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Demonstrators from community- and faith-based groups returned to the Statehouse on Tuesday, less than a week after lawmakers passed a budget that did not include immigration enforcement measures they’d pushed for.

“We are here to let them know that we are not going to stop,” said Isabel Lopez of the Massachusetts Community Action Network, as dozens stood behind her on the Grand Staircase holding signs and battery-powered tea lights. “We are here to deliver a message to them that we are mourning but we also are taking action.”

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