Boston’s Irish heart beats strong — even in the face of Trump’s immigration agenda

Boston’s deep Irish immigrant history and local laws make it a haven, even under Trump’s deportation policies

A 2016 mockup of 'The Boston Globe' showing a possible headline should Donald Trump win that year's presidential election. The Boston Trust Act is a bulwark against the deportations Mr Trump has ordered in his second term in office. Picture: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty

When asked what she thought of Boston, Harriet Martineau, considered to be the first female sociologist said: “I know of no large city where there is so much mutual helpfulness, so little neglect and ignorance of the concerns of other classes.”

It was George Washington’s official birthday on Monday, a national holiday in the United States, when our plane touched down at Logan Airport, barely 24 hours after 10 inches of snow had fallen on the city.