Overview

• The 126-member body voted Monday with only five in opposition to denounce practices at ICE’s Burlington processing center.
• The resolution urges ICE to stop overnight and extended holds, citing a 2007 federal assurance that no one would be lodged overnight and raising zoning compliance concerns.
• Town leaders request access for local and state authorities to inspect the site, after ICE denied entry this summer and a judge recently rejected the select board’s effort to gain access.
• Former detainees and visiting Representatives Seth Moulton and Jake Auchincloss reported overcrowding, lack of showers and soap, no beds, mylar blankets on concrete floors, and poor temperature control.
• Copies of the resolution will go to DHS, the town’s congressional delegation, and Governor Maura Healey; ICE did not respond to requests for comment in the latest coverage.