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Executive Order No. 650 · Jan 29, 2026

Protecting Access to Essential Services and Keeping Massachusetts Communities Safe

Issued by Governor Maura Healey. Massachusetts Register No. 1567.

In brief

What it does: Except as authorized by a judicial warrant or judicial order, civil arrests by federal immigration officers shall not be executed in nonpublic areas of state facilities.

Why: Massachusetts is home to over 1.2 million immigrants who are workers, parents, caregivers, business owners, and essential contributors to the Commonwealth’s economy and civic life.

In the order’s own words, shortened. The full text is on mass.gov.

Read the order on mass.gov

From the Trial Court Law Libraries’ list of governors’ executive orders on mass.gov, as published there. Any order that later changes this one is listed there too.