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Protesters call on Gov. Healey to end Dept. of Correction’s cooperation with ICE
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Protesters call on Gov. Healey to end Dept. of Correction’s cooperation with ICE
A crowd of more than 40 protesters demonstrated in front of Gov. Maura Healey’s Arlington home Monday morning at 5 a.m., calling on her to end a Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) cooperation agreement with ICE.
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Opinion
American democracy is at a pivotal moment and none of us should be silent
None of us should be silent about the recent use of federal agents by this administration to bully, arrest and investigate political opponents. Just as none of us should accept as normal or okay its use of the military against Americans exercising their First Amendment rights. 
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Manager of award-winning Boston restaurant detained by ICE
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Manager of award-winning Boston restaurant detained by ICE
The manager of Suya Joint, an award-winning West African restaurant in Roxbury, was recently detained by federal immigration officials.
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Hundreds in Boston protest ICE raids in Los Angeles and arrest of union leader
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Hundreds in Boston protest ICE raids in Los Angeles and arrest of union leader
Hundreds of residents, Boston City Councilors and local labor union members gathered in Boston’s Circle Plaza, condemning the recent raids carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles.
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Emergency order blocks ICE from transferring Milford student out of state
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Emergency order blocks ICE from transferring Milford student out of state
A federal judge issued an emergency order Sunday blocking federal immigration authorities from transferring an 18-year-old Milford High School student of Brazilian nationality out of Massachusetts for at least 72 hours, court records show.
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Cruel, but not unusual for Trump
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Editorial
Cruel, but not unusual for Trump
Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement have removed from the quiet streets of exurban Milford an 18-year-old who is an honors student at the town’s high school, brought from Brazil by his parents more than a decade ago.
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Advocates encourage immigrant communities to ‘Know your rights’
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Advocates encourage immigrant communities to ‘Know your rights’
Amid an increase in immigration enforcement efforts in recent weeks, local advocates are encouraging immigrants to review their constitutional rights when they interact with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Boston City Council holds hearing on information sharing between Boston Police and ICE
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Boston City Council holds hearing on information sharing between Boston Police and ICE
When Boston City Councilor Ben Webber asked police during a hearing last week about the frequency and nature of their information sharing of Boston Police databases with ICE officers and other federal officials, he was assured cooperation with the federal agency was limited to criminal investigations on crimes such as human trafficking and firearms trafficking.
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Border czar Homan says ICE arrested hundreds of immigrants in Massachusetts
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Border czar Homan says ICE arrested hundreds of immigrants in Massachusetts
Border czar Tom Homan, who had promised to “bring hell” to Boston, said he made the visit to the city last Tuesday. This comes after months of contentious flame-throwing between him and Mayor Michelle Wu, who sat before Congress to defend her city’s support of immigrants.
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Trump launches damaging deportation blitz
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Editorial
Trump launches damaging deportation blitz
It didn’t take long for newly installed President Trump to launch his promised war on undocumented immigrants.
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‘It’s going to be a battle every day’ as Boston’s immigrant communities face new federal policies
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‘It’s going to be a battle every day’ as Boston’s immigrant communities face new federal policies
A slew of new policies from the Trump administration, focused on immigration, have left immigrant communities scrambling.
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Court ruling seen as blow to Boston police gang database
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Court ruling seen as blow to Boston police gang database
Justices of the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled in favor of a Salvadoran immigrant’s petition to review a deportation order, finding in favor of his argument that a Boston Police Department gang database determination falsely identified him as a member of the MS-13 gang.
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