The variations between Massachusetts and its neighbor to the north grew past their divergent takes on gross sales and revenue tax after Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed a ban on “sanctuary cities” into legislation.
In keeping with the previous U.S. Senator, the legislation she signed Thursday is simply one other instance on an extended checklist of issues that make the Granite State completely different from the Bay State — and she or he clearly doesn’t level out the excellence as a praise.
“I said from the beginning that we won’t let our state go the way of Massachusetts and their billion-dollar illegal immigrant crisis. Today, we’re delivering on our promise by banning sanctuary cities and supporting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities,” the governor mentioned in an announcement.
Whereas there isn’t a strict definition of what makes a sanctuary metropolis, the time period is usually utilized in reference to jurisdictions which don’t permit native authorities to take part in civil immigration processes. Most cities, cities, and states that maintain these types of insurance policies push again on the “sanctuary” title, insisting that immigration is a federal matter and greatest stored separate from native legislation enforcement.
The Bay State, for instance, is not a sanctuary state so far as Gov. Maura Healey sees it, even when the state’s Supreme Judicial Court docket made it very clear that “Massachusetts law provides no authority for Massachusetts court officers to arrest and hold an individual solely on the basis of a Federal civil immigration detainer, beyond the time that the individual would otherwise be entitled to be released from State custody.”
Boston is one other instance. Michelle Wu answered a query by members of Congress on whether or not town is a “sanctuary city” by saying that it’s a “safe” metropolis made all of the safer by guidelines stopping officers from asking after immigration standing when offering companies or implementing native legal guidelines.
New Hampshire doesn’t have any “sanctuary” cities or cities — formally — however does have just a few communities which have acted to label themselves as “welcoming” jurisdictions.
For instance, Lebanon has a “welcoming” ordinance on the books which directs that “no Agent or Agency of the City of Lebanon, including Law Enforcement, shall aid or participate in immigration enforcement actions.”
The legislation signed on Thursday expressly bans any “law, policy, practice, procedure, or custom adopted or allowed by a state entity or local governmental entity which prohibits or impedes a law enforcement agency” from exercise “which prohibits or impedes a law enforcement agency from communicating or cooperating with a federal immigration agency.”
In keeping with the governor, insurance policies which shelter legislation breakers will now not be allowed in her state.
“New Hampshire will never be a sanctuary for criminals, and we will keep working every day to remain the safest state in the nation,” she mentioned.
