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Amherst church is now his home
ON THE VERGE of being deported last summer, Lucio Perez took sanctuary in the First Congregational Church in Amherst. He hasn’t left since. Perez is one of three people in Massachusetts and 20...
View ArticleSeparation anxiety
The scenes of children being stripped away from their parents at the country’s southern border are hitting a nerve even with those not generally inclined to lash out at the nativist nabobs running...
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Separation anxiety
THE SCENES OF children being stripped away from their parents at the country’s southern border are hitting a nerve even with those not generally inclined to lash out at the nativist nabobs running...
View ArticleThe politics of payback
“Womp womp.” That pretty much sums up the reaction from the Trump administration and its supporters over the uproar of separating children from their parents trying to cross at the Mexican border....
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The politics of payback
“Womp womp.” That pretty much sums up the reaction from the Trump administration and its supporters over the uproar of separating children from their parents trying to cross at the Mexican border....
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Do the right thing on immigration
IN MARCH OF 1861, a newly-elected Abraham Lincoln delivered his first inaugural address to a nation bitterly divided over its moral, political, and economic future. In that iconic speech, Lincoln...
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US Attorney carries Trump’s message on immigrants
WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP took office 19 months ago, the US Attorney’s office in Massachusetts started issuing more and more press releases about cases where the defendants were identified by their...
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Think tank sees peril in Boston luxury towers
A NEW REPORT from a Washington-based liberal think tank raises concerns about the proliferation of luxury condominiums in Boston and urges policymakers to identify who all the new owners are and impose...
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White supremacy fuels ‘public charge’ proposal
I THINK IT’S SOME SORT of dystopian rule that the things with the most innocuous names often have the most pernicious effects. The newest entrant into that category is the US Department of Homeland...
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Trump’s Vietnamese policy is abhorrent
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION is attempting to deport Vietnamese immigrants and refugees who arrived in the US more than 20 years ago, ignoring a commitment honored by two previous presidents and striking a...
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Our Know Nothing heritage on immigration
THE HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION to the United States is also the history of the response to immigration. Since the founding of the republic, intermittent surges of foreign-born newcomers have consistently...
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RMV finds workaround for immigrant commercial drivers
WILLIAM REYES started to panic several months ago when his fellow commercial truck drivers began to call, describing going to the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles to get their licenses renewed,...
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Law bars most immigrants from carrying self-defense spray
IT ISN’T EVERY DAY that a college student’s research leads to a bill being filed in the Massachusetts Legislature. But that’s exactly what happened when research conducted by Tony Tan, a student at...
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Without immigrants, Mass. would lose population, study says
AS DEBATE OVER immigration continues to roil the national political waters, a new study highlights the crucial role newcomers to the US play in the Massachusetts economy and population growth. If it...
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ACLU of Mass: Does wall contract really exist?
ON THE DAY when President Donald Trump declared a domestic national emergency related to the border, two groups have filed a lawsuit related to his wall claims. The ACLU of Massachusetts and attorneys...
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Healey joins Trump emergency declaration challenge
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY on Wednesday joined a multi-state lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, saying the declaration...
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Immigrant voices on immigration reform
EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION on the polarizing topic of immigration reform, but rarely do immigrants get to be in the presence of key decision makers who determine their fates. Student Estefany Pineda and...
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Middlesex and Suffolk DAs sue ICE
This story has been updated as of 5:25 p.m. IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, the Middlesex and Suffolk County district attorneys filed a lawsuit in US District Court on Monday seeking to block access of US...
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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...
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Tug-of-war over wanted immigrant in Salem court
IN SALEM SUPERIOR COURT on Wednesday, Judge Thomas Drechsler had a few reasons to hold Willy Antonio Hernandez Camilo without bail. Camilo had been charged with attempted murder for stabbing someone in...
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