The Barnstable department was the last sheriff’s office in New England with such an agreement.
The Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office in Massachusetts is ending an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that gave deputies the authority to enforce federal immigration laws, civil rights attorneys said Wednesday.
The Barnstable department was the last sheriff’s office in New England with such an agreement, called a 287, according to Lawyers for Civil Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.
The agreements do nothing but create fear in immigrant communities and drain state resources, it said.New Barnstable Sheriff Donna Buckley, who made a pledge to end the agreement a central part of her campaign, was sworn in Wednesday.Barnstable County includes Cape Cod. “This program has not proven to keep us safer and causes many living on Cape Cod to live in fear. That fear ends today,” Buckley, a Democrat, said in a statement.An email seeking comment was left with a spokesperson for ICE’s Boston field office.“Across the country, 287 agreements turn local police and sheriffs into de facto ICE agents,” executive director Carol Rose said.
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