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bethhealy.bsky.social
We’ve got a profile on Quincy Mayor Koch. He’s had a lot of controversies this year and while he’s not on the ballot tomorrow, most of the city Council is - excellent radio piece on this morning from @simonfrios.bsky.social @wbur.org
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Quincy's Mayor Koch, in 7th term, looks to quell controversies before council election
The seven-term mayor enjoys largely unchecked power, with a city council that rarely pushes back on his agenda. But nearly every council seat is being challenged on election day.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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bethhealy.bsky.social
The state confirms that ICE agents were on the property of the Mass. National Guard armory in Framingham this week - without state permission @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social
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ICE agents at Mass. National Guard armory in Framingham without state permission
A spokesperson for the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, which oversees the guard, said agents arrived on the property "without prior notice and without permission."
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October 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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bethhealy.bsky.social
Behind the scenes, DA’s office knew ICE could upend their case: ‘Agent Sullivan stated, essentially out of the blue, that he intended to take the defendant into custody, but he did not specify when that would be.’ Judge wasn’t happy @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
Suffolk prosecutors knew ICE would arrest Saugus man on trial, but kept quiet, court recordings show
Details in court recordings and documents raise questions about federal interference in local cases, and what prosecutors and state police knew about the arrest outside Boston Municipal Court before i...
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April 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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bethhealy.bsky.social
A tangle of prosecutors: A Boston judge held an ICE agent in contempt for grabbing a guy at court. DA Hayden mulls charges against the agent -- but the U.S. Attorney told him to stand down. Even Mass AG Campbell says DA can't charge ICE @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social
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A showdown of prosecutors looms as DA mulls charges against ICE agent
The District Attorney could decide ICE crossed an ethical line but not a criminal one in arresting a man just as his case was set to go to trial in Boston. Some legal observers said that should be det...
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April 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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bethhealy.bsky.social
ICE gave details on just 14 of the 370 people they picked up in the Boston area, tho claimed they were dangerous ‘criminals’ www.wbur.org/news/2025/03... #mapoli @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social
Flurry of ICE raids follow border czar's threats of 'bringing hell' to Boston
U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan’s threats of "bringing hell" to Boston seemed to materialize over the last week. Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Monday that officers had car...
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March 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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bethhealy.bsky.social
Youre gonna want to hear this. @dropkickmurphys.com on Trump. @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...
'This is a class war': The Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey on Trump, immigration and Boston
"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what America...
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March 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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bethhealy.bsky.social
@mayorwu.boston.gov prepares for hostile grilling by GOP-led committee in Congress today, on immigration enforcement @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social
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Wu prepares to face hostile GOP grilling in Congress over immigration policy
Republicans leading the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee say they’re holding the mayors of Boston, New York, Chicago and Denver “publicly accountable” for the way they handle immigratio...
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March 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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bethhealy.bsky.social
The Trump administration is looking to start an immigrant registry - the U.S. has had them before - targeting Japanese people in WWII, Muslims after 9/11, and now the latest waves of migrants @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social #mapoli
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Immigrant registry alarms those without legal status
The United States has enforced such registries before — targeting Japanese immigrants during World War II and Muslims after September 11.
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March 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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My conversation with Alberto Vasallo of El Mundo Boston (read or listen!) about how he’s working to sort fact from misinformation/disinformation when it comes to immigration crackdowns locally:

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El Mundo Boston CEO takes Facebook show to streets to report on local ICE enforcement
Alberto Vasallo, CEO and journalist at El Mundo Boston, has spent the last week working to sort out fact from fiction when it comes to local crackdowns by federal immigration agents.
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February 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM