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Boston Globe
LTE: We must confront how our policies breed immigrants’ desperation
June 26, 2014
While the general sentiment of the June 17 editorial “Influx of children shows urgency of need for immigration reform” is not off-base, the Globe once again misses the point on our immigration crisis, and ironically accuses President Obama of doing what the US news media often do when they write abo
Boston Globe
Boston mayor to sign act limiting immigration holds
June 25, 2014
Mayor Martin J. Walsh declared Wednesday he would sign a city ordinance to prohibit Boston police from detaining illegal immigrants for possible deportation, unless they were convicted of a serious crime.
The proposal is still in its early stages, but Walsh’s announcement to a jubilant convention of mostly immigrant union delegates at the Hynes Convention Center drew a standing ovation and some tears, even as critics warned that the plan could backfire and lead to the release of dangerous criminals.
The Boston Globe
Somerville sends needed message about flawed Secure Communities
May 24, 2014
Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone made a significant statement this week when he signed an executive order limiting the city’s participation in Secure Communities, the controversial federal immigration program in which local police assist in holding immigrants for possible deportation.
Open Media Boston
Somerville Mayor Announces Limits on City’s Cooperation with Federal Deportation Program
May 22, 2014
Somerville, Mass. - At a press conference at city hall on Wednesday, Somerville City Mayor Joseph Curtatone announced an executive order that will limit the city’s participation in the federal Secure Communities deportation program.
El Planeta
Curtatone: "No estamos hablando de deportados o ilegales. Estamos hablando de personas"
May 22, 2014
Se cree que durante la Guerra Revolucionaria de Estados Unidos, George Washington ordenó elevar la primera bandera de Estados Unidos en el tope de Prospect Hill, en Somerville. El 1 de enero de 1776 la “Grand Union Flag”, como se le llamaba, fue izada en el mástil de un barco en el tope de esta colina.
The Boston Herald
Somerville mayor: No more 'villainizing' undocument immigrants
May 21, 2014
Starting tomorrow, it’s no longer illegal to be illegal in Somerville, according to Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, who is slated to sign an executive order Thursday barring his cops from holding undocumented aliens in jail simply for immigration violations — an unprecedented move, even in the Bay State, though other communities may quickly follow suit.
The Boston Herald
Somerville mayor calls immigration order ‘pro-public safety’
May 21, 2014
Somerville Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone said today that his decision to sign an executive order — ending the city’s cooperation with federal immigration officials — was based on “pro-family” and “pro-public safety” values that will enable law-abiding residents who are in the country illegally to step out of the shadows and lose their fear of police.
“We are taking action today that is pro-public safety and pro-family and we call on the state Legislature to follow the lead,” Curtatone said on the steps of City Hall.
Wicked Local Boxborough / The Beacon
Somerville mayor to put immigrant detention on ICE
May 21, 2014
Under an executive order from Mayor Joe Curtatone, Somerville will no longer fully participate in a federal immigrant detention program.
Curtatone announced the order at a press conference in front of City Hall May 21 and promised to sign it Thursday night. Somerville is the first community in Massachusetts to limit participation in the program.
The Boston Globe
Somerville to limit holding of immigrants
May 20, 2014
Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone will sign an executive order barring city police from holding people solely to allow federal agents to pick them up for suspected immigration violations.
Curtatone said in a phone interview Tuesday that the order is “what’s morally responsible to protect families in our community.” The mayor plans to sign the order Thursday.
Fox News Latino
Is Cooperation Between Local And Federal Cops On Immigration Fading? Various States Cutting Ties
December 26, 2013
Massachusetts is poised to take up a measure that would curb the sharing of information on immigrants between local law enforcement authorities and federal immigration officials.
The proposed law, called “An Act To Restore Community Trust In Massachusetts Law Enforcement,” more commonly known as “The Massachusetts Trust Act,” takes aim at the controversial federal “Secure Communities” program, and could come to a vote next year.
