Ali Family Fund Gift Doubles MIRA Citizenship Program Capacity News August 10, 2020 The Ali Family Fund has awarded $150,000 to MIRA to support free legal assistance with naturalization and outreach to aspiring … More
State budget provides urgent relief to families hit hard by COVID-19 crisis News July 24, 2020 State budget provides urgent relief to families hit hard by COVID-19 crisis BOSTON – Governor Charlie Baker today signed a … More
Trump’s Unconstitutional Tactic to Erase Immigrants News July 22, 2020 Yesterday, President Trump signed a memorandum to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census count for apportionment purposes, which would … More
A big milestone for the Safe Communities Act News July 15, 2020 BOSTON – Today the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security reported out the Safe Communities Act (S.1401 and H.3573) with … More
A victory for students – and Massachusetts’ knowledge economy News July 14, 2020 BOSTON – Today, at a federal court hearing over a new international students rule that could have wrought havoc on the education … More
New student rules are an assault on higher education and public health News July 8, 2020 BOSTON – On Monday, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that international students on F-1 and M-1 visas will be … More
Extended immigration ban, work visa restrictions will hurt Massachusetts News June 23, 2020 BOSTON – In a single proclamation yesterday, President Trump extended his April order sharply curtailing legal immigration to the U.S.– … More
A huge victory for Dreamers and for the rights of all immigrants News June 18, 2020 BOSTON – Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in a 5–4 decision, that the Trump administration’s rescission of Deferred Action … More
Assault on U.S. asylum system will hurt families and cost lives News June 12, 2020 BOSTON – The Trump administration has unveiled a 161-page proposal to sharply limit asylum in the United States by narrowing … More
Standing up for racial justice News June 2, 2020 In his 1963 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote: “Injustice anywhere is a threat … More
