FALMOUTH – The Falmouth Select Board is inviting the public to participate in a conversation next week about the impacts of immigration enforcement … [Read more...]
Immigration enforcement causing anxiety among Cape families, according to new report
September 4, 2025
BARNSTABLE – Barnstable County Commissioners have received a report from the county's human rights commission about an increase of immigration-related … [Read more...]
Healey administration provides update on hotel shelter program
August 4, 2025
BOSTON – Governor Maura Healey has announced that the final hotel shelters in Massachusetts are closed. The governor’s office says it inherited … [Read more...]
Barnstable County questions immigrant sanctuary designation by DHS
June 4, 2025
BARNSTABLE - Barnstable County officials are weighing in after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) labeled it and some individual Cape … [Read more...]
Cape Cod town responds to immigration claims, local officials have differing views on ICE action
June 2, 2025
HYANNIS – The Orleans Select Board has released a statement about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security including the town in last week’s … [Read more...]
Trump Administration declares Cape & Islands counties to be immigrant sanctuary communities
May 31, 2025
HYANNIS – President Trump’s administration is cracking down on “sanctuary cities” by publishing a list of jurisdictions that are allegedly defying … [Read more...]
Man Released From Custody After ICE Agents Used Hammer to Break Window for Arrest
May 19, 2025
NEW BEDFORD – A man who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in New Bedford in a dramatic arrest in April has been released … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Governor Proposes that Migrants in Shelter be in Country Legally
January 17, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — The governor of Massachusetts on Wednesday proposed that at least one member of a family staying in emergency shelters be in the country … [Read more...]
Dennis Officials Pump Brakes on Family Shelter Proposal
May 22, 2024
DENNIS - Local officials are pumping the brakes on a Dennis family shelter proposed at the former South Dennis Healthcare facility by Housing … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Turning a Former Prison into a Shelter for Homeless Families
May 16, 2024
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Maura Healey is turning to a former prison as a temporary safety net shelter for families experiencing homelessness, a surge fueled … [Read more...]
