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Bay State lawmakers divide over ‘sanctuary’ issue

WASHINGTON – The Democrats who make up the Massachusetts delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives walk in lockstep on many issues, but when it comes to immigration, one toes a different line. Rep. Bill Keating, a former Norfolk County prosecutor whose ninth district encompasses much of the South Shore

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Senate Democrats vote against penalizing ‘sanctuary cities’

Following U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's lead, Democrats on Tuesday blocked a Republican measure that would have banned the flow of federal dollars to so-called sanctuary cities, or municipalities that have policies barring police from working with federal immigration authorities. Massachusetts Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed

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On ‘sanctuary cities,’ local governments should not flout federal law

The shooting last month by an illegal immigrant of 32-year-old Kate Steinle, who died in her father's arms on a San Francisco pier, has focused the nation's attention on so-called "sanctuary cities" — local jurisdictions that, as a matter of policy, refuse to comply with