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Community Readiness in the Face of ICE Arrests

President Trump campaigned on a threat to deport one million immigrants from this country per year.  We saw an ongoing escalation of the numbers of immigrants targeted in Massachusetts throughout 2025 and continuing into early this year, but still well below deporting one million people.  However, this is beginning to change. Over this past year … Continued

Back to School: What Immigrant Families Should Know

As immigration enforcement increases across the country and protections such as Temporary Protected Status end for some countries, many immigrant families are living with fear and uncertainty. That fear is affecting whether some children make it to school. Recent data show that 17% of parents cited ICE activity near schools as a barrier to attendance. And that … Continued
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Good News – 9/4/25

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IN THE COURTS IN THE COMMUNITY Over 1,000 Labor Day rallies held across US to protest Trump ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ protests draw tens of thousands in all 50 US states. Unions march through Boston in Labor Day parade in historic display of worker solidarity Thousands of union members and community allies marched through Boston on … Continued

Policy Update Federal

Policy Updates – 8/28/25

Policy Updates

Last week saw another move by the Trump Administration to restrict future immigration, and political participation. This time, the administration has added another hurdle for naturalization applicants by bringing back “neighborhood investigations” through which USCIS will be conducting more intrusive investigations into applicants’ pasts. Such investigations were a normal part of the naturalization process until … Continued

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Good News – 8/28/25

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IN THE COURTS IN THE COMMUNITY INSPIRATION AND WAYS TO TAKE ACTION Good news, occupying the same space as injustice: 31 years . . . New Report from American Immigration Council: Nearly Half of Fortune 500 Companies in 2025 Were Founded by Immigrants or Their Children Get Involved: Making Space for Arrival Do you/your organization … Continued

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Good News – 8/21/25

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IN THE COURTS The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction blocking DHS from using Medicaid data from 20 plaintiff states for immigration enforcement. As a result, DHS may not use the Medicaid data it has already obtained from the plaintiff states, and CMS is prohibited from sharing data … Continued

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition

MIRA proudly supports Mayor Wu’s response to federal ultimatum

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Tuesday Boston’s Mayor Wu held a press conference in response to a letter sent by the federal government to so-called “sanctuary cities”, demanding that they change their policies to comply with those of the Trump administration, specifically to cooperate with federal enforcement of Trump’s mass deportation agenda. Once again, Mayor Wu’s response was direct, dignified, … Continued

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Good News – 8/13/2025

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IN THE COURTS American Immigration Council: On July 28, 2025, and July 29, 2025, the Council and LatinoJustice PRLDEF filed eleven requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) with ICE and EOIR. These requests seek the agencies’ policies for immigration court arrests and dismissal of immigration proceedings, as well as communications between ICE and … Continued

Policy Update Federal

Policy Updates – 8/13/25

Policy Updates

Following the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year against universal injunctions, a federal court in Maryland certified a class-action lawsuit against the administration’s plans to strip birthright citizenship and issued a preliminary injunction blocking the administration action. This is the fourth such decision to be issued by a federal court since the Supreme Court’s decision … Continued

13 years of DACA

13 Years of DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

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Friday marks the 13th anniversary of the implementation of DACA—Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. For more than a decade, this program has provided hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, all of whom came to the U.S. as children, with the chance to live, work, and contribute to their communities without the constant fear of deportation. … Continued

Policy Update Federal

Policy Update – 8/7/25

Policy Updates

Last Thursday, those seeking humanitarian protections in the US scored another win in the courts when a district court in California ruled that TPS holders from Nicaragua, Honduras, and Nepal must be allowed to keep their status while the case proceeds. The administration had claimed that conditions in these countries were not severe enough to … Continued