[lg policy] Massachusetts: Governor Patrick rips Ariz., Ala. immigrant legislation

[Harold Schiffman]

Patrick rips Ariz., Ala. immigrant legislation

May 02, 2012|By Martine Powers



    In a tough speech at Tufts University, Governor Deval Patrick
called Alabama and Arizona immigration policies hysterical and
poisonous and compared them to JimCrow laws and McCarthyism.

In a tough speech at Tufts University, Governor Deval Patrick called
Alabama… (AP/File )

Using his strongest language yet on US immigration policy, Governor
Deval Patrick in a speech Monday lambasted controversial immigration
laws adopted by Arizona and Alabama.

“The actions of various states to take matters into their own hands
have been ham-fisted, self-defeating, and even racist,’’ Patrick said
at Tufts University.

Patrick’s address, at the Aidekman Arts Center, was part of the “Moral
Voices’’ lecture series sponsored by Tufts Hillel, the university’s
center for Jewish life.

The governor has generally been critical of such measures as the
federal Secure Communities Law, which requires police to share
information on arrested suspects with customs and immigration
officials. he has also been critical of legislation requiring police
to check immigration status in Arizona and Alabama.

http://articles.boston.com/2012-05-02/metro/31515026_1_immigration-policy-check-immigration-status-arizona-immigration-law

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