In an essay this week, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh vowed to continue protecting the city's immigrant residents:
We will defend our friends, neighbors, and family members from any and all efforts to exclude them, harm them, or strip them of their rights. Boston is a city of inclusion, a city of compassion, a welcoming, diverse, global city. We’ll stay that way.
The road ahead may seem uncertain. But our values are unwavering, and our work is before us.
Although Boston is not formally a "sanctuary" city, Walsh and the City Council have directed BPD not to question or detain people based solely on their immigration status.
WBUR reports that if Donald Trump goes through with his threat to withhold federal funds from cities that don't roll over for ICE, Boston could ultimately lose $250 million.
Walsh says he's not yet thinking about where the city might be able to make up for lost federal funding, but instead said he will wait to see how things unfold after Trump takes office.
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"Interfere with ICE"
By anon²
Wed, 11/16/2016 - 11:25am
I snorted there, since ICE doesn't have the man power or funds to do their job as it is.
That's actually been a major part of sanctuary cities doing what they're doing; because ICE was trying to force state and city governments to do the feds job for them, without any funds to pay for large amounts of work required when you pull beat LEOs off town duties to become immigration enforcement.
I don't see that changing, because immigration is a harmless boogieman that serves a purpose. Further, congressional Republicans won't be funding ICE like needed for this type of enforcement, just as they won't be funding a wall.
Trumps about drown in the swamp.
He might want to speak with Obama first...
By whyaduck
Wed, 11/16/2016 - 12:38pm
Obama deported around 2.4 million. Not sure how many are left.
Federal Funding for Boston
By Axz
Wed, 11/16/2016 - 11:20am
Federal Funding for Boston lol , Boston will not receive any federal funding for the next 8 years, say good bye to new city vehicles, say goodbye to the plowing program the city uses to hire private owners to plow streets, say goodbye to other wasted services the city has. I see Cutbacks in the future and layoffs!!
How about federal funds for
By anon
Wed, 11/16/2016 - 12:47pm
How about federal funds for the GLX?
That's fine dear
By anon
Wed, 11/16/2016 - 3:35pm
We should start withholding every dollar in taxes that our state never gets back from the Red State Pork Trough and money spent to take care of people thrown under the bus by "minimal government" morons like BrownuptheBack.
Chinese investors are picking
By anon
Wed, 11/16/2016 - 12:29pm
Chinese investors are picking up the tab. They own Boston.
How do you tell a legal immigrant apart from an illegal one?
By Still anon
Wed, 11/16/2016 - 4:03pm
I'm the person who commented about loving a legal immigrant. That relative has been in the country - legally - longer than I've been alive.
A question for those of you who think it's only "illegal immigrants" who need to be afraid: how do you think we tell the legal & illegal immigrants apart?
If you think it's as easy as asking for documents like driver's licenses: do you think all citizens should regularly be stopped and asked for their proof of citizenship? How else are you planning on policing this?
It's very hard to not just assume, from my point of view, that you haven't really thought through what you're advocating. You seem to be assuming that it's easy to tell people apart and that seems racist to me. Prove me otherwise.
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