Why did Patrick end that relationship with Massachusetts state troopers?
Patrick said at the time that it would be a waste of scarce resources, and instead, he put immigration checks in state prisons, so people could be checked after they were convicted. But in recent interviews, Patrick explained another reason he worries about programs where police and state troopers are empowered to enforce immigration laws: When you consider that there are so many people who, to the untrained and uninformed eye or ear, folks would mistake as undocumented people, I’m not perfectly comfortable having them swept up in our fervor. Tell us where Baker is on this, and whether he’s concerned about these types of programs? No, in general Baker seems very supportive of cooperation between the federal immigration authorities and local law enforcement. In fact, in Monday night’s debate he responded to this concern that enforcement causes a climate of fear among immigrants by bringing up business owners he says he’s talked to in Brockton who live in their own “climate of fear”: The
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