(The Hill) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) on Sunday called the Trump administration’s “Patriot 2.0” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action in her state “political theater" and a "power grab."

“Look, I'll say this, I'm a former prosecutor. I'm a former attorney general. I've said many, many times, including to the Trump administration, that I support, as attorney general and now as governor, everything we can do on public safety,” Healey said on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.”

“But what we have seen from ICE and from the administration really isn't about public safety, it's about political theater. It's about a political power grab and an attempt to intimidate,” she added.

In a statement to The Hill, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said that “ICE launched ‘Pa

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