Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr issued the following statement today in response to Governor Patrick’s announcement that Massachusetts will not be joining the federal Secure Communities Program:“It’s unfortunate that the Governor is weakening public safety in the Commonwealth by retreating from expressed commitments to partner with the Obama Administration through the Secure Communities Program. Hopefully he will address the vacuum he is perpetuating with active and strong support for the practical and substantive measures regarding illegal immigration that were given broad and bipartisan support through Senate actions to include them in the Fiscal Year 2012 budget.”
(A copy of the amendment adopted by the Senate as part of the Fiscal Year 2012 budget can be found here.)
