• Migrant work permits stagnant since December

    BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey has frequently pointed to getting more migrants authorized to work as a key step in moving people out of the state's overwhelmed emergency family shelter system, but the number of new arrivals who have work authorizations has stagnated since December.

  • Migrant work permits stagnant since December

    Gov. Maura Healey has frequently pointed to getting more migrants authorized to work as a key step in moving people out of the state's overwhelmed emergency family shelter system, but the number of new arrivals who have work authorizations has stagnated since December.

  • As some push for more migrant resources, many Chicago residents are fed up

    (The Center Square) – While some are arguing for more resources and protections for non-citizen migrants in Illinois, many Chicago residents say taxpayers have had enough and feel less safe. The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights gathered various groups together in Springfield Thursday to demand an additional $40 million in state funds for services such as interpretation and translation for the non-English speakers, among other measures. Some of...

  • House Republican seeks crackdown on VA staffers accused of misconduct

    EXCLUSIVE — A Republican lawmaker is looking to enforce transparency in how the Department of Veterans Affairs records disciplinary action against staff members accused of inappropriate behavior. Under a new bill introduced by Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL) on Wednesday, the secretary of Veterans Affairs would be required to list any investigation or findings of misconduct […]

  • Standoff at Gate 36: TX troops block migrants from seeking asylum

    Standoff at Gate 36: TX troops block migrants from seeking asylum (Third column, 7th story, link) Related stories:HOUSTON BROKEUnable to pay firefighters

  • Shocked by Oakland's decline, a resident seeks to revive one block at a time

    Obad Qoashasha stands behind a plastic barrier at the cash register of the Handy Corner Market in East Oakland, helping a steady stream of customers with their purchases. Customers come to the market on the corner of Scoville Street and 57th Avenue for snacks, a drink or a mop — the market has a little bit of everything. In the four years Qoashasha has been the market's manager, he said, there's been a shift in the community — a noticeable effort to keep the business and the surrounding area...

  • Chicago begins evicting migrants from shelters as residents decry a 'lack of respect'

    CHICAGO — Chicago has begun evicting some migrants from its shelters, a controversial policy that had been delayed for months but appeared haphazard, a migrant told NBC News on Monday. Migrants who have been evicted, as well as those who face a rapidly approaching deadline, said there has been widespread confusion about the process and frustration with being forced to leave while they still lack the resources to find their own places to stay. In the first two days of enforcement, fewer than 10...

  • The standoff at Gate 36: Texas sends in the troops to block migrants from seeking asylum

    There was a time when migrants arriving here would cross the Rio Grande, make their way to a gate in the border fence and turn themselves in to federal agents to claim asylum. That was before Texas Gov. Greg Abbott turned Gate 36 into a militarized zone, fortified by rifle-toting soldiers, a fleet of Humvees and a forest of razor wire glistening in the desert sun. "It looks like a prison," Mario Jesús Nazareño said Saturday afternoon, gazing north across the river. The 47-year-old former boxer...

  • Victim seeking half a million pounds in damages from incarcerated Dorset resident Gary Glitter

    During a recent hearing at the high court, it was disclosed that one of the individuals victimised by Gary Glitter is seeking approximately £500,000 in damages from the disgraced musician, whose legal name is Paul Gadd. The woman, whose identity remains undisclosed due to legal reasons, is pursuing legal action against Glitter following his 2015 […]

  • Quran-burning Iraqi man who faces an expulsion order from Sweden plans to seek asylum in Norway

    An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden told a newspaper on Wednesday that he would seek asylum in neighboring Norway in the wake of a deportation order by authorities in Stockholm.

  • Sober living group home seeking donations after fire destroys building, residents' belongings in Crystal Lake

    A sober living group home in Crystal Lake is seeking donations after its building was destroyed by a fire that also left its eight residents without any belongings. The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department responded around 11:50 p.m. Tuesday to Last Chance House, 244 2nd Street in Crystal Lake, for a report of a structure […]

  • Russian armed opposition forces urge Belgorod residents to seek shelter ahead of strikes on city's military targets

    The Freedom of Russia Legion, Russian Volunteer Corps, and Siberian Battalion have issued an urgent statement to the residents of Russia's Belgorod, calling on civilians to immediately seek shelter in bomb shelters. The statement was released on the official Telegram channel of the Legion at 12:30 Kyiv time. Russian armed opposition forces warned that within the next hour, there will be significant unrest in Belgorod, with a planned concentrated strike on military targets associated with Putin's...