More than 100 towns and cities around the Granite State are represented in a group of eight “sanctuary communities,” created in response to the expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in New Hampshire.

According to Megan Chapman, a representative of the of the Mt. Washington Valley and Lakes Region Sanctuary Community, the group is an outlet for those looking to defend the rights of people “under attack by the current administration.” She said the number of towns and people involved are growing by the day.

“The Sanctuary Community movement is not an organization and has no leader,” the website states. “It is an idea around which people can organize themselves, creating groups from towns and communities in an area that the participants define.”

Republican lawmakers, as

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