Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey softened her tone on the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigrants, supporting the removal of criminal aliens.
When the Democrat governor was asked about recent arrests made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the city, she said she “wouldn’t describe them as raids.”
“What it seems to be, and what we expected and what I support, which is the apprehension of criminals [regardless of their immigration status] in our communities,” Healey told WCVB.
Healey said she doesn’t plan to get in the way of federal immigration officials doing their jobs.
However, Healey has expressed concerns about mass deportations and has said the Massachusetts State Police will not assist in those, but will cooperate with criminal enforcement.
“Cooperation by my administration through the state police, by…
