On Friday, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey sent a sternly-worded letter to the Department of Homeland Security, demanding that they turn over months worth of infomation on the illegal immigrants that ICE has arrested in its operations in the state.
Healey's office said Friday that the governor has sent a letter to outgoing U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons demanding that the federal agency provide, in one week, complete and accurate information on every person arrested in Massachusetts since January 2025, including the identity of each individual, the legal basis for each arrest, case status, detention location, court jurisdiction, and upcoming hearing dates.
“Many of those taken into custody are long-standing members of our communities—parents, caregivers, and workers whose sudden detention leaves their families in crisis,” Healey wrote. “This has had far-reaching consequences for their children, families, our communities, and the state of Massachusetts.”
Healey claims ICE’s own data shows the majority of those who were arrested in Massachusetts have no criminal record.
Now officials from the department and the U.S. Attorney's office have responded in a joint statement, pointing out how ironic it is that Gov. Healey has a gripe about information not being shared:
Joint Statement from ICE Director Todd M. Lyons and U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley regarding Governor Healey's recent demands for information on ICE arrests in Massachusetts: pic.twitter.com/77TKwpxlGd
— ICE Boston (@EROBoston) March 6, 2026
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Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and U.S. Attorney Leah Foley stated:
“Isn’t it rich that the very governor who refuses to share information with federal law enforcement is now demanding information on ICE arrests? She forgets that being in the country illegally is, in fact, illegal.
The truth is every single alien arrested during Operations Patriot and Patriot 2.0 was in violation of U.S. immigration law. The majority of those had committed serious crimes in the United States or in their native countries. Most were released due to local and state jurisdictions refusing to cooperate with ICE.
Why does Governor Healey wish to impede ICE from removing criminal ilegal aliens from the Bay State?
The statement continued by noting that the operations in MA has so far) netted "more than 2,860 arrests of criminal illegal aliens, many of whom were let in under President Biden," then closed by asking for the most basic common sense from Healey:
"Governor Healey should stop using her pulpit to smear ICE and bully private companies. Instead, she should start working with the Trump Administration to put American citizens first and keep our New England communities safe from criminal alien offenders," the officials said.
This is what we keep seeing across the country from blue-state Dems, trying to obstruct law enforcement from providing safety for the American people. Kudos to the Trump administration for continuing to call it out for what it is, as we approach the midterm elections.
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