In the face of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration, students at a handful of universities in Boston are pushing for their institutions to adopt sanctuary campus policies. 

After a recent X post by Boston University College Republicans President Zac Segal supporting the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement’s arrests of nine car wash employees in Allston, the women of BUCR condemned Segal’s actions and are calling for his removal from the organization’s board in a statement sent to The Daily Free Press.  The BUCR members aligned with the statement will no longer affiliate with the club until a formal apology is issued and new leadership is selected.  “Dehumanizing individuals striving for a better life in the Land of the Free has never been — and never will be — consistent with the ideals of our organization and the principles of the great Republican party,” the statement reads. BUCR Secretary Julia Schultze said she spoke with BUCR Vice President Philip Wohltorf on Friday, who said Segal planned to issue a statement stepping down and clarifying that his post was not a representation of the club’s beliefs. She said this message,...

Boston University College Republicans President Zac Segal responded in an X post Friday to community backlash after claiming in a post last week that he called U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for months to the site of a Nov. 4 raid that resulted in the arrests of nine employees. “I reported suspicious activity to law enforcement because that is what any American should do,” Segal's Friday X post reads. “My intention was simple: to protect my community and uphold the rule of law.”  Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the Nov. 4 raid “resulted in the arrest of nine illegal aliens.”  Todd Pomerleau, an immigration attorney representing the nine employees detained by ICE, said all nine detainees are arguing the stop and seizures were illegal and that there is no justification for their detainment.  Segal wrote he called ICE in order to protect American workers.  “I understand why people want to come to America...

Boston city councilors have repeatedly raised concerns about the Boston Police Department, including runaway overtime costs as a result of severe staffing shortages, the lack of a functional crime lab and the department’s promotional system that a federal judge ruled had discriminated against officers of color for more than 50 years.

After a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on the Allston Car Wash last week, immigrant support networks, local leaders and neighbors have banded together to support the detainees. 

On the night of Nov. 6, Boston University junior Emily Carmichael prepared for an early morning flight out of Boston Logan Airport to Washington, D.C., where she planned to spend the weekend with her best friend from high school.  However, her plans fell apart when she received a notification from American Airlines. 

Boston business owners are leaning on local customers amid a decline in international tourism driven by tariff hikes and international tensions. 

The Boston University community is calling for administrative action after the BU College Republicans president claimed in an X post last week that he called U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, requesting for the organization to detain workers at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid that resulted in the arrests of nine employees.  “I’ve been calling ICE for months on end. This week they finally responded to my request to detain these criminals,” BUCR President Zac Segal posted Nov. 7 above a Boston.com article about the raid.   Todd Pomerleau, an immigration attorney representing the nine employees detained by ICE, said the Allston Car Wash has been “effectively shut down for a week.”  “I don't see Americans lining up, filling out applications to do car details,” he said.  All nine detainees argued the stops and seizures were illegal, and five bond hearings are scheduled for next week, Pomerleau said. “The laws are complicated, but all...