The Boston Police Commissioner in Boston, Michael Cox, echoes Mayor Michelle Wu Promised Resistance The deportations of Trump’s administration on Sunday saying at a local news station that we “don’t spend” Civic Immigration Dies that endured the ice.
As he speaks on the segment WCVB -O’s “On Record” showCox, which WU appointed as a police commissioner in 2022, said that in accordance with state and city laws, police officers in Boston “have no power to implement the Federal Immigration Law.”
Pressing whether this policy is in conflict with the Federal Law on Immigration, Cox said that “the Boston Police Directorate has quite defined rules and we comply with the law here in the country.”
“We just don’t do that,” he said. “We do not implement civic detained regarding the Federal Law on Immigration. This is defined here in the country, and this is exactly how it works.”
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Trump’s Border Emperor Tom Homan across from Police Commissioner Boston Michael Cox.
Both Boston “Law on Trust,“Adopted in 2014 and the Judgment of the Supreme Court of Supreme Court of Massachusetts of 2017 known as Lunn Vs. Commonwealth They both limit the subjects to implement the law in the city and the state from cooperation with ICE “detained” demands to hold illegal immigrants for potential deportation.
Talking about the same show shortly after the presidential election, Wu said: “The elections have consequences, and the federal government is responsible for a particular set of actions, and cities, no single city, can turn or override some parts. But what is. To make sure we do our part to protect our inhabitants in every way possible, not to cooperate with those efforts that are actually threatening the safety of all causing a wide fear and having a great economic impact. “
Ice said that such policies threatened the local communities, forcing the agency to monitor the illegals and that he often executed high risk arrests in public areas.
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Ice Boston is arrested by Salvadoran National, January 30, 2025, charged with sexual attack on the residents of Massachusetts. (Ice Boston)
Despite this and repeated criticism by Trump administration and border emperor Tom HomanCox insisted that his department “complies with the Law on Boston and Massachusetts Law”, saying: “We have no authority to implement the Federal Immigration Law.”
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“From our perspective and what we say to all who come to visit our city, lives in our city, is that we do not care about your immigration status, but what we care about is: are you a victim of crime in our city or you are an altar, Isn’t it?
Asked what he would say Massachusetts Residents who are concerned that the policy of the Police Directorate does not protect them, the commissioner has tripled, saying, “We simply have no authority to enforce the Federal Law.” He also said that “what people do not understand is that there is a difference between criminal orders and civic detention” and that “if it is an order for included, we will absolutely implement it.”
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The Pam Bonda Attorney General speaks at a press conference regarding immigration at the Ministry of Justice, Wednesday, February 12, 2025 in Washington. (Ben Curtis/AP)
In the meantime, Homan warned the jurisdictions that refuse to adhere to federal bodies to carry out immigration, saying to them, “Do not cross that line.” On the first day in power, Trump’s US State Attorney Pam Bondi Ordered a 60-day break on federal financing of migrant “cities of the shrine”.
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In response to the possibility that Boston reduced or removed federal financing, Cox said, “We couldn’t be as safe as we are without the help of the Federal Government. They are partners with us, so I don’t know why it would be undone. Department. “
