Have you wondered if Rochester identifies as a sanctuary city? Do you even know what a sanctuary city is? The short answer is yes, Rochester is a sanctuary city. Here's what that means.

As the Trump administration attempts to aggressively increase the number of immigrants arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials have said they will concentrate their ...

House Republicans are calling on sanctuary city mayors to testify next month about the policy's impact on public safety and the refusal to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

A spectrum of practices can be interpreted as sanctuary policies, but most jurisdictions with the label generally do not allow local jails to hold immigrants accused of committing crimes beyond ...

CHICAGO — The City of Chicago is being investigated for its “sanctuary city” status, as immigration officers continue to make arrests in the city and around the U.S. On Monday, Mayor Brandon ...

The Centre's wildlife panel has approved a proposal to carry out oil and gas exploration in the eco-sensitive zone of the Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam's Jorhat district.

Animal lovers are pushing to close a taxpayer-funded Long Island “roadside’’ sanctuary plagued by sickening allegations of neglect, abuse and “preventable” deaths, a new petition shows.

A charity will set up a 530-hectare koala sanctuary on Kangaroo Island after the 2019–20 bushfires and subsequent clearing of blue gum plantations impacted the marsupials. The sanctuary will ...

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform announced Monday it is investigating sanctuary jurisdictions in America and the jurisdictions’ impact “on public safety and the ...

Generally, sanctuary policies are ones that limit local cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The term became widespread in the 1980s, as refugees from Central America fled their homes ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...