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Western Massachusetts activists plan response to Trump cabinet's 'assault on immigrants'

SPRINGFIELD — As a response to the Trump administration's recent executive orders targeting refugees and illegal immigrants, a number of Western Massachusetts activist groups have organized an "emergency rally for immigrant rights."

Dubbed "Sanctuary in the Streets," the event will be an evening vigil held at the Pioneer Valley Workers Center in Springfield on Friday, where the public has been invited to come out to support the "Muslim and Latino neighbors" that the activists believe the White House has targeted.

"Let us come together in a spirit of sanctuary, a sacred protection born of unity," said the event's organizers, in a statement on Thursday. "May we welcome and defend our neighbors and stand against Trump's efforts."

The event comes on the heels of several executive orders issued by the new President. One of the orders calls for the construction of a large border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, while the other has targeted "sanctuary cities"--communities that don't incarcerate or detain undocumented immigrants--by proposing that federal funding be stripped from them.

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/western_massachusetts_activist.html

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