The City of Worcester will not allow its police department to partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the city council declared on Tuesday.

The Worcester City Council voted 8-2 on a resolution opposing any pursuit or consideration of a 287(g) agreement between the city and ICE.

A 287(g) agreement gives local law enforcement the ability to perform limited immigration enforcement, according to ICE’s website . The only department in Massachusetts with a 287(g) agreement is the state’s Department of Corrections, which signed the agreement in 2020, according to a list on the website.

Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty, Vice Chairman and Councilor-at-Large Khrystian King, Councilor-at-Large Kathleen Toomey, District 1 Councilor Jenny Pacillo, District 2 Councilor Candy Mero-Carl

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