To the editor: I read with interest a letter to the editor in this paper titled "Immigration 101" published on March 21, 2024. The author frets that crossings at our southern border created the housing pressures behind the gentle, state-mandated upzoning of the MBTA Communities Act. The problem with this argument is that Census Bureau data shows the state’s population is … [Read more...] about LTE: Immigration 201
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LTE: Immigration 101
The House Passed HR2: Secure the Border Act, May 2023 by (R) majority, sent to the Senate, and tabled as "extreme" by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) without a vote. A special small "bi-partisan" Senate team recently put together a border bill plan soon recognized as untenable for allowing entry up to 4000 "encounters" a day x 365 days = 1.46 million annually when authority "could" … [Read more...] about LTE: Immigration 101
Historic Building of the Week: Stacey Tenant House
If you are thinking of enclaves of Irish immigrants in Massachusetts, you may think of South Boston before you think of Marblehead. The Stacey Tenent House is one reason why you might want to reconsider. In 1852, shoe manufacturer Joseph R. Bassett and state legislator William Fabens planned development in the Shipyard neighborhood, according to a document from the … [Read more...] about Historic Building of the Week: Stacey Tenant House