Protesters, Experts Call Trump's Immigration Orders Divisive
In Boston, protesters marched from Chinatown to the Statehouse, decrying the freeze on immigrants from Muslim-majority countries.
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In Boston, protesters marched from Chinatown to the Statehouse, decrying the freeze on immigrants from Muslim-majority countries.
Hamed Hosseini Bay was reunited with his family after being questioned on his way home from his native Iran.
Gov. Charlie Baker is opposed to religious tests for the nation's refugee system.
Refugees worry their family members will be left behind if President Trump moves forward with a plan to bar Syrian immigrants.
Members of a group advocating for the rights of immigrants in the U.S. unveiled a protest banner at the entrance to the Sumner Tunnel during the Thursday morning commute.
A Massachusetts sheriff who offered to send county jail inmates to help build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is joining a partnership with federal immigration officials that will allow his staff to identify and detain inmates who may have entered the country illegally.
The artists who created the work say it's meant to remind us of the immigrant history of America and Boston, and to bring us into today with the refugee crisis facing the world.
The Orlando killer may have been born in the United States, but last weekend's massacre has put immigration issues front and center once again.
Jon commends the Boston Globe for the paper's investigation on how federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (or ICE) officials have released scores of violent criminals here illegally, some already ticketed for deportation, back into the streets of New England--in many cases to reoffend.
Monday's Statehouse lobbying day is being organized by the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition.
It has become Donald Trump's signature issue: his vow to wall off the Mexican border, and make Mexico foot the bill. But where do the other presidential candidates stand, and is it realistic?
A new report says more than a quarter of the people living in Boston in 2014 were born outside the United States.
Making it to the United States would be logistically challenging for Syrian refugees when compared to many European nations, but Thursday the Pope himself told American lawmakers that they must welcome those in need.
Donald Trump attempted to clarify his remarks Friday about an attack on a Mexican immigrant in Boston earlier this week.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) wants Donald Trump to condemn the actions of a South Boston man charged with attacking a homeless Latino man.
Evans tells Keller that he prefers a balanced approach when dealing with undocumented immigrant arrests.
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Obama's controversial plan has been met with mixed reviews, but among those who support the order is Boston's own Cardinal Sean O'Malley.
There is mixed reaction in the Boston area to the President's executive order on immigration, some feeling relief from deportation and other undocumented citizens saying they were left out.
An estimated 65,000 immigrants living in Massachusetts illegally would be protected from deportation under President Barack Obama's executive order.
