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Friday, August 30, 2019
By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
GLOBE STAFF
A new Trump administration policy to deport
families of seriously ill children receiving treat-
ment in the United States provoked fresh out-
rage this week, as health care providers feared
for their patients, elected officials demanded
oversight, and advocates planned lawsuits to
stop the action.
Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth
Warren and Representative Ayanna Pressley
said Thursday that they will send a letter to the
administration demanding internal documents
on its decision to suddenly end what’s known as
“deferred action” — a policy that allows some
immigrants to remain in the United States legal-
ly while they receive medical care for complex
conditions.
Lawyers for some of the immigrants said
Monday that US Citizenship and Immigration
Services has begun informing families that it no
longer considers requests for deferred action,
and that the families must leave the country
within 33 days. The change applies to children
and adults with cancer, cystic fibrosis, HIV, epi-
lepsy, and other diseases.
The policy change came as a surprise to pa-
tients, caregivers, lawmakers, and some federal
officials, with no formal announcement.
“It is absolutely immoral to be deporting chil-
dren with cancer,” Markey said Thursday. “We
cannot and will not allow this to stand.”
Critics called the decision a new low for an
administration that has aggressively targeted
immigrants.
“Deportation from the United States with
this type of medical condition is a death sen-
CHILDREN, Page A
By Tim Logan
GLOBE STAFF
On a recent Sunday afternoon, phones started
ringing all over South Boston, blasting out a re-
corded message about “the future of Edison
plant.”
“Developers are seeking to put a massive de-
velopment in an already congested area,” said an
unidentified man. “Please attend and have your
voice heard tomorrow night.”
It was a robocall, apparently engineered by
opponents of a hotly contested plan to turn the
shuttered Boston Edison power plant into blocks
of housing and office space. The phone blitz —
prior to a Boston Planning & Development Agen-
cy hearing — was the latest example of how de-
velopment debates increasingly resemble politi-
cal campaigns.
The ongoing surge in construction around
Boston has amplified the debates that typically
come with development proposals, be they office
towers, apartment buildings, or shopping cen-
ters. Is it too big? Not big enough? Will it revital-
ize a neighborhood, or obliterate its character?
And what about traffic?
DEVELOPMENT, Page A
By Milton J. Valencia
GLOBE STAFF
Airbnb has agreed to settle its
lawsuit with Boston over a new
short-term rental law, a deal thatwill pave the way for strict new lim-
its aimed at preserving the city’s
housing stock during a time of spi-
raling real estate costs.
The settlement announced
Thursday will allow Boston to re-
strict the short-term rental of units
to owner-occupants or landlords of
small properties who live in their
buildings, and prohibit listings by
investors or absentee landlords, ef-fectively preventing those units
from disappearing from the city’s
housing rolls.
Under the agreement, Airbnb
hosts will have to register with the
citybyDecember,thecitysaidina
statement, after the rental giant
agreed to drop its opposition.
Airbnb also agreed to display a reg-
istration number on its listings and
it will share with the city informa-tion on hosts that will allow regula-
tors to determine if the listing is al-
lowed under the new rules.
The Boston law is one of the
tougher measures in the country,
and comes amid efforts by a num-
ber of cities and states seeking to
regulate Airbnb.
Thenewlawwentintoeffect
Jan. 1, but the city agreed to hold
AIRBNB, Page ABy Danny McDonald
GLOBE STAFF
and Sofia Saric
GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
HOLLISTON — After four new
cases of Eastern equine encephali-
tis were confirmed in horses, state
public health officials Thursday
raised the risk level for the mosqui-to-borne virus to its highest point
in more communities across Mas-
sachusetts.
Ashby, Brookfield, Holliston,
and Medfield were found to be at
critical risk after horses in each
town were infected by the virus,
which killed one animal and forced
the other three to be euthanized,
state officials said.
Thirteen other communities,
ranging from Walpole to Stur-
bridge to Belchertown, had their
risk level raised to high, the sec-
ond-highest category, according tothe state.
The action came after four hu-
man cases of EEE were confirmed
in the state this year, including one
that led to the death of a woman
from Fairhaven.
As of Thursday, 191 Massachu-
setts communities have been deter-
mined to be at least at moderate
risk of the fearsome disease. Of
that number, 28 communities are
at a critical risk, the highest alert.
The “critical risk” distinction
prompts the state to advise those
EEE, Page ABy Joshua Miller
GLOBE STAFF
Hoping to place a legal wager on the Patriots this season in Massachusetts?
Don’t bet on it.
Massachusetts lawmakers say they are in no rush to legalize sports betting,
embracing a deliberate — some might say glacial — legislative pace even as ca-
sinos and other gambling interests ramp up pressure and neighboring states
such as Rhode Island, New York, and New Hampshire have moved quickly to
cash in on the burgeoning industry.
Part of lawmakers’ hesitation stems from concerns that sports betting,
even in a region known for its intense fandom, might yield a relatively small
amount of tax revenue in the context of a $43 billion state budget. Lawmakers
note that in some of the 18 states where sports gambling has been authorized,
revenues have fallen short of expectations. Rhode Island, in particular, serves
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Airbnb accepts Boston’s rental limits
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MATTHEW J. LEE/GLOBE STAFFThe fate of the shuttered Boston Edison
power plant has been a hotly contested
topic in South Boston for nearly two years.
LEGISLATION PENDING
SPORTS BETTING LEGISLATION PASSED BUT ADDITIONAL ACTION REQUIREDSPORTS BETTING LIVE OR PENDING LAUNCHPuerto RicoSOURCE: DraftKings Inc. GLOBE STAFFAnother
roughday
fortheT
North Station commuters
faced delays and cancella-
tions after a mechanical fail-
ure in a drill rig used on the
Green Line extension shut
down the Lowell line for
hours. A drawbridge problem
later slowed service to Rock-
port and Newburyport.B1.
BARRY CHIN/GLOBE STAFFJIM DAVIS/GLOBE STAFF
A sign at a Methuen park
alerted visitors to an early
closing time due to EEE.