Haitian illegal immigrant charged with rape released back onto streets in Boston despite ICE appeals
An illegal Haitian immigrant accused of raping a developmentally disabled person was returned to his Boston community after authorities ignored Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests to detain him. “Alarmingly, despite our complaints to immigration authorities, this individual was released into society by criminal court,” ICE said in a statement. ICE said in a press […]
On this day in history, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father, born in Boston
Benjamin Franklin, a scientist, philosopher, author, and the most famous American on both sides of the Atlantic during the Revolutionary Era, was born on this day in history, January 17, 1706. Today, 17 Milk Street in downtown Boston features a bust of the founding father and the words “Franklin's Birthplace.” In his 2000 Pulitzer Prize-winning […]