Gov. Healey issues statewide guidance on ICE interactions for schools, hospitals, places of worship

Governor Healey is rolling out new statewide guidance for how some places should respond to ice. Boston 25 News reporter Ali Mario is live in Boston alley. This narrows down rules for places like schools, hospitals and churches. Yeah, the guidance lays out key rules on how these institutions should respond to ice agents. This means who's allowed in private areas and what warrants are required. And it also comes after an executive order was signed earlier this year that would essentially keep ice out of vulnerable spaces. They can make clear where ice can go and where people can be safe. Under the new guidance, ice agents are not allowed to enter private or non public areas like classrooms, hospital, patient areas or places of worship without a valid judicial warrant. It lets our schools, colleges, daycare centers know how to student privacy, how to interact with ice agents, how to get legal review for any warrants presented and how to deny access to classrooms, dorms or other non public areas unless a valid judicial warrant is confirmed. It also prohibits the use of state property for immigration enforcement staging operations. The guidance encourages institutions to create response plans, train staff and protect confidential information, including student records, private health data and other sensitive information unless disclosure is legally required for places of worship. The state recommends developing visitor protocols and educating congregants about their rights. Our teams are doing outreach and have been doing outreach to make sure that community organizations have this information, have the training and can put it into effect. We're also posting public facing guidance on our state property to make really clear that ice is to stay out. The rollout comes as clash continues over immigration enforcement tactics. They're still refusing to tell us who they've taken from our state. I've been demanding this information for months. This is about simply put, keeping Massachusetts safe, keeping people safe in Massachusetts. The state is also rolling out an online portal for people to report alleged ice misconduct or any other enforcement concerns. For now, we are live in boston. I'm ellie morillo for your local station, boston. 25 news. Ellie, thank you so much. We do want to note that we did reach out to mass GOP and ice for comment on this new statewide guidance rollout. We'll let you know when we hear back.