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Arlington Officials Want To Declare Sanctuary Town Status

Matthew McDonald

The town of Arlington gets about $6 million in federal funds per year, which could be in jeopardy if Representative Town Meeting votes to require local police not to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

Around New England

Immigration Advocate Says She’s Never Seen Such ‘Radical’ Executive Orders

Matthew McDonald

Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts is pressing ahead with plans to resettle 50 Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Pittsfield despite President Donald Trump's signal that the spigot is turning off soon from certain countries that federal authorities determine have large numbers of radical Islamic terrorists. Meanwhile, an immigrant advocate is shocked to see executive orders changing federal policy wholesale.

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