New Hampshire
Graham: N.H. plans ban on sanctuary policies
Granite State Republican Kelly Ayotte successfully ran for governor on a campaign warning voters, “Don’t MASS Up New Hampshire.” And now the Boston City Council is giving her the chance to put those words into action.
On Wednesday, Boston’s all-Democrat council voted 13-0 to reaffirm the city’s commitment to its Boston Trust Act sanctuary policies.
Specifically, Boston police are banned from holding an illegal immigrant solely on the basis of a civil detainer from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). They are also not allowed to inform ICE when an illegal immigrant is being released from jail.
For example, ICE announced earlier this week it had to track down Julio Esteban Batista-Castillo, 24, an illegal immigrant who had been arraigned in Roxbury District Court “on multiple assault and battery charges, kidnapping, malicious destruction of property, breaking and entering and home invasion.
“Batista has been accused of very serious crimes, including assault and battery involving strangulation and a firearm,” said ERO Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde. “So ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer against him with the Roxbury District Court — a simple request for law enforcement officers to hold him in custody for a short time so our officers could arrest him in a safe, controlled setting. Unfortunately, the detainer was not honored, putting everyone in the community and our officers at risk.”
Boston’s city council reiterated its support for this policy in response to the election of Donald Trump and his calls for “mass deportations” of illegal immigrants. Ayotte responded the next day with a statement of her own.
“Our neighbors to the south seem intent on proving that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. As they struggle with a billion-dollar illegal immigrant crisis, they are instead choosing to double down,” Ayotte said.
“Here in New Hampshire, we are going to ban sanctuary policies and give law enforcement the tools to work together to ensure this crisis never comes to our towns.”
Part of that work is passing a ban on sanctuary cities in the Granite State. One such bill passed the state Senate last year, but died in the closely-divided New Hampshire House, thanks to unanimous opposition from Democrats.
Ayotte and her fellow Republicans made the sanctuary city issue a central part of their campaigns. Voters responded by giving Ayotte a nine-point victory over Democrat Joyce Craig and handing Republicans a 222-178 majority in the House.
“With a GOP majority in the House and Senate, I look forward to working with Senate President (Sharon) Carson (R-Londonderry) and Speaker (Sherman) Packard (R-Londonderry) to get the sanctuary city ban passed as quickly as possible and on my desk to sign it,” Ayotte said.
Meanwhile, Massachusetts continues making headlines as it defends sanctuary policies and deals with the consequences.
Last month, ERO Boston released a press statement announcing three separate arrests of illegal immigrants charged with or convicted of sex crimes:
— An illegal immigrant from Guatemala arrested on charges of raping a child and indecent assault and battery against a minor in Great Barrington.
— An illegal immigrant from Colombia charged with child rape, statutory rape, and aggravated rape of a minor in Pittsfield.
— A third arrest, this one in Methuen, though the illegal immigrant was convicted of child rape in Brazil and sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Those stories haven’t stopped Massachusetts Democrats from embracing sanctuary policies.
Last month, elected officials in Somerville voted to reaffirm itself as a “Welcoming Community” — meaning officials will continue the city’s “voluntary involvement in federal immigration enforcement.”
“The Somerville Police Department shall not take part in or assist with federal immigration enforcement operations,” the resolution states.
And Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Maura Healey has said her administration will “use every tool” to thwart the incoming Trump administration’s enforcement of federal immigration laws.
Asked about Democrats in the legislature who might be re-thinking their support for sanctuary cities in the wake of last month’s elections, Ayotte said they should.
“I heard loud and clear on the campaign trail that this is an important issue to the voters. It’s important to keep people safe, and it’s also important that we follow and enforce the laws,” she said. “I would welcome any Democrats who want to support this bill because public safety should be a bipartisan issue.”
Michael Graham is the managing editor of InsideSources.com.
New Hampshire
6th Highest Powerball Jackpot, $1.25 Billion, Expected On Wednesday Night, New Hampshire Lottery Says
CONCORD, NH — The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday night is expected to be the sixth largest in history, according to the New Hampshire Lottery.
The jackpot is expected to be $1.25 billion. The one-time cash payout should be around $572 million before taxes. No one has won the jackpot since Sept. 6, when winners who purchased tickets in Missouri and Texas split a $1.78 billion jackpot.
Top 10 Jackpots
- $2.04 Billion, Nov. 7, 2022
- $1.787 Billion, Sept. 6, 2025
- $1.765 Billion, Oct. 11, 2023
- $1.586 Billion, Jan. 13, 2016
- $1.326 Billion, April 6, 2024
- $1.25 Billion, Dec. 17, 2025 (anticipated)
- $1.08 Billion, July 19, 2023
- $842.4 Million, Jan. 1, 2024
- $768.4 Million, March 27, 2019
- $758.7 Million, Aug. 23, 2017
The odds of winning the jackpot are 292.2 million to 1. The odds of winning the $1 million prize — matching five numbers without the Powerball are 1 in 11.7 million.
Charlie McIntyre, the executive director of the New Hampshire Lottery, said last week, $2.4 million worth of tickets were sold in the state.
“We’ve gone a number of drawings without a winner, giving this Powerball jackpot plenty of time to rise to the sixth largest of all time,” said “There’s still time to make your holiday season brighter with a chance at this $1.25 billion prize — all you need is $2 to play.”
Revenue from the sales, he said, helps the commission “continue our daily mission to deliver the maximum amount of revenue to public schools in New Hampshire.”
Since 1964, more than $3 billion has been contributed to schools in the Granite State.
Deer have evolved to survive the stark winter months, with adaptations like a warm winter coat and stores of body fat they can use for extra energy. The animals also reduce their activity and food intake to conserve energy and migrate to a forested shelter called a deer yard, which can provide some protection from the elements.
“Although people may feel badly for deer and want to help, the Fish and Game Department would like to remind the public to never feed deer as it may actually harm them,” said Becky Fuda, the deer project leader at New Hampshire Fish and Game.
In 2015, 12 deer were found dead around a feeding site in South Hampton, after they were given food they could not digest, according to Fish and Game.
Microorganisms in the deer’s stomach help them to digest food. The natural diet of deer gradually changes with the seasons, and the microorganisms also change over the course of a few weeks to help them digest different foods.
But a sudden shift from a high-fiber woody diet to a high-carbohydrate diet offered by humans can disrupt the deer’s stomach chemistry, making deer less able to digest food, and releasing toxins.
And Fuda said feeding can have other negative consequences for deer, like increased risk of getting hit by a car and increased risk of disease transmission.
“Fish and Game strongly discourages the practice,” she said.
There are about 100,000 white-tailed deer in New Hampshire, according to an estimate from Fish and Game.
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Amanda Gokee can be reached at amanda.gokee@globe.com. Follow her @amanda_gokee.
NASHUA, N.H. — An investigation into a September burglary involving the theft of $150,000 in jewelry from a store led to an arrest on Tuesday.
The Nashua Police identified the suspect as Nathan Ladue, 34, of Nashua, who was taken into custody on a felony warrant for receiving stolen property.
The case began on Sept. 28 when officers were called to a burglary report at Euddy Jewelry, located at 108 E. Hollis St. Police said that surveillance footage showed a white male driving a vehicle in the area that was registered to Ladue.
Detectives from the department’s Criminal Investigation Division obtained search warrants for Ladue’s vehicle and residence, which allegedly uncovered multiple pieces of stolen jewelry along with illegal drugs.
Ladue was subsequently arrested on a felony warrant on Tuesday.
He is charged with two counts of receiving stolen property, a Class A felony; two counts of possession of a controlled drug, a Class B felony; and receiving stolen property, a Class A misdemeanor.
Ladue was held without bail pending his arraignment at 9th Circuit Nashua District Court on Wednesday. The outcome of the hearing was not immediately available.
Police are asking anyone with information about the case to call the Nashua Police Department Crime Line at 603-589-1665.
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