Cambridge Police Commissioner Christine A. Elow speaks in a Thursday interview with The Crimson. Elow said a new executive order puts Cambridge police in uncharted territory. By Ellen P. Cassidy
The Cambridge Police Department is navigating “uncharted territory” after a new executive order directed officers to respond to reports of federal immigration enforcement in the city, according to Police Commissioner Christine A. Elow.
The order, signed earlier this month by City Manager Yi-An Huang ’05, was issued weeks after federal immigration agents in Minneapolis fatally shot two American citizens during enforcement operations that sparked nationwide protests and clashes between civilians and law enforcement…