Samantha Gross
Politics Reporter at The Boston Globe
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Samantha Gross |Matt Stout
But so far, there’s been a lot of fighting amongst themselves. In recent weeks, Democratic leaders have jabbed at each other in press releases. They’ve argued about who is, and is not, attending hearings. And they have yet to even agree on rules governing their own operations, let alone on much actual legislation as state-level Democrats fashion themselves as bulwarks against Trump’s administration. In five months, the Legislature has passed just six new laws.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Samantha Gross |Tiana Woodard
Days after President Trump took office in January 2017, he made good on a campaign promise to ban immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries from traveling to the United States. Described as a “Muslim ban” by Trump’s aides as well as his critics, it sparked protests nationwide, disruption and chaos at airports, and prompted a federal district court ruling that briefly turned Boston into an entry point for previously banned immigrants.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Samantha Gross |Dan Glaun |Matt Stout
Federal officials on Monday said that immigration authorities had arrested 1,461 people in Massachusetts in May, just over half of whom had a “significant criminal history.”“Make no mistake, ICE is going to keep doing this,” acting ICE director Todd Lyons said at a Monday press conference.
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Samantha Gross |Danny McDonald
OAK BLUFFS — As the summer season ramps up on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, federal agents descended on the tony islands, arrested 40 immigrants, and swiftly brought them to the mainland. Photos and videos of the detained immigrants, wearing neon life jackets, circulated online as they were taken off the islands in Coast Guard boats.
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Samantha Gross |Matt Stout
Governor Maura Healey‘s administration failed to “adequately” prepare for the escalating strain migrant and homeless families put on the state’s emergency shelter system in 2023, prompting officials to turn to what investigators called an ”unlawful" use of no-bid contracts for food and transportation, the state auditor’s office charged Tuesday.
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RT @clarasophiadaly: My latest: A daughter with DACA, a mother without papers, and a goodbye they can’t bear https://t.co/gednYidXct
ICYMI: Trump's newest travel ban echoes the 2017 "Muslim ban," which hit close to home in Boston. But instead of a cohesive legal front that slowed a version of the first ban, some experts here fear this one will face less resistance. w/ @tianarochon https://t.co/gMeBMlHYKx
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