The town’s proposed policy says the Police Department will treat undocumented citizens like everyone else and will not be an arm of ICE (the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency).
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Great Barrington ‘Trust Policy’ for sanctuary status to go before voters in May
While town and police department policy already states it will treat undocumented citizens like everyone else, a citizens’ petition filed at Town Hall Wednesday lays out a more detailed set of policies modeled after and modified from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) and MiGente trust policies.