Bay State lawmakers divide over ‘sanctuary’ issue

WASHINGTON – The Democrats who make up the Massachusetts delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives walk in lockstep on many issues, but when it comes to immigration, one toes a different line. Rep. Bill Keating, a former Norfolk County prosecutor whose ninth district encompasses much of the South Shore and all of Cape Cod and the islands, was the only one of the nine House members from the Bay State to back a measure blocking certain federal grants and law-enforcement funding for "sanctu

WASHINGTON – The Democrats who make up the Massachusetts delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives walk in lockstep on many issues, but when it comes to immigration, one toes a different line. Rep. Bill Keating, a former Norfolk County prosecutor whose ninth district encompasses much of the South Shore and all of Cape Cod and the islands, was the only one of the nine House members from the Bay State to back a measure blocking certain federal grants and law-enforcement funding for "sanctu…