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IMMIGRATION pressure continues — HEALEY’s ruling could slow marijuana industry — Progressive groups line up behind NEAL challenge 06/25/2018 07:21 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS . Welcome to the last week of June. IMMIGRATION STILL HOT TOPIC —  After a weekend of travel to the border, the immigration issue continues to draw attention from Massachusetts' current and would-be congressional leaders. Boston City Councilor  Ayanna Pressley , vying to unseat Rep.  Michael Capuano , this morning is calling for defunding and abolishing ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement), the enforcement arm of the Trump administration's immigration policy. On Wednesday, Pressley plans to visit the ICE detention center in Boston. No children separated from their parents at the border are currently being held in Massachusetts, ac...

01/31/2018 07:14 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. PRESSLEY'S IN, PLUS A LOOK AT THAT POLL -  It's officially happening.   Boston City Councilor  Ayanna Pressley  is officially mounting a primary challenge to Rep.  Michael Capuano  to represent the 7th congressional district, which covers Somerville, Everett, Chelsea, Randolph, most of Boston, half of Cambridge, and one-third of Milton. -  I got an exclusive look at the internal poll conducted by Pressley's team back in December that put Pressley's impending run on the radar. According to her campaign, a plurality of MA-7 voters say that more primary elections with "candidates that represent the diversity of the Democratic party" are good. Capuano has a "significant" lead on a generic Democrat for his re-election, but Pressley's campaign says when tho...