Your View: Civic groups oppose sheriff’s immigration decisions

Representatives of the undersigned community, religious, and labor organizations want to see Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson do the following: - Drop the proposal to send prisoners from the Bristol County House of Corrections to build President Trump's wall at the Mexican border. - Rescind his agreement with Immigration Customs and Enforcement that will enable him to enforce federal immigration law to the detriment of residents here under the Department of Homeland Security's 287 program.

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It was just a couple of declarations made during a welcome, but we are heartened by statements Gov. Greg Abbott made last week that our U.S. trade relationship with Mexico is just as important as border security. Abbott made the statements while greeting Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on his first visit to Texas and the Rio Grande Valley since he took over the agency last month.

Rex Smith: Free speech, pulpit speech and tax laws

Each school day when I was a little boy began with the Pledge of Allegiance, followed immediately by all the students bowing their heads and reciting the Lord's Prayer. There came a bit of stumbling between the children taught to forgive "trespasses" and those who were forgiving "debts" - which I saw as the big gap separating Methodists from Presbyterians - but everybody eventually rounded up to a fine unison "amen," good American children saluting their God and their country.

It’s about time someone attacked Australia. Thank you, President Trump.

President Trump speaks on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office. week, telling him a refugee agreement between the two countries was the "worst deal ever," calling their conversation the "worst call" and hanging up 25 minutes into what was supposed to be an hour-long talk.

Peter Lucas: Moulton taking noisier path upward than Kennedy

It would have been a much clearer path to glory for a couple of Massachusetts Democrats had Hillary Clinton been elected president. If she had she done so she might have rewarded Sen. Elizabeth Warren with a cabinet position, or talked Sen. Eddie Markey into an ambassadorship.

The path to stop Trump

The last couple weeks have saddened those of us who love the freedoms this country offers and who have tried over the last few decades to make those freedoms inclusive - but there is a silver lining. Masses of people are taking up this cause of resistance and are willing to go out and show their support to stop any incursions to democracy.

Do they want anarchy?

Former New Hampshire senator Kelly Ayotte will lead a team of political veterans chosen by the White House to help shepherd President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court through the U.S. The Boston Bruins came out of the All-Star break with a key road victory, trailing early but taking control for a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on ... (more)