At the end of last year, Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox reported that his department received 15 civil immigration detainer requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ...
Cox doesn’t specify the nature of the 15 civil immigration detainer requests, nor did the Police Department respond to the Herald’s request for details. A similar inquiry sent to ICE Boston ...
In no cases last year did Boston Police detain or transfer a person to ICE custody based on a civil immigration detainer, Cox wrote. The current City Council reaffirmed the Trust Act in a vote ...