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Steve Grossman on Immigration

Former Chair of DNC; Democratic Challenger MA Governor

 


Local police helping deport illegals is a "blunt instrument"

All five Democrats said they supported Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone's recent decision to sign an executive order limiting the city's cooperation with the Secure Communities program, which partners local police with federal authorities to hold undocumented immigrants for possible deportation.

Grossman described Secure Communities as a "blunt instrument," but quickly pivoted to knock Coakley for opposing drivers' licenses for undocumented immigrants, which he called a public safety issue. Grossman said he would support drivers' licenses and in-state tuition rates for undocumented immigrants.

Source: WWLP 22-News on 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial debate , Jun 10, 2014

Include diverse immigrant communities in decision-making

Boston has become a majority minority city for the first time, and if it weren’t for immigrants the state’s population would actually have declined over the last decade. We will not succeed as a Commonwealth unless we can all come together around our common goals and priorities and work together toward their fulfillment. Steve will make room at the decision-making table for all the diverse communities that make up this state, as he has in every organization he has led for more than twenty-five years.
Source: Campaign web site, Grossman2002.com , Dec 7, 2001

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Bill Weld
Bob Massie
Charlie Baker
Dan Wolf
Deval Patrick
Don Berwick
Jay Gonzalez
Karyn Polito
Lawrence Lessig
Martha Coakley
Marty Walsh
Richard Tisei
Tom Menino
Warren Tolman
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Brian Herr
Bruce Skarin
Ed Markey
Elizabeth Warren
Gabriel Gomez
John Kerry
Martha Coakley
Mo Cowan

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(term-limited 2018)
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(term-limited 2018)
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(appointed ambassador, 2017)
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(retiring 2018)
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(term-limited 2018)
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(term-limited 2018)
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(retiring 2018)
NM-R: Susana Martinez
(term-limited 2018)
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(term-limited 2018)
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(term-limited 2018)
SC-R: Nikki Haley
(appointed ambassador, 2017)
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