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The ACLU of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against the Boston Police Department and the City of Boston, demanding information about police use of force against, and surveillance of, people in Massachusetts.
Freedom from surveillance is not just for those who can afford to build tall fences, live in a gated community, or buy acres of land on which to live in secluded homes.
The USCIS union, former federal officials, and other legal service groups have filed friend-of-the-court briefs supporting the ACLU’s challenge to a Trump administration policy that forces asylum-seekers to return to Mexico and remain there while their asylum applications are processed.
We will continue this fight to end the suffering for these families, and to end the forced "Return to Mexico" policy altogether.
Unfortunately, this bill does not reflect the fierce urgency that deadly police violence against Black people demands. Instead, it reflects the depth of entrenched opposition to necessary police reform.
At this watershed moment in history, the Massachusetts legislature has the opportunity and duty to truly reform policing.