Massachusetts
ACLU of Massachusetts sues over US denying Afghans humanitarian entry – The Boston Globe
The group says the denials left Afghans stranded and liable to being killed, after the hardline Taliban seized management of the nation by power final August as US and different international forces withdrew within the chaotic finish to a 20-year struggle.
FILED: ACLUM and @Mintz_Law, in the present day filed new lawsuit on behalf of Afghans going through hazard by the hands of reinstalled Taliban regime, and New England residents petitioning to deliver them to security within the US by means of USCIS’s humanitarian parole course of. https://t.co/4Ie77rzmYi
— ACLU Massachusetts (@ACLU_Mass) May 25, 2022
One Afghan plaintiff, who is barely named by pseudonym, utilized for humanitarian parole for six members of the family, solely to have three of them killed whereas awaiting selections on their requests, in response to the go well with.
In its lawsuit, the ACLU cites the experiences of Afghan ladies who held distinguished positions earlier than the Taliban imposed extra restrictive measures, in addition to Afghans who labored for the US authorities or the US-backed Afghan authorities.
The humanitarian parole program doesn’t present a direct path to lawful everlasting residence, however these on it may apply for asylum or different immigration reduction if eligible. This system permits individuals to briefly enter the nation for “pressing humanitarian or important public profit causes,” in response to USCIS’s web site.
Federal companies named within the go well with, together with the State Division, Homeland Safety Division and US Citizenship and Immigration Companies, didn’t reply to emails searching for remark Thursday.
The go well with, which the ACLU filed together with the Boston legislation agency Mintz, argues that the federal government promised endangered Afghans they have been eligible for humanitarian parole.
Immigration officers abruptly stopped processing humanitarian parole requests after hundreds of Afghans utilized for this system final August and September, the ACLU states. Then in November, USCIS imposed stricter requirements that resulted in most Afghan functions being denied.
The ACLU argues the adjustments violated federal guidelines and requests a federal decide order functions be promptly adjudicated or re-adjudicated below the unique requirements.
“The federal government has a duty to use its legal guidelines pretty, successfully, and effectively,” mentioned Carol Rose, government director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, in an announcement.
The denials are all of the extra irritating given the swift reduction afforded to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion of their homeland in current months, mentioned Chiara St. Pierre, a lawyer with the Massachusetts-based Worldwide Institute of New England, a refugee resettlement company that had been serving to Afghans search humanitarian parole however is not concerned within the ACLU lawsuit.
The brand new humanitarian parole course of created particularly for Ukrainians has been capable of course of 6,000 functions inside its first three weeks — far exceeding the full variety of Afghan humanitarian parole adjudications within the 9 months since final August, the lawsuit states. The Ukrainian program additionally waives pricey utility submitting charges and permits functions to be accomplished on-line with out requiring journey to a consulate.
“Ukrainians deserve protections too, however the Uniting for Ukraine program solidifies that our authorities is making a selection concerning these Afghan functions and letting them languish,” St. Pierre mentioned Thursday. “The federal government does the truth is have the power to really adjudicate these instances as a result of they’re doing so for Ukrainians and with a particular program designed particularly for them.”
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Massachusetts
Two from Massachusetts allegedly break into a dispensary, then a restaurant
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They say marijuana can give you the munchies. That may explain the alleged break-in spree of two from Massachusetts.
According to police, on Saturday, at approximately 5:36 a.m., Blackstone Police received multiple reports of car break-ins on Michelle Lane and Ascension Street, and break-ins at multiple businesses including, First Choice Dispensary and Casa Burrito.
Officers responded to the area. Through a preliminary investigation, which included reviewing surveillance footage and through the cooperation of the public, officers were able to identify two juveniles, a 15-year-old male and 17-year-old male both from Blackstone.
Both juveniles are being charged with the following:
- Breaking and Entering into a Vehicle in the Nighttime
- Breaking and Entering into a Building in the Nighttime (Two Counts)
- Larceny from a Building
- Larceny under $1,200
- Larceny of a Credit Card
- Malicious Destruction Under $1,200
- Trespassing
- Larceny Under $1,200 by False Pretense
Both juveniles are expected to be charged in Milford District Court next week.
Massachusetts
Trump campaign HQ opens in Massachusetts
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A new campaign headquarters opened up in Massachusetts for former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign on Sunday.
The office is located at the DeMello International Center on Union Street in New Bedford.
Massachusetts GOP Chair Amy Carnevale and former Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, chairman for Trump’s campaign in Massachusetts, delivered remarks.
Another office in Massachusetts opened up a couple of weeks prior in Northborough.
Massachusetts
Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Massachusetts throughout Sunday
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A week after a tornado watch was issued to Massachusetts and some parts of New England, more inclement weather could hit the region Sunday.
A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 7 p.m. Sunday for the Bay State, Rhode Island and most of Connecticut, according to the National Weather Service Forecast office. Southern New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont face a hazardous weather outlook.
A detailed forecast for Massachusetts shows a chance of showers and thunderstorms Sunday afternoon after 2 p.m. with a high around 84 degrees and winds from the southwest coming in around 16 mph.
“Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall.” the forecast reads.
This evening, showers and thunderstorms remain likely throughout the state, mainly before 10 p.m. The forecast calls for cloud coverage in the early portion of the evening which should clear up later on. The temperature could drop as low as 61 degrees with winds coming in from the west around 11 mph.
Total rainfall on Sunday could range from a little over an inch to almost three, according to the forecast.
Additionally, the National Weather Service’s storm prediction center upgraded the southern part of New England to an enhanced risk (a level 3 out of 5) for severe weather on Sunday.
“Areal coverage of storms will increase this afternoon with damaging wind the primary threat, but large hail and an isolated tornado is also possible,” NWS said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
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