Sen. Hedlund is interviewed on his thoughts about the current state of rock ‘n roll.
Archive for November, 2008
Sen. Hedlund on rock ‘n roll
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008Sen. Hedlund on NECN on low and medium-speed vehicles
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Globe editorial endorses Hedlund’s efforts on housing for illegal immigrant housing
Monday, November 10th, 2008Says state housing guidelines should be toughened to meet federal guidelines that require immigration status check
BOSTON — A Nov. 10 Boston Globe editorial endorsed efforts by Sen. Robert Hedlund to allow public housing authorities to give preference to citizens and legal immigrants over illegal immigrants.
“On its face, it makes no sense to deny low-income citizens or eligible noncitizens access to housing in order to accommodate law-breakers,” according to the editorial. “Republican state Senator Robert Hedlund has filed bills, unsuccessfully, to bring state regulations in line with the federal procedures. That would be fair. If there are legal roadblocks, then the state attorney general’s office should provide an opinion on how to remove them.”
The state Senate has twice adopted language that would accomplish this during its budget discussions. Both times, however, it was not included as part of the final conference committee report.
Sen. Hedlund’s bill, S759, was placed into a legislative study by the Committee on Housing this past May.
It has received renewed attention since President-Elect Barack Obama’s aunt was discovered to be in this country illegally and living in a South Boston public housing complex.