Gov. Maura Healey’s declaration that state police won’t assist in mass deportations is being blasted by critics who say it backtracks from her blaming the federal government for the migrant crisis. Healey has come under fire after MSNBC anchor Lawrence O’Donnell asked the Bay State governor whether the Massachusetts State Police would support the incoming Trump administration’s effort to deport illegal immigrants.

NewsCenter 5 spoke with Healey and asked her how she would work with the newly elected administration and she said she would work with anyone to make life better in Massachusetts.

Every tool in the toolbox has got to be used to protect our citizens, to protect our residents, and protect our states, and certainly to hold the line on democracy and the rule of law,” Healey said in comments on MSNBC this week,

President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to carry out mass deportations will likely be subject to litigation and other legal fights, says Gov. Maura Healey, who sued his previous administration nearly