Could Trump really conduct mass deportations here? - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Private companies might contract with ICE, and some in the private prison industry, such as the GEO Group and CoreCivic, have said Trump's immigration agenda could be good for business.
60% : All Massachusetts sheriffs have now ended those agreements with ICE as of last year.
59% : The Plymouth County Sheriff, Joseph D. McDonald Jr., renewed a five-year contract with ICE in September.
58% : Heroux, a Democrat, emphasized he knows that ICE has an "important job to do," and that the Sheriff's Office does give ICE information the office is allowed to share -- such as the names of inmates, last known addresses, and jail release dates.
51% : In some circumstances, however, Massachusetts Sheriffs have on their own entered into agreements with ICE, at times allowing them to act as federal immigration agents with the power to detain, arrest, and interrogate immigrants, depending on contract specifics.
47% : While National Guard units report to their respective governors, Trump could invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy these troops domestically, said William Banks, a law professor at Syracuse University who specializes in national security and presidential authority.
46% : Still, some experts say Trump could have powers at his command to initiate large numbers of deportations.
45% : If Trump were to successfully federalize the national guard, he would not only have authority over the Massachusetts National Guard, but would be able to send National Guard troops from other states here.
40% : That approach would be expensive though, and Trump can't tap into additional money for large-scale detention expansion "with the wave of a wand or an executive order," said Elora Mukherjee, director of Columbia Law School's Immigrants' Rights Clinic.
34% : Trump will likely attempt to end humanitarian programs under the Biden administration that confer some legal protections to immigrants, as well as Temporary Protected Status, which shields some from countries including Haiti, El Salvador, and Venezuela from deportation for a period of time.
30% : But the Biden administration terminated its contract with Bristol County in 2021, and Franklin County stopped holding detainees for ICE that year, too.
29% : Tom Homan, who will be Trump's "border czar," has said the agency would prioritize arresting those who are public safety and national security threats, but also suggested ICE will target a wider number of undocumented immigrants.
26% : Trump will certainly face myriad legal challenges; the ACLU already filed a lawsuit this week requesting details on Trump's proposals for sweeping deportations, and its Massachusetts chapter said it prepared to respond to any efforts here.
24% : Trump and his allies said they will first focus on deporting undocumented immigrants with a criminal past.

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