Massachusetts sheriff ends ICE agreement on Day One, saying it 'has not proven to keep us safe'

Fulfilling a campaign promise, Barnstable County's new sheriff officially terminated a widely criticized federal immigration enforcement agreement ...

January 13, 2023
2:42 AM

Fulfilling a campaign promise, Barnstable County's new sheriff officially terminated a widely criticized federal immigration enforcement agreement that allows local law enforcement to cosplay as mass deportation agents. Sheriff Donna Buckley ended the department's 287(g) agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday, her first day in office. It's a big fucking deal, folks: Not only was Barnstable County's contract the final such agreement between ICE and a sheriff's office in Massachusetts, it was the last one to be held by a sheriff's office in all of New England.

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