The fatal shooting in Minnesota is becoming a national flashpoint that could spur change in Massachusetts.
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Since 2017, immigrant advocates and allied lawmakers have been trying to pass the Safe Communities Act, a bill that would limit how local law enforcement can collaborate with federal immigration enforcement authorities across the state.
As the Trump administration implemented its mass deportation agenda last year, supporters made a renewed push for the legislation to finally be passed. That has not yet happened, but the shootings that occurred in Minnesota and Oregon this week appear poised to become major flashpoints in the national debate over ICE’s actions. Growing public outrage directed at ICE in Massachusetts could inject the debate over the Safe Communities Act with more urgency as lawmakers get back to work in the new year…