This Thanksgiving, families will be gathering across Massachusetts. But at many tables, there will be missing chairs due to the kidnapping of our immigrant friends and neighbors by ICE agents.
Federal immigration agents have been terrorizing communities across Massachusetts in service of Donald Trump’s xenophobic, hateful agenda. Families are torn apart, workplaces stripped of employees, and documented immigrants have feared their status will be revoked. Massachusetts can and must take action to better protect our communities.
Three key pro-immigrants’ rights bills will have hearings tomorrow:
- Safe Communities Act (H.2580 / S.1681), which would end the voluntary involvement of our public safety officials in civil immigration matters
- Dignity Not Deportations Act (H.1588 / S.1122), which would prohibit sheriffs from voluntarily renting beds to ICE and ban agreements to deputize state and local law enforcement to ICE
- Immigrant Legal Defense Act (H.1954 / S.1127), which would ensure that immigrants navigating our complex immigration courts have legal representation and make permanent a recent budgetary appropriation
First, take a moment to email your state rep and state senator in support of these bills:
Second, if you’ve already emailed recently, take a moment to call. Find your legislators’ phone numbers here.
And third, join us at the State House tomorrow for a rally and the hearings for these bills.
Protect Massachusetts Communities | Pre-Hearing Rally
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Massachusetts State House | Room 428
The Dignity Not Deportations bill and the Immigrant Legal Defense Act will have hearings at 10 am in Room A2. Information here.
The Safe Communities Act will have a hearing at 11:30 am in Gardner Auditorium. Information here.
If you are unable to attend in person, you may log into the livestream of the hearing at the Massachusetts Legislature website.