The Massachusetts Senate has advanced its version of the Protect Act, which would limit ICE operations in the state by prohibiting agents from making civil immigration arrests in courthouses and on state-owned property. The bill closely resembles a version passed by the House last month, which also expands the prohibition of such arrests to additional locations such as child care facilities and public schools. It would ban any new 287(g) agreements, which allow local law enforcement to collaborate with federal ICE partners. The Senate bill also prohibits state and local police from engaging in civil immigration enforcement and violates individual protections under the U.S. Constitution.