Thread: Sen. Scott Brown: Enforce immigration laws

Brown: Enforce immigration laws

Urges Feds to bypass Patrick on Secure Communities

Updated: Wednesday, 28 Sep 2011, 2:53 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 28 Sep 2011, 2:53 PM EDT
Kyle Cheney, State House News Service

BOSTON (State House News Service) - U.S. Sen. Scott Brown urged the country’s top homeland security official Wednesday to bypass a skeptical Gov. Deval Patrick and immediately implement Secure Communities – a federal program to identify and deport certain illegal immigrants – in Massachusetts, while a Republican sheriff suggested state government’s attitude toward illegal immigration is creating “fertile groundâ€

Sheriffs in town blast gov over immigration laws

Protesters defend lack of enforcement

By Chris Cassidy
Thursday, September 29, 2011 - Updated 9 minutes ago


The fierce battle over illegal immigration intensified yesterday as tough-talking sheriffs compared the problem to terrorism, sign-waving protesters interrupted the lawmen’s State House press conference and Sen. Scott Brown demanded the feds let the Bay State bypass Gov. Deval Patrick and join the Secure Communities program.

“My constituents have made it abundantly clear to me that they view Secure Communities as an important public safety tool that could have prevented deadly incidents that have rocked their communities,â€