Nearly a dozen cities and counties — including several in the Bay Area — have signed onto a recent lawsuit led by Santa Clara County and San Francisco against the Trump administration, as the fight grows between the feds and local governments that have declared themselves “sanctuaries” for immigrants living in the country illegally.

Two Massachusetts cities allege federal officials are trying to force them to assist with mass deportation efforts.

Somerville and Chelsea are asking a federal judge to block the Trump administration's “illegal campaign of bullying and intimidation.” The post Two Mass. ‘sanctuary cities’ are suing the Trump administration appeared first on Boston.