State Government
Healey Administration Urges Massachusetts Legislature To Tighten State's Right To Shelter Law
Governor Maura Healey's administration wants to make big changes to the Massachusetts's emergency shelter system.
Immigration
Tom Joyce
No Sanctuary: ICE Targets Boston's Criminal Illegal Immigrants
Did you hear about the Haitian gang member with 17 criminal convictions who Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested in Boston this week? A Fox News video shows him yelling, "I'm not going back to Haiti! F*** Trump! You feel me? Yo, Biden forever, bro. Thank Obama
News
Massachusetts State Legislator Explains Support For Bill That Would Let Noncitizens Vote In Local Elections
A bill on Beacon Hill would allow certain non-citizens to vote in municipal elections. The measure, "An Act Extending Voting Rrights in Municipal Elections To Noncitizen Voters of the Commonwealth (SD.369/HD.765), would allow legal U.S. residents who are not citizens to vote in town and
State Government
Maura Healey Proposes Residency Requirement For Massachusetts Right-To-Shelter Law
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey wants to put a residency requirement on the state's right-to-shelter law -- after more than a year of resisting it.
ICE
Judge Shelley Joseph Faces Formal Misconduct Charges Over 2018 Illegal Immigrant Case
Massachusetts district court judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph is now facing formal charges of "willful judicial misconduct," brought by the Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct, according to a press release from the department. These charges come from her involvement in a 2018 incident in which she is accused
crime
El Salvador Illegal Immigrant Rapist Who Has Been Deported Eight Times Sentenced In Boston For Illegally Re-Entering United States
An illegal immigrant rapist from El Salvador has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for unlawfully re-entering the United States after multiple deportations. Melvin Alexander Orellana-Martinez, 54, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns. This federal sentence is to run
Maura Healey
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey Denies Wanting To Be U.S. Attorney General, Blames Trump For Migrants Surge
Governor Maura Healey told Massachusetts reporters that she doesn't want to be attorney general of the United States – days after not quite saying that on national television. Healey, a Democrat, who is in her first term as governor, was asked Sunday, September 1 on CBS's Face
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Five Ways Massachusetts Should Reform Its Right-To-Shelter Law
The right-to-shelter law in Massachusetts has been a top political issue in the state over the past year, as have potential reforms to it. Governor Maura Healey capped the state's emergency shelter system at 7,500 families last fall, resulting in waiting lists to get into the system.
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