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(The Center Square) – After an Iranian national was arrested on Monday in a Boston suburb for his alleged ties to a terrorist attack that killed three U.S. service members, the town's leaders unanimously voted to pass a sanctuary city ordinance. On Monday, Iranian-born Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, a resident of Natick, Mass., was charged in federal court in Boston "with conspiring to export sophisticated electronic components from the United States to Iran in violation of U.S. export control and sanctions laws," The Center Square reported. Sadeghi and others allegedly conspired to evade U.S. export control and sanctions laws by procuring goods, services, and technology from American companies and exporting them to an Iranian-based company that contracts with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a US-designated foreign terrorist organization. The company allegedly manufactured the drones used by the IRGC that killed U.S. soldiers stationed in Jordan in January. Sadeghi faces up to 20 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy that goes back nearly 10 years , according to the complaint . His arrest occurred after an unprecedented number of Iranian and special interest aliens were apprehended after illegally entering the U.S., The Center Square reported . It also occurred after Islamic terrorist incidents increased under President Joe Biden and after he extended a national emergency regarding Iran last month. The U.S. has been in a perpetual state of national emergency related to Iran since Nov. 14, 1979, The Center Square reported . Forty-eight hours after Sadeghi's arrest , on Wednesday night, Natick's Select Board members unanimously passed a sanctuary city policy, 5-0. It prohibits taxpayer-funded town employees from inquiring about or collecting information about residents' citizenship status, among other provisions. Natick joined Boston, Somerville, Northampton, Amherst Cambridge, Concord, Lawrence and Newton in adopting so-called sanctuary city policies ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's stated mass deportation policy. The policy is being implemented in response to more than 14 million illegal border crossers being reported under the Biden administration as crime and national security threat escalated, The Center Square reported. Natick's actions followed the all-Democratic Boston City Council unanimously voting to reaffirm the Boston Trust Act, which prohibits Boston Police Department officers from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with some exceptions. It also comes after Boston's mayor said the city wasn't planning on cooperating with ICE, The Center Square reported. Massachusetts' sanctuary policies work against law enforcement tasked with protecting residents, Todd Lyons, acting assistant director of field operations for ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations in New England, argues. Elected officials "preaching their sanctuary city status are making it easier for those who commit sex crimes and fentanyl dealers. We need cities and towns to work with us to keep these criminals out of neighborhoods. "We focus on the worst of the worst and all the political rhetoric is not helping," he told the Boston Herald. Democratic leaders describing Massachusetts "as a sanctuary to the international community and that they won't cooperate with federal authorities, sends a dangerous signal to bad actors around the world," the chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party, Amy Carnevale, said , "It tells them that Massachusetts is a safe haven where they can evade prosecution from the United States federal government." Last year, Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll urged residents to house illegal border crossers, saying, " step up if you're willing to have an additional family be part of your family." One year later, the state converted an empty former prison to house them, resulting in local outrage, The Center Square reported . Carnevale said it was time for Driscoll to "stand with the people of Massachusetts and declare that our state will no longer serve as a sanctuary for criminals whether they're here legally or illegally. For the safety and security of our communities, Massachusetts must send a clear message: there is no sanctuary for international criminals in our Commonwealth." ICE agents have been arresting violent criminals in Massachusetts, including men convicted of aggravated rape, assault and battery, and fugitives wanted in their home countries for violent sexual crimes. In many cases, sanctuary jurisdictions refused to cooperate with ICE, and instead released violent offenders into the community who then committed additional crimes, The Center Square reported . New Hampshire's incoming-Gov. Kelly Ayotte has had harsh words for Massachusetts, saying, "Our neighbors to the south seem intent on proving that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. As they struggle with a billion-dollar illegal immigrant crisis, they are instead choosing to double down," she told Fox News Digital. Ayotte, who is replacing outgoing Gov. Chris Sununu, ran on a campaign against the "Mass-i-fication" of New Hampshire. "Here in New Hampshire, we are going to ban sanctuary policies and give law enforcement the tools to work together to ensure this crisis never comes to our towns," she said.A group of faith leaders and members of a grassroots group called Justice in Action continued their efforts Thursday to convince the Lancaster County Attorney to expand existing diversion programs. About 100 people gathered outside the Hall of Justice and, holding a banner that read “Divert, Don’t Detain." They also sang the spiritual “I Shall Not be Moved” and unrolled a scroll with about 300 signatures inviting County Attorney Pat Condon to their assembly in May that about 1,200 people attended last year. “Let us remember as we stand here on this fall morning that our call to justice transcends boundaries,” said Rev. Kirstie Engle of First United Methodist Church. “In these times of division and strife may our solidarity shine brightly throughout this city as a beacon of hope.” Justice in Action is a nonprofit made up of 26 local faith organizations. It was created in 2022 with seed money from the Great Plains Conference of the United Methodist Church, which is working with national experts to build a network of nonprofit justice organizations across Nebraska and Kansas. People are also reading... 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Tobi White, of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, said more than 500 people will “needlessly spend the holiday behind bars” in the county jail, many waiting for trial on a nonviolent offense, others with drug or alcohol issues, or mental health challenges. The jail population costs taxpayers $60,000 a day, she said. “We’re here to remind County Attorney Condon and his staff that they have the power to change this system,” she said. The group is advocating for changes that could expand the county’s pre-trial diversion programs, including eliminating or extending the 90-day deadline to apply, allowing those charged with misdemeanors or nonviolent felonies to participate and eliminating fees. Justice in Action is championing other changes, including creating a mental health navigation system to help people more easily find the services they need and organizing a public education effort to reduce the stigma around mental health problems; and addressing affordable housing issues by creating an eviction mediation process. But much of the public attention has been focused on Condon, who has not attended either of the group’s assemblies. Last year, when Condon did not attend, Justice in Action staged a rally outside the Hall of Justice. Condon said he had told organizers he couldn’t attend last year because he was attending a Nebraska County Attorney Association spring conference where one of his deputy county attorneys was receiving an award. On Thursday, following the rally, 14 leaders went to his office and dropped off the invitation. They were told he was in a deposition. Condon could not be reached for comment Thursday. The group leaders have had ongoing meetings with several county officials, including Condon, to track progress, according to information the group provided. In March, they met with Condon, who didn’t agree to any of the changes for which they’re advocating. According to Justice in Action, nearly 70% of people held in jail are pretrial cases, though some of those people are serving sentences on other charges, and there’s a gap between the people referred into Community Corrections programs and those ultimately admitted. And many of those who remain in jail can’t afford bond, White said. “This is not justice, it’s punishment for poverty,” she said. Overcrowding at the jail has been a problem for some time, and County Corrections has had to contract with other counties to house some female inmates. The Lancaster County Board hired Omaha-based HDR Consulting and the Nebraska Center for Justice Research, part of UNO’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, to do an assessment of the county’s criminal justice system and offer recommendations to reduce overcrowding. Corrections and Community Corrections have begun a number of reentry and other programs to try to reduce recidivism and keep fewer people from being incarcerated.
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