Lisa Creamer

1 month ago | wbur.org | Lisa Creamer

A 70-year-old Worcester resident was taken into federal custody Tuesday at Logan International Airport in Boston, according to immigration advocates. Identifying the woman only as "Ruth," Jonathan Goldman, executive director of the Brown University-affiliated Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice, said in a statement Wednesday that she is a permanent U.S. resident and grandmother who had been traveling back to Massachusetts after vacationing with family in Zimbabwe.

2 months ago | wbur.org | Emily Piper-Vallillo |Lisa Creamer

Across Harvard's campus, some students and faculty members expressed frustration and fears about the Trump administration's threat to cut off billions of dollars in federal grants and contracts sent to the university. On Monday, the government's joint task force to combat antisemitism said it had placed Harvard and its roughly $9 billion in funds under review over what the feds claim are practices of discrimination against Jewish school community members.

2 months ago | wbur.org | Lisa Creamer

The hearings are set to determine if criminal complaints will be issued against the alleged customers of the commercial sex ring law enforcement shut down in 2023. Federal prosecutors have previously said the illegal scheme involved locations in Cambridge, Watertown and Washington, D.C., suburbs and that several of the roughly two-dozen men under investigation are wealthy and prominent clients from Massachusetts and the D.C. area.

Feb 5, 2025 | wbur.org | Deborah Becker |Lisa Creamer

The newly appointed U.S. attorney for Massachusetts said her office will not target local politicians or police who disagree with President Trump's immigration directives. However, Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Leah Foley stressed that no one is "immune from federal prosecution" if they interfere with the government's enforcement actions. "I want to make it clear that we are not targeting anyone," Foley told reporters during a roundtable meeting at federal court in Boston Wednesday.

Jan 29, 2025 | wbur.org | Hanna Ali |Lisa Creamer

Explaining the pause on the federal funding freezeMassachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell answers a question during a meeting in 2023. (Charles Krupa/AP)Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. What’s this about a pause on the gov’t funding freeze?