BOSTON — President-elect Donald Trump's campaign vow to, if elected, strip away federal funding from American cities that participate in so-called "sanctuary" programs for illegal aliens, predictably has city councilors across the commonwealth up in arms.
On Tuesday Boston City Council President Michelle Wu took to social media to point out that the Hub happens to be such a city, noting that a series of sanctuary city protections, which bar police from working with federal immigration authorities, "unanimously passed" in 2014.
(CNSNews.com) – The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state of North Dakota and health providers challenging a federal regulation that would force doctors and others to perform gender transition procedures on children even if it's believed these procedures could harm a child.
"The governmentdoes not require Medicare and Medicaid to cover these same procedures, because Health & Human Services' (HHS) [the agency putting forth the regulation] own medical experts found the risks were often too high and benefits too unclear," the press release announcing the lawsuit said. "Yet any private doctor who made the same decision about the risks would be in violation of the new mandate and face potential lawsuits or job loss."
