“Why blame immigrants, and especially immigrant youth, for being criminals when overall crime rates are now historically low, when we don’t have a crime crisis, and when immigrants actually make our communities much safer?” Seiber asked. “I suggest that it has a lot to do with scapegoating.”
UNRESPONSIVE: THE MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC RECORDS LAW FAILS THREE OUT OF THREE TIMES
That’s what’s happening with all three agencies in this case, with each one putting their own unique spin on how to circumvent the rules.
PROXY WARFARE: THE US SENATE RACE IN MASS MAY GET UGLY, BUT NOT SERIOUS
For a meaningless contest, there’s major national significance to Warren’s reelection scrum
BRIC OF ICE: FEEBLE STATE RECORDS LAW AIDS ICE IN MA
What’s less known is that here in Massachusetts, our feeble public records law is helping to bolster these efforts by obscuring the process through which local officials share information with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
DEAR READER: BOSTON STOOD UP
By that point, people had already been disgusted with our moron POTUS and his racist stubborn immigration dance for years, and particularly outraged about his administration’s child separation policy for the last several weeks.
THE CASE OF EMILIO GUTIERREZ SOTO POINTS TOWARD A GRIM FUTURE FOR PRESS FREEDOM
Gutierrez knew they were serious. In April 2007, he shared a byline with a reporter named Armando Rodriguez. The story was about a third reporter, Saul Noe Martinez Ortega, who “was found wrapped in a blanket and appeared to have been dead for several days, possibly after his kidnapping that took place last Monday, April 16, in the city of Agua Prieta, Sonora.”
NATIONAL WIRE: SUPREME COURT TO CONSIDER HEARING DACA APPEAL
“We don’t know if they will decide whether they will take it then, but they may,” Rebert explains. “They ordered the briefing on an expedited basis so that they could decide whether they wanted to take it up.”
CAPE FEAR: SHERIFF SIDES WITH TRUMP AND ICE, AGAINST CONSTITUENTS AND IMMIGRANTS
As the debate over immigration increases in urgency, the Massachusetts sheriff and his department are about to enter into a cooperation agreement with ICE, which would operationalize local forces to assist Trump’s regime in deporting undocumented people on the Cape.
SPECIAL FEATURE: AGING IN THE SHADOWS
SPECIAL FEATURE: AGING IN THE SHADOWS
CITY VOWS TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS, BUT MAJOR HURDLES REMAIN
Carolina Mata is a recipient of TPS and escaped El Salvador in 1998 after her father was assassinated. Protected status has made life easier for Mata. “I found a stable job, got my driver’s license, and was able to take care of my children,” she said. As a single mother, Mata supports 10-year-old daughter, Gabriella, and her son who attends Fitchburg State College, while working in a plastics factory.
