BOSTON, MA — Republican candidate for governor Brian Shortsleeve today responded to Governor Maura Healey’s 2:00 p.m. press conference on ICE, saying she needed to be clear with the public on whether criminal illegal immigrants should be deported:
“Almost everyone agrees: criminal illegal aliens should be detained and deported. But Maura Healey has also said she supports sanctuary cities like Boston that refuse to cooperate with federal law enforcement to do just that. She needs to simply answer the question: should state and local law enforcement, including Boston police, cooperate with federal authorities to ensure a criminal illegal immigrant is not released back into our communities? Yes or no?”