'We've got to prepare for the worst': State's sanctuary cities vow to protect immigrants as Trump threatens mass deportations - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : In the last election, Trump secured more than 1.2 million votes in Massachusetts, the most a Republican candidate for president received in the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984, according to state election data.
45% : Trump has distanced himself from this report, but has picked some of its architects to serve in the incoming administration.
35% : "It spreads that fear, and makes people scared to engage with local organizations, public schools, and health departments.
27% : Even though Trump doesn't resume power until Jan. 20, there are already signs of political pressure on Massachusetts communities.
26% : Separately, billionaire Elon Musk, who helped get Trump elected, claimed that Massachusetts sanctuary cities were "protecting child rapists" following arrests of three undocumented immigrants in Methuen and Great Barrington who faced separate criminal charges or convictions of sex offenses against children.
24% : Heather Yountz, a senior immigration staff attorney at the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, said she fears Trump will use executive orders to cut off federal funds to sanctuary cities, or rescind a "protected areas" restriction that limits federal immigration actions at places such as schools and emergency shelters.
22% : Immigration crackdowns also precede Trump: It was President Barack Obama, a Democrat, who oversaw 432,000 deportations in 2013, the largest annual total deportations on record.

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