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6,000 Salvadorans In Massachusetts Will Lose Protected Status

January 10, 2018

The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it will not renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans.

 

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Thousands Of Salvadorans Await Decision On Their Status In the U.S.

January 5, 2018

Thousands of Salvadoran immigrants in Connecticut and Massachusetts will find out by Monday whether their legal status in the U.S. will be extended or revoked. Some have lived in the U.S. for nearly two decades, and many don’t know what they’ll do if they’re told to leave.

 

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‘Impostor Training’ Aims To Root Out Identity Thieves. But Some See Racial Profiling

January 3, 2018

Detectives, booking officers and county jail sergeants sit side-by-side at the Bristol County Jail and House of Correction, flipping through documents and looking for tips.

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Traffic Stop Of Migrant Workers Raises Questions About Policing Policy

December 19, 2017

The two farmworkers are now in custody and awaiting deportation. A body cam video of the incident is fueling debate over Vermont’s fair and impartial policing policy.

 

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Immigration Tribunals Stressed As Refugee Applicants Arrive In Canada On Foot

December 11, 2017

The flow of people seeking refugee status in Canada has grown exponentially in recent months. More people have walked into the province of Quebec since August than in all of 2016 across the entire length of the Canadian border.

 

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What’s Been The Impact Of Connecticut’s Gun Laws After Sandy Hook?

December 11, 2017

Five years ago, 20 first graders and six adults were gunned down at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Following the massacre, the state enacted some of the toughest gun laws in the nation.

 

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The Other Side of Roxham Road: Canada Grapples With Border Refugees

December 11, 2017

Washington D.C. has ended a temporary residency program for almost 60,000 Haitians allowed to legally enter the United States following an earthquake in 2010. The affected Haitians will have to leave the U.S. by 2019. The program has also been revoked for 2,000 Nicaraguans and it’s unclear if other groups, including 300,000 Salvadorans, will be allowed to remain.

 

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Live Free? Die? Decades-Old Fight Over N.H. Motto to Get Supreme Court Shout-Out

November 15, 2017

George and Maxine Maynard have what you might call a complicated relationship with New Hampshire’s state motto.

And when the U.S. Supreme Court takes up a controversial free speech case next month, the Maynards’ decades-old legal battle over the state’s ubiquitous “Live Free or Die” will be back in the spotlight.

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How Massachusetts Providers Are Responding To A Call For ‘Sanctuary Hospitals’

November 6, 2017

For immigrants in the country illegally, the fear of running into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents has made some public places appear threatening. In the current environment, that can include a visit to the emergency room.

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Post Office Mural Depicting ‘Cruel’ Native Americans Sparks Debate In N.H. Town

August 22, 2017

While New Hampshire isn’t seeing much debate over old confederate monuments, at a post office in Durham, a 1950’s-era mural is raising questions about race and another uncomfortable chapter from our nation’s history.

 

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