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Fear Of Deportation Prompts Undocumented Immigrants To Resist COVID-19 Vaccine

January 6, 2021

Immigrants across Massachusetts have resisted getting the COVID-19 vaccine out of fear of deportation or others legal consequences, according to … More

A big milestone for the Safe Communities Act

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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

New student rules are an assault on higher education and public health

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July 8, 2020

BOSTON – On Monday, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that international students on F-1 and M-1 visas will be … More

Standing up for racial justice

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June 2, 2020

In his 1963 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote: “Injustice anywhere is a threat … More

Aggressive escalation of immigration enforcement will make Mass. less safe

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February 15, 2020

On Friday we learned, through the media, that Border Patrol tactical units are being deployed in “sanctuary cities” across the … More

Amid a global displacement crisis, we must stand up for refugees

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September 27, 2019

BOSTON, September 27, 2019 – The Trump administration has set a cap of 18,000 for refugee admissions in the fiscal year that … More

‘You belong’: Immigrants’ Day brings hundreds to advocate for a more just and welcoming Commonwealth

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March 4, 2019

Doris Reina-Landaverde was speaking for thousands of people, and she didn’t want to stand alone. So before she began, she … More

An unconscionable betrayal of immigrants and their families

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August 14, 2018

A court filing by the ACLU of Massachusetts in Calderon v. Nielsen reveals that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) personnel have actively collaborated … More