Ben Adler

1 week ago | aol.com | Ben Adler

BOSTON − A federal judge on June 17 blocked the Trump administration from refusing to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans nationwide that reflect their gender identities, after finding it was likely unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston issued a preliminary injunction that expanded an earlier order she issued in April that had stopped the U.S. State Department from enforcing the policy in the case of just six people.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Ben Adler

BOSTON − A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from refusing to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans nationwide that reflect their gender identities, after finding it was likely unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston issued a preliminary injunction that expanded an earlier order she issued in April that had stopped the U.S. State Department from enforcing the policy in the case of just six people.

2 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Ben Adler

• The comments paint a similar portrait to the description from Marcelo Gomes da Silva, an 11th grader at Milford High School in Milford, Massachusetts who was held in Burlington for six days. • The unusually large volume of immigrants in detention meant a backlog was created at the office in Burlington, Massachusetts• "Two days, he was sleeping on the bathroom floor," one detainee's wife said her husband told her.

2 weeks ago | counties.org | Ben Adler

Ben Adler, Jessica SankusJune 12, 2025California lawmakers are set to vote on a budget plan as soon as Friday that would intensify the state’s homelessness crisis and thwart the full implementation of voter-approved Proposition 36. The $325 billion spending plan does not include any guaranteed funding for the Homeless Housing and Prevention (HHAP) program — the key funding source for county and city efforts to reduce homelessness.

2 weeks ago | wisconsinrapidstribune.com | Ben Adler

Far from the southern border, Massachusetts' immigrant community lives in fear of ICE and high school students are leading the local resistance. Gomes Da Silva, 18, was arrested by ICE agents on May 31 when he was stopped on his way to volleyball practice with friends in his hometown of Milford. MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS − Immigrants in this blue-collar town say they are living in constant fear of ICE raids that have rounded up 1,500 undocumented people throughout Massachusetts.