Sanctuary City Strategy Meeting Set For Marblehead, Swampscott

SWAMPSCOTT, MA – Swampscott and Marblehead join a handful of other towns where the Essex County Community Organization, or ECCO, is meeting to try and establish a sanctuary congregation or sanctuary city.

"Join us to stand strong in the belief that 'No Human Being is Illegal,'" reads the ECCO flier. Sanctuary cities are communities that don't actively help federal authorities deport illegal immigrants.

The meeting will be hosted at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn in Swampscott on Monday, Feb. 13, from 7 to 9 p.m. ECCO has already organized meetings in Danvers, Lynn, and Salem.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January cracking down on the more than 300 sanctuary cities across the country. The order includes withholding federal funds to local governments except those mandated by law for law enforcement, according to the text of Trump's executive order.

Image via City of Somerville: Rally in favor of Somerville's sanctuary city status.