Massachusetts state Sen. Ryan Fattman, a Republican, is sounding the alarm about the impact of a “perfect storm” of Democratic policies he says are decimating public safety while simultaneously driving up the cost of living.
One policy – instituted by the 2017 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling Lunn vs. Commonwealth – bars local and state law enforcement agencies from assisting with immigration enforcement.
Under the ruling, law enforcement are also not allowed to honor ICE “detainer” requests, often forcing police departments and sheriffs’ offices to release dangerous criminal illegals onto the streets without notifying ICE.
This has led to ICE having to re-arrest several criminal illegals charged with such crimes as child rape and fentanyl trafficking after they were released by Massachusetts law enforcement agencies for bail as low as $500 or no bail at all.
Fattman told Fox News Digital that these cases are not isolated but rather “are happening across the commonwealth.”
He also pointed to a Massachusetts “Right to Shelter” law, which has led to the creation of a vast network of migrant shelters that has cost the state upwards of $3 billion in taxpayer dollars since 2021. Whistleblowers have also called attention to “rampant abuse” of the shelter system by migrants, including instances of drug trafficking and a father repeatedly raping and even impregnating his teenage daughter.
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