Lulu Garcia Navarro

And yet a poll just came out from UMass and WCBV showing that immigration is very important to people here and a majority of voters don't approve of the way that you've handled it. Why do you think that is?

And yet a poll just came out from UMass and WCBV showing that immigration is very important to people here and a majority of voters don't approve of the way that you've handled it. Why do you think that is?

I mean, you've said before that the right to shelter law wasn't actually made to help waves and waves of people sort of settle here. And you are now seeking to change it. I am curious, why did you come to that decision? Because I think what you're trying to do, among other things, is require anyone seeking shelter to prove that they're in the country legally.

I mean, you've said before that the right to shelter law wasn't actually made to help waves and waves of people sort of settle here. And you are now seeking to change it. I am curious, why did you come to that decision? Because I think what you're trying to do, among other things, is require anyone seeking shelter to prove that they're in the country legally.

Is that one of the changes that you're trying to make to the law?

Is that one of the changes that you're trying to make to the law?

As you know, Trump's borders are Tom Homan singled Boston out at CPAC last week. He called out Boston's police commissioner who said because of state law, he won't be enforcing immigration orders against migrants. Homan then said, and I'm quoting here, I'm coming to Boston and bringing hell with me. And I'm wondering what your response to that is.

As you know, Trump's borders are Tom Homan singled Boston out at CPAC last week. He called out Boston's police commissioner who said because of state law, he won't be enforcing immigration orders against migrants. Homan then said, and I'm quoting here, I'm coming to Boston and bringing hell with me. And I'm wondering what your response to that is.

I think your police commissioner said basically that they weren't going to help ICE remove people with orders of removal, as happens in many sanctuary cities.

I think your police commissioner said basically that they weren't going to help ICE remove people with orders of removal, as happens in many sanctuary cities.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

Another place where the federal and state governments are linked is on education. President Trump has made rolling back DEI, which is diversity, equity and inclusion, central to his political project. He has said now that he's going to be cutting federal funding for schools that include it. We don't know exactly what that means. It's sort of open to interpretation.

Another place where the federal and state governments are linked is on education. President Trump has made rolling back DEI, which is diversity, equity and inclusion, central to his political project. He has said now that he's going to be cutting federal funding for schools that include it. We don't know exactly what that means. It's sort of open to interpretation.

You've said that Massachusetts schools are going to stay true to themselves. What do you mean by that?

You've said that Massachusetts schools are going to stay true to themselves. What do you mean by that?

Why do you think we're seeing such a backlash to DEI, though? You know, people have expressed that they do feel that sort of mandated diversity, equity, and inclusion, they feel that it hasn't been beneficial to relations between races and ethnicities, and that, you know, there is a feeling specifically on the right that this has become a sort of left-wing orthodoxy.

Why do you think we're seeing such a backlash to DEI, though? You know, people have expressed that they do feel that sort of mandated diversity, equity, and inclusion, they feel that it hasn't been beneficial to relations between races and ethnicities, and that, you know, there is a feeling specifically on the right that this has become a sort of left-wing orthodoxy.

You were, as you mentioned, the country's first openly gay attorney general. Prior to that, you worked in the civil rights division of the AG's office, where you led the first successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act. I sued President Obama. You did.

You were, as you mentioned, the country's first openly gay attorney general. Prior to that, you worked in the civil rights division of the AG's office, where you led the first successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act. I sued President Obama. You did.