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MIRA 2024 – Year In Review

December 20, 2022

What an amazing year! In 2024 MIRA launched our Advisory Committee, added several new board members, and welcomed quite a … More

STATEMENT: MIRA Coalition Issues Statement on Proposed Funding Increase for Immigrant and Refugee Support

November 21, 2022

Boston, MA – In response to Governor Baker’s recent $139 million supplemental funding bill filing to support immigrant and refugee arrivals, Elizabeth Sweet, Executive … More

STATEMENT: MIRA Coalition Issues Statement on U.S. District Court Ruling Striking Down Title 42

November 16, 2022

Boston, MA – In response to the ruling by the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia striking down … More

STATEMENT: MIRA Coalition Applauds State Expansion of Non-English Language Resources at RMV

November 14, 2022

Boston, MA – In response to Governor Baker’s approval of the Economic Development Bill – which included a provision … More

STATEMENT: MIRA Coalition Celebrates Passage of Question 4

November 14, 2022

Boston, MA – In light of November 8, 2022, State Election, Elizabeth Sweet, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Immigrant … More

STATEMENT: MIRA Coalition Condemns White Supremacist Protest in Kingston, MA

November 1, 2022

STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 31, 2022 Boston, MA – In response to the October 30 white supremacist protest … More

MA ” Safe to Use” Benefits- Benefits that will NOT impact the Public Charge (October 2022)

October 29, 2022

Download the MA ” Safe to Use” Benefits- Benefits that will NOT impact the Public Charge (October 2022) factsheet to … More

STATEMENT: MIRA Coalition Condemns Biden Administration Expansion of Title 42

October 26, 2022

STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2022 Boston, MA – In response to the Biden Administration’s move to expand Title … More

Public Charge (updated September 2022)

September 29, 2022

New Public Charge Rule Preserves Access to Benefits On September 8, 2022, the Biden Administration published a new federal regulation … More

STATEMENT: Advocacy Groups Praise the Biden Administration for Protecting Access to Services for Immigrants

September 13, 2022

BOSTON – Representatives from the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI), Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA), Health Care For … More