POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: IMMIGRATION pressure continues — HEALEY’s ruling could slow marijuana industry — Progressive groups line up behind NEAL challenge
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...