Lawyers for Civil Rights is calling for a state investigation to determine if local police unlawfully facilitated a federal immigration arrest after a 13-year-old boy was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Everett earlier this month.
Lawyers for Civil Rights announced the call for an investigation on Friday, arguing that the incident may constitute a violation of state laws, including the landmark 2017 Supreme Judicial Court decision, “Lunn v. Commonwealth‚” which limits local law enforcement’s authority to hold a person solely on the basis of a federal immigration detainer.
The organization sent a group letter to Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Secretary for Public Safety and Security Terrence Reidy urging the Commonwealth to take steps in protecting “youth in custody and restore public trust in law enforcement.”…