John Daley, who knows something about policing, predicts that even if the Romney/Healey administration insists on the State Police checking the immigration status of everybody they stop, the troopers will simply ignore the mandate:
...[T]hey will lose the ability to work effectively with local police departments on joint investigations or initiatives. Forget counter-terrorism investigations. No one will in the communities will talk to them. ...
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we're losing population; we should *welcome* immigrants
By Ron Newman
Wed, 06/21/2006 - 11:39am
On the same Globe front page as this story is yet another article about how Boston and surrounding towns are losing population.
Which means that Gov. Romney's action is exactly the opposite of what the state needs. We should do everything we can to welcome immigrants, 'legal' or not, and should break off all cooperation between state and local governments and the federal immigration service.
Make Massachusetts a Sanctuary State.