sanctuary cities

Immigrant activists and state lawmakers are renewing the push to make Massachusetts a sanctuary state. Supporters of the Safe Communities Act said Tuesday they’ll be resubmitting the proposal to the legislature again. The Safe Communities Act would prevent law enforcement and court personnel from asking a person about their immigration status, set limits for when they could notify ICE...

A federal appeals court in Chicago says the Trump administration policy of threatening to withhold grant money from so-called sanctuary cities to force them to comply with its more stringent immigration policies violates separation-of-powers provisions.

A federal appeals court in New York sided with President Donald Trump in a fight over grant money for sanctuary cities.

Federal immigration officials in Massachusetts say a newly launched campaign to alert the public of immigrants living in the country illegally who have been released by local officials under “sanctuary” policies is having an impact. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Boston office said late Wednesday it arrested two men — one from Cape Verde and another from Colombia — who…

Federal agents who normally patrol the U.S. border will be deployed to “sanctuary” cities across the country that are hindering stepped up immigration enforcement, officials said Friday.

Federal agents who normally patrol the U.S. border will be deployed to “sanctuary” cities across the country that are hindering stepped up immigration enforcement, officials said Friday.

A plan to send border agents to sanctuary cities is being met with concern and criticism from the mayors of Boston and Somerville.

A week after exchanging barbs over their stances on undocumented immigration, Somerville’s mayor and Bristol County’s sheriff faced off during a panel on Thursday.

Top administration officials have been discussing ways to increase pressure on countries with high numbers of citizens who overstay short-term visas, as part of President Donald Trump’s growing focus on immigration heading into his re-election campaign. The administration could introduce new travel restrictions on nationals from those countries, according to two people familiar with the plans who spoke on condition...

Fifty people were arrested in Massachusetts, and 498 across the country, during ICE’s “Operation Safe City.”

The Justice Department escalated its promised crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities Tuesday, saying it will no longer award coveted grant money to cities unless they give federal immigration authorities access to jails and provide advance notice when someone in the country illegally is about to be released. Under old rules, cities seeking grant money needed only to show they were...

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) and Department of Homeland Security John Kelly were involved in a tense exchange Tuesday when Harris questioned Kelly about sanctuary cities.

A week after exchanging barbs over their stances on undocumented immigration, Somerville’s mayor and Bristol County’s sheriff faced off during a panel on Thursday.

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson and Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone squared off in an immigration debate today stemming from comments over sanctuary cities.

A debate on a four-person panel – often between Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone and Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson – took place on Thursday at UMass Law School. The two officials exchanged barbs stemming from recent U.S immigration policy developments and the declaration by some cities around the country that they are a safe space, or sanctuary, for undocumented immigrants.

Seattle filed a lawsuit Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s executive order that threatens to withhold federal funds from communities that refuse to cooperate with efforts to find and deport immigrants in the country illegally. Mayor Ed Murray said the order issued in January punishing “sanctuary cities” is unconstitutional and creates uncertainty around the city’s budget. Other governments have sued Trump...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a warning to sanctuary cities in a Monday White House briefing, threatening to pull federal funding for states and cities that do not follow federal code on illegal immigration.