From immigration to voting to education, the pointed politics of the deep freeze

By: Dana Wormald

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: September 16, 2026

Words: 991

Last Updated: 1 day, 17 hours ago

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This week, NHPR published an analysis by reporter Lau Guzmán focused on the role local police have played in the recent surge in immigration enforcement in New Hampshire. From May through July, 198 people were detained in the state and nearly half of those arrests came as part of the 287(g) Program, which delegates “state and local law enforcement officers the authority to perform specified immigration officer functions.”

“There is a clear demographic …

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