ICE has already begun rounding up hundreds of illegal immigrant criminals across the country just two days into the Trump administration’s aggressive push — with one Boston-area Haitian gang member telling agents “(expletive) Trump, Biden forever!”
Illegal Immigration
Laken Riley Act: Massachusetts delegation overwhelmingly opposes immigration bill
U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch says he believes Congress has “lost control of the immigration process in this country,” casting Massachusetts’ only yes vote on a bill named after a Georgia nursing school student murdered by an illegal immigrant.
Undocumented immigrant residing in Lowell held on $1M bail for alleged child rape
BOSTON — A Guatemalan national living in Lowell faces a $1 million bail after being charged in Suffolk Superior Court with rape of a girl, which allegedly began when she was 5 years old.
Healey vs. ICE: Massachusetts’ sanctuary status under fire
A top ICE official is blasting back at Gov. Maura Healey’s declaration that Massachusetts is “not a sanctuary state.”
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey says ‘reform needed at border’ despite deportation opposition
Gov. Maura Healey is doubling down on her stance that she lacks immigration enforcement authority, calling for President-elect Trump to make good on his border-related promises. “We need reform at the border,” she said.
Massachusetts Republicans look to give power to courts in violent illegal immigrant cases
Top Massachusetts Republicans are filing legislation that they say would give local courts more tools to protect the public from illegal immigrants who have been arrested for violent crimes.