Senate Democrats said Wednesday that they would put forth legislation by Thursday to codify their conditions for continuing to fund the Department of Homeland Security, moving quickly to lay out their ...

Massachusetts is home to one of the largest Haitian populations in the country. Many are in the U.S. under what's called Temporary Protected Status, which allows people from countries in turmoil to ...

After facing criticism from some civil rights groups for not initially recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19, President Donald Trump released a proclamation later that day. Trump's ...

Ayanna Pressley is a Democratic US representative from Massachusetts. One year into President Trump’s second term, I am thinking of our neighbors who have turned toward one another in the face of ...

Charges have been filed in the case of a targeted shooting directed toward a home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Ann Arbor Police Department said it arrested Marcus Claybron Jr., 18, at a Belleville home ...

Two Massachusetts lawmakers are pressing for the end of a key legal protection for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after the shooting death of a Minnesota woman sparked protests ...

WASHINGTON — Senator Ed Markey and Representative Ayanna Pressley today introduced a bill that would eliminate a legal principle that protects federal government employees, including law enforcement, ...

Following the fatal ICE shootings of Renee Good, Keith Porter, and others, U.S. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley introduced a new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would end qualified ...

Sen. Edward Markey, pictured in 2019, has co-sponsored legislation to end qualified immunity for federal enforcement officers. Credit: Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six days after 37-year-old ...

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a member of the progressive "Squad," called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished on Sunday, saying the agency was "racist" and "rogue." "The ...

Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Ayanna Pressley told MS-NOW on Sunday morning that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) is an "unconstitutional, unlawful, cruel, rogue, racist" agency that ...