesday."
A fatal ICE shooting in Minnesota has intensified calls in Massachusetts to pass the Safe Communities Act, which would limit local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Immigrant advocates and allied lawmakers have pursued the bill since 2017 and renewed efforts amid the Trump administration's deportation agenda. Recent shootings in Minnesota and Oregon have become national flashpoints and spurred protests and public outrage in Massachusetts. A Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll found 54% of voters strongly disapprove of ICE's handling of arrests and deportations. Lawmakers and stakeholders testified for hours before the Legislature's Public Safety Committee in November. The bill would bar police and court officials from questioning people about immigration status.
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