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Quincy Mayor's Plan For Catholic Saint Statues Sparks ACLU Pushback

Quincy Mayor Tom Koch wants to put statues of two Catholic saints on a new public safety building – and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and some elected officials aren't happy about it. The ACLU of Massachusetts claims the statues would violate the separation of church and

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City Councilors Worried ‘Boston Trust Act’ Doesn’t Do Enough To Protect Illegal Immigrants

Boston city councilors are considering ways to expand the scope of a city ordinance that limits cooperation by Boston police with federal immigration authorities. The Boston Trust Act, enacted in 2014 and amended in 2019, doesn’t go far enough, some council members and immigration advocates said Monday.

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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

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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