Sanctuary policies do not prevent federal immigration enforcement; they simply keep local law enforcement focused on public safety rather than acting as ICE agents.
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Group seeks to block Healey’s emergency shelter cap
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration is facing a lawsuit after the governor announced last week that the state would no longer guarantee housing for those protected under the state’s right-to-shelter law.
Posted inEducation
International college freshmen may be barred after all
A HARVARD UNIVERSITY dean told students in an email Tuesday that incoming international freshmen will not be able to come to campus this fall due to federal visa restrictions. The message came one week after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement abandoned an order that would have barred foreign students this fall if their college or […]
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Healey, fellow AGs sue ICE over international student ban
MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healey on Monday joined more than a dozen other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop a new federal rule that threatens to bar hundreds of thousands of international students from studying in the United States. The lawsuit, filed in federal court against the US Department of Homeland Security […]
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Lelling goes off on sanctuary city movement
A week after President Trump lashed out at sanctuary cities in his State of the Union speech and days after Attorney General William Barr launched a legal offensive against them, US Attorney Andrew Lelling of Massachusetts weighed in locally, calling the sanctuary city movement a “genuine and persistent threat to our communities and the rule of law.” […]
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Lelling goes off on sanctuary city movement
A week after President Trump lashed out at sanctuary cities in his State of the Union speech and days after Attorney General William Barr launched a legal offensive against them, US Attorney Andrew Lelling of Massachusetts weighed in locally, calling the sanctuary city movement a “genuine and persistent threat to our communities and the rule of law.” […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Ryan: Feds wouldn’t budge on court house visits
MIDDLESEX DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARIAN RYAN said on Monday that she decided to sue US Customs and Immigration Enforcement only after the federal agency refused to address more than a dozen separate instances where agents interfered with business at local courts. “I’d say more than a dozen times,” Ryan said when asked how many times over the last […]
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Trump administration sues construction firm over ICE tipoff
WHEN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION busts someone for improperly alerting the feds about an undocumented immigrant, you can bet the case is pretty strong. The US Department of Labor sued Tara Construction and its CEO over what the department claims was a retaliatory tip-off to the authorities about one of Tara’s workers who is in the […]
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Trump administration sues construction firm over ICE tipoff
When the Trump administration busts someone for improperly alerting the feds about an undocumented immigrant, you can bet the case is pretty strong. The US Department of Labor sued Tara Construction and its CEO over what the department claims was a retaliatory tip-off to the authorities about one of Tara’s workers who is in the […]