Executive Order

The two UMass Dartmouth professors of Iranian descent that were detained coming back from France over the weekend under President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration have released a statement through the university: January 31, 2017 Statement from UMass Dartmouth professors Mazdak Tootkaboni and Arghavan Louhghalam We are happy and relieved to be home and back to work, doing what we lov

DARTMOUTH - Officials from UMass Dartmouth spoke about this weekend's detention of two faculty members during a press conference Monday afternoon and how it may affect the university moving forward.

In the late 1930's the United States banned refugees from Germany from stepping foot on U.S. soil. More than 250 Jews later died in the Holocaust. Now, President Trump wants to ban folks from seven pre-dominantly Muslim nations from entering, even slapping a halt to the on-going refugee program...

DARTMOUTH - Two UMass Dartmouth professors were detained by U.S. Customs and Border Control officers at Boston's Logan International Airport Saturday afternoon after returning from an academic conference in Paris, France.

Refugees are being detained at airports after an executive order on immigration. The executive order signed by President Trump closed the nation's borders to refugees and was put into immediate effect yesterday. It's creating legal limbo for people on the way to the United States and stops admission of refugees from Syria indefinitely...

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell recently sent a letter to the White House Council on Environmental Quality expressing concern about the possibility of President Barack Obama issuing an Executive Order that would declare certain offshore areas marine monuments.

President Obama's executive order on gun control has left many communities wondering what effect it will have on them. Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn hopes to see less gun-running into the area through the use of more uniform regulations on gun dealers nationwide...

BOSTON (AP) _ Attorney General Maura Healey is calling President Barack Obama's efforts to tighten controls on guns a step in the right direction, but she says Congress must do more. Healey said Tuesday that while Massachusetts already has strict gun laws, tougher measures are needed to stanch the flow of weapons from other states...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama is showing solidarity with workers on Labor Day by signing an executive order Monday requiring paid sick leave for employees of federal contractors. The White House says 300,000 of those workers will be getting the benefit for the first time...

President Obama is poised to issue a sweeping executive order on immigration. Addressing the nation from the White House, the President said the U.S. immigration system is broken and must be repaired. The executive order marks the most dramatic shift in U...