{"id":5061679,"date":"2026-02-11T15:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malatinonews.com\/?p=5061679"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:53:35","slug":"black-latino-caucus-ice-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/2026\/02\/11\/black-latino-caucus-ice-protections\/","title":{"rendered":"Black and Latino Caucus work alongside Healey, Wu toward increased protections against ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the aftermath of the actions of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, Massachusetts legislators are taking steps to stymie federal law enforcement\u2019s actions in the commonwealth. Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order keeping ICE out of courthouses, schools, childcare programs, hospitals and churches, while Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed an executive order banning ICE enforcement on city property just this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But activists are still urging the government to do more. In response, members of the Massachusetts Legislative Black and Latino Caucus are advancing the PROTECT Act, which stands for \u201cpromoting rule of law, oversight, trust, and equal constitutional treatment.\u201d According to The Flip Side<\/u><\/strong><\/a>, the legislation would \u201cbar state and local police from cooperating with civil immigration enforcement cases, prevent ICE from detaining immigrants in court houses and bar correctional facilities from entering to agreements with federal immigration enforcement to house detainees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julio Ricardo Varela, MS NOW columnist and founder of The Latino Newsletter, calls it a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Black and Latino Caucus has really done a really good job,\u201d Varela said. \u201cThey\u2019ve been listening to the community. This PROTECT Act just didn\u2019t come out of nowhere. Having been in conversations with a lot of community leaders over the last year in the commonwealth, people are hurting. People are scared. I would be very surprised if Beacon Hill doesn\u2019t pass this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the uncertainty about the future of Venezuela \u2014 and its oil industry \u2014 continues, as the Trump administration moves toward allowing U.S. companies to move into the South American country and begin drilling. Will this \u201cMake Venezuela Great Again\u201d as Trump asserts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cristina Silva, managing editor for local news at the Boston Globe, said she\u2019s unsure about the focus of the Trump administration in Venezuela, as they have not addressed the extreme poverty, lack of stable utilities like electricity and running water, and its numerous human rights violations. Still, she says she is hopeful for the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think many Venezuelans want to be hopeful and optimistic,\u201d Silva said. \u201cMaybe they will see something positive like some of the positive changes we did see happen in Panama after the United States intervened there. But there are not a lot of positive examples of what happens when the US goes into your country. So we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus, Bad Bunny makes Grammys history and takes the Super Bowl stage! All that and more on this week\u2019s Latinx news roundtable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out the full story at www.wgbh.org<\/em> <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

Featured Photo:<\/strong> File photo of Rep. Chynah Tyler, U.S. Rep. Aynna Pressley and Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz of the Mass. State Legislature’s Black and Latino Caucus at a rally for police reform after the murder of George Floyd. By Mike Deehan, GBH News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the aftermath of the actions of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, Massachusetts legislators are taking steps to stymie federal law enforcement\u2019s actions in the commonwealth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5061680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2873,4032,4146,4872],"ppma_author":[6182],"class_list":["post-5061679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-democracy","tag-ice-protections-ma","tag-ma-black-and-latino-caucus","tag-massachusetts-immigrant-communities","tag-protect-act"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-at-3.46.02-PM.png",1716,964,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-at-3.46.02-PM-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-at-3.46.02-PM-300x169.png",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-at-3.46.02-PM-768x431.png",768,431,true],"large":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-at-3.46.02-PM-1024x575.png",1024,575,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-at-3.46.02-PM-1536x863.png",1536,863,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-at-3.46.02-PM.png",1716,964,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In the aftermath of the actions of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, Massachusetts legislators are taking steps to stymie federal law enforcement\u2019s actions in the commonwealth","authors":[{"term_id":6182,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"andrea-asuaje","display_name":"Andrea Asuaje","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"mfb_rest_fields":["title","uagb_featured_image_src","uagb_author_info","uagb_comment_info","uagb_excerpt","authors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5061679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5061679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5061679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5061680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5061679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5061679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5061679"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=5061679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}