BROCKTON (CBS) – A Massachusetts lawmaker is defending a Facebook post she made alerting immigrants to rumored ICE raids in Brockton.
State Representative Michelle DuBois (D-10th Plymouth) posted the following on Facebook:
ICE raid in Brockton on 3/28 and 29th
If you get picked up by ICE call legal services direct line for immigration help: 774-488-5961
I got the following information from my friend in the Latin community:
“I have a message for the immigrant community of Brockton. Please be careful on Wednesday 29. ICE will be in Brockton on that day.
If you are undocumented don’t go out on the street. If there is a knock on the door of your house and you don’t know who it is, don’t open the door. I ask you to be careful.”
“Passing information along that is already all over the community not
only lets the people I represent know what is happening. It lets ICE know that everyone in Brockton is aware of their intended raid if there was one,” DuBois said, reading a statement aloud.
Asked whether she thought the post could be construed as obstructing justice, she replied, “No, I don’t.”DuBois also said
she did not see a problem with disseminating a rumor and admitted, she did not contact ICE before doing so.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/03/28/state-rep-facebook-post-warning-immigrants-rumored-ice-raids/
