Chants in support of immigrants echoed across the Boston City Hall Plaza Thursday as demonstrators voiced anger over new federal measures, including a pause on immigration applications from 19 countries , including Afghanistan, Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Somalia.

Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune urged residents not to become numb to the actions of the Trump administration .

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"We need to not normalize what this president is doing," she said.

About 1.4 million green card holders and citizenship applicants are estimated to be affected by the policy shift. Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, a Mass. teen recently detained and released by ICE, spoke as advocacy groups rallied at the Massachusetts State House t

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