Immigration

The order, signed by Trump on Inauguration Day, was slated to take effect on Feb. 19.

The district sending a memo to its transportation teams saying, “A recent notification has gone out regarding ICE agents potentially being at bus stops. If you are aware of any agents being at a stop, do not let any student off the bus and contact the transportation office immediately.”

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status.

There’s growing concerns over potential ICE raids locally after federal agents were spotted by NBC Boston cameras entering homes in East Boston Wednesday and taking at least one person into custody. These operations come amid heightened alert for mass roundups and deportations promised by President Donald Trump, but federal authorities would not confirm they are related to that effort....

Federal agents were spotted by NBC Boston cameras entering homes in East Boston Wednesday and taking people into custody.

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New guidance from President Donald Trump allowing ICE to conduct arrests in churches, schools and courthouses has many on edge.

The Trump administration rolled back Biden-era policies on Immigration and Customs Enforcement – also know as ICE – allowing agents to perform arrests in so-called “sensitive” areas such as churches, schools, and courthouses. NBC10 Boston spotted federal agents entering homes in East Boston on Wednesday afternoon, going door-to-door in the neighborhood. Residents of the heavily migrant community said they worried…

Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has signed several executive orders on immigration.

In his third day in office, President Donald Trump signed more executive orders aimed at shutting down the U.S. southern border to immigration and ramping up deportations — though large scale deportation raids had yet to materialize as of Wednesday afternoon. 

The Republican-led House on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, a strict immigration detention measure named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student who was murdered last year by an undocumented immigrant.

The Laken Riley Act, named after the Georgia nursing student murdered last year, would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

The Trump administration is directing the Justice Department to drastically boost its efforts on immigration enforcement, making it a top priority, according to a memo sent to staff by acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.

Massachusetts lawmakers are poised to dive into a right to shelter law debate this year after Gov. Maura Healey recommended reforms aimed at a return to the statute’s “original intent.” Decades ago, the so-called right to shelter was not headline material, although cost concerns were raised. Healey last week unveiled her reforms in a letter to top legislative Democrats,...

Here’s what we know so far about ICE enforcement operations in the wake of several immigration-related executive orders signed by Trump.

Some of President Donald Trump’s early moves are being met with legal challenges.

The firings targeted civil servants who were not politically appointed and came without cause or warning, one of those fired said.

A coalition of Democratic attorneys general on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts seeking to block President Donald Trump’s attempt to revoke the right to automatic birthright citizenship.

President Donald Trump’s transition into the White House features the end of birthright citizenship. But local organizations are already fighting back.

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President Donald Trump’s day one executive order attempting to redefine birthright citizenship drew immediate legal challenges from local leaders and immigrants’ rights groups in New England. During his inaugural address, Trump outlined specific policies that he vowed to take action on immediately, and spent much of the day signing several executive orders over a wide range of issues. Among them...

Trump said that he would primarily be targeting those who have committed crimes, doubling down on his plan to enact the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history.

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