Boston Defies Trump on Immigrants the Way the City’s Abolitionists Once Fought Slavers – Kevin M. Levin / The Daily Beast

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In a press conference at City Hall last month, surrounded by elected officials and black, Latino, and Asian staff members, Boston’s Mayor Marty Walsh delivered a scathing response to President Donald Trump’s promise to crack down on illegal immigration through executive order.

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