Mayor Jon Mitchell is not joining Boston area mayors in supporting a bill that would allow illegal immigrants in Massachusetts to obtain a driver’s license.
The Welcome Project has established a Rapid Response Network in Somerville, Massachusetts to provide advanced and immediate notifications of any reported ICE activity in that sanctuary city. Somerville's Wicked Local reports the Somerville Response Network is a text message service tha…
As the battle lines continue to form in the debate over making Massachusetts a sanctuary state a number of communities are quickly moving to become sanctuaries on their own. Newton and Salem join Boston, Cambridge, Lawrence and Somerville as declared sanctuaries for illegal aliens...
DARTMOUTH—There were no fireworks, but there was plenty of discourse as the topic of sanctuary cities took center stage Thursday morning. The UMass School of Law hosted an immigration symposium entitled "Breaking Down the Wall," put on by the UMass Law Review...
Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson has a warning for Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone and any other mayor or civic leader that wants to turn their city into a "sanctuary city." "Title 8 of the U.S. Code specifically states that it is a criminal offense …
An arrest has been made in connection with Thursday's fatal shooting in Taunton. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says 20-year-old Miguel Marrero of Taunton was arrested in Roxbury Friday afternoon. An arrest warrant for Marrero was issued Thursday night after investigators dev…
Wynn Resorts is putting its $1.7 billion casino project for the Boston-area temporarily on hold. Robert DeSalvio, who is overseeing the development, said Wednesday major work at the planned waterfront site in Everett will have to wait because of the latest legal challenge by the nearby city of Somerv…