Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
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Issues


       Federal
          Federal Legislation
             Strengthening America's Security Act of 2005 (S.1916)
             Employment Verification Act of 2005
             Strengthening America's Workforce Act of 2005 (S. 1918)
             Immigrant Accountability Act of 2005 (S.1919)
             Other Bills Introduced in October
             Comprehensive Immigration Reform (copy)
             May 2006: A Month of Action
             Senate Debate
             We Are America Postcard Campaign
          Citizenship and Immigration Services
             Citizenship and Immigration Services (copy)
          Immigration and Customs Enforcement
             Enforcement Regulations and Legislations
          Detention and Deportation
          Access to Benefits
          Access to Higher Education
       State
          Higher Education Opportunity for Immigrant Students
          Citizenship for New Americans
          Workforce Development
          Cash Assistance and Food Stamps
          Access to Health Care
          Immigrant Survivors of Violence
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          Interfaith Summit for Immigrant Justice
             Article
             Espanol-Welcoming-Massachusetts-Flyer.doc
             WMA_Org_Endorse_7.09.08_blackandwhite.doc
             WMA_Pledge_-Portuguese.doc
             WMA_Petition_English-and-Portuguese.doc
             PRESS-ADVISORY-07-10-2008_Revere.doc
          Anti-Immigrant Proposals
          MA State Budget - FY2009 Final
          Policy Recommendations for the Patrick-Murray Administration
       Fiscal Year 2005 Legislative Priorities
          Federal Priorities
          State Priorities
   

Press Room


       Press Releases
          DECLARACION DE PRENSA: Corte interrumpe implementación defectuosa de cotejo de números de Seguridad Social
          PRESS STATEMENT: Court Halts Government From Implementing Flawed Social Security No-Match Rule
          PRESS STATEMENT: Immigrant Death Leads to Questions from the Community
          PRESS STATEMENT: A DREAM Deferred; US Senate Punts Immigrant Kids' Futures
          PRESS STATEMENT: Truth About Immigrants in the Fifth District/ La Verdad sobre los inmigrantes en el Quinto Distrito Congresional
          PRESS STATEMENT: All Politics is Local; Immigration Politics in the Fifth District/ DECLARACION DE PRENSA: Toda Política es Local; las politícas de Inmigración en el Quinto Distrito Congresional
          PRESS STATEMENT: U.S. Senate Denies an Education for Immigrant Students
          PRESS STATEMENT: U.S. Senate Denies an Education for Immigrant Students
          PRESS ADVISORY: IMMIGRATION RAID OF NEW BEDFORD FACTORY
          MEDIA ADVISORY: New Report Release: Impact of Raids on Children
          PRESS RELEASE: IMMIGRATION RAIDS CREATE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA AND ECONOMIC DISTRESS FOR CHILDREN, NEW REPORT FINDS
          PRESS ADVISORY: Hundreds of Immigrant Families CelebrateThanksgiving at the State House
          PRESS STATEMENT: New ICE Worksite Immigration Enforcement Guidelines Fall Short
          PRESS RELEASE:Celebrating the Immigrant Family: Over Three Hundred Immigrants Gather at Annual Thanksgiving Feast at the State House
          PRESS STATEMENT: Immigrant Saves Boy in Arizona Desert – Will Dobbs, O’Reilly, et al, pay attention?
          PRESS ADVISORY: Community leaders from New England travel to Iowa to challenge Presidential Candidates
          Message To Romney: Get Some Religion on Immigration - Hypocritical Rhetoric Mows Over Truth
          PRESS STATEMENT: Immigration Mystifies Candidates
          PRESS ADISORY: Mayor Menino Joins Greater Boston Ya Es Hora Alliance to Launch Unprecedented New Citizen Voter Mobilization Campaign
          PRESS STATEMENT: Governor Patrick’s Budget Recognizes Urgency of Citizenship for New Americans
          PRESS RELEASE: New Report Shows Need to Recruit, Retain, and Train Immigrants for the Massachusetts
          PRESS STATEMENT: MIRA Joins Movement to Eliminate Domestic Violence
          MEDIA ADVISORY: NATIONAL COMMISSION INVESTIGATING MISCONDUCT BY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENTS TO HOLD HEARING IN BOSTON
          Pope Visits With President While Bush Sends Agents Across America to Raid Immigrant Workers
          PRESS STATEMENT: A Nation of Immigrants, A Commonwealth of New Americans
          PRESS STATEMENT: Bush’s Last Throes: Tear Apart Immigrant Families
          Immigrant Community Concerned About Senator Kennedy
          PRESS ADVISORY: English Works Campaign Kicks-Off with Mayor Menino and High-Profile Business, Union, and Community Leaders
          PRESS RELEASE: English Works Campaign Kicks Off with High-Profile Business, Union, Civic and Community Leaders
          Immigrant Communities Impacted by Legislature's Final State Budget for FY 2009
          PRESS STATEMENT: Governor Patrick Signs New Americans Initiative Executive Order
          MIRA Commends Passage of Immigration Bill in House Judiciary Subcommittee
          PRESS ADVISORY: Mayor Menino Joins Diverse Immigrant Community Leaders to Kick-Off Ya Es Hora!/Now is The Time! Voter Registration Campaign
       MIRA in the News
          Advocates criticize federal roundups: Say raids trap noncriminal immigrants
          Customs raids spur training on rights: Advocacy groups teach immigrants to protect selves
          From traffic stop to fatality
          Man accused in cop ruse to prey on immigrants
          Fighting back
          In Fifth District, Ogonowski is unrelenting on immigration
          Forum planned on immigration policy
          MSPP holds Sixth Annual Lucero Memorial Run and Latino Leadership Breakfast
          Police and customs working together
          Illegal immigrant blames 'broken system' for husband's death
          Agency issues guide on raids
          G.O.P. Rivals Trade Charges on Illegal Immigration
          Long wait expected to become US citizen: Delays spur concern over voting eligibility
          Bill would tally effect of illegal immigration
          COLUMN: Tough talk takes root
          Affordable training for all
          Talk is tough, but illegal immigrants aren't going anywhere
          Reaction mixed after Romney fires service
          The Role of 7.2 Million Undocumented Workers: Mitt Romney Fired His Landscapers, but What About Your Waiter, Maid and Contractor?
          Immigration reform fell short in 2007
          Deportees with no criminal past grow: Advocates alarmed by trend in region
          OPINION: Patrick's fine line on immigration
          OPINION: In Obama’s rise and Mitt’s fall, gov sees change
          First vote, with feeling
          State representative highlights positive in immigration controversy
          Immigrant worker background checks have precedents
          Governor moves to halt labor scofflaws
          Rubin and Noorani: Work force education is a future investment
          Immigration order draws praise, ire
          Bush, Pope Voice Similar Themes
          The latest generation
          ICE draws scrutiny in wake of sedation report
          Tuition aid to illegal immigrants falters
          Asian activists head to Hill, call for bilingual ballot bill
          Deval illegal deal a dud
          City firm already in compliance with immigration order
          ICE raid spreads fear among R.I. immigrants
          Comprehensive immigration reform a must
          Initiative Seeks to Aid Immigrants
          Bill adds rules for prepaid cellphones
          70 arrests announced in ICE antigang operation
       General News
          Immigration raids target violent gang
          Planned Crackdown on Immigrants Denounced
          Immigrant population on the rise in the state
          More immigrants joining unions
          U.S. farmers go where workers are: Mexico
          Social Security Warns of Logjam From Immigration Ruling
          Church Expands Its Mission to Immigration Advocacy
          Union files suit against ICE to stop immigration raids
          Man dies after falling ill in police custody: He was Brazilian immigrant; cause of death unknown
          Congress quietly returns to immigration
          Caught: How agents sold an illegal dream
          Measure Would Offer Legal Status to Illegal Immigrant Students
          EDITORIAL: Pass the DREAM Act
          Illegal Immigrants Chase False Hope to Canada
          Quietly living American dream
          On New England's dairy farms, foreign workers find a home
          Spitzer Grants Illegal Immigrants Easier Access to Driver’s Licenses
          A besieged mother wonders how to put her children first
          New Test Asks: What Does ‘American’ Mean?
          Son of immigrants shares a long goodbye
          Spitzer stands by immigrant driver's license plan
          Illegal students’ aid scant
          EDITORIAL: STOP THE RAIDS
          Court asked to require warrants for immigration raids
          Judge Suspends Key Bush Effort in Immigration
          A working vocabulary
          States' Immigrant Policies Diverge
          Voter confronts McCain on immigration
          Immigration Reform Needed Now (Editorial)
          Fleeing to U.S., Cubans’ First Stop Is Often Mexico
          A Mayor With a Tough Stance on Immigration Is on Both Sides Now
          Immigrant's family detained after daughter speaks out
          Virginia County Votes to Deny Services to Illegal Immigrants
          House fails to override veto of SCHIP
          EDITORIAL: Ain’t That America
          Environmental Laws Waived to Press Work on Border Fence
          Candidate Calls for Raid on Immigration Bill Event
          EDITORIAL: A Chance to Dream
          Senate rejects kids citizenship measure
          Immigration Raids Hurt Farmers
          Preparing to react in a crisis situation
          Report: Children of illegal workers negatively impacted by raids
          Not all find comfort in sanctuary designation
          Report: Raid left kids prone to emotional problems
          Workplace raids ensnare kids in net, too
          Bill to require reporting of immigrant detainee deaths
          Position on immigration testing Democrats: GOP may try to exploit divisive issue
          Boston tries to help immigrants facing health hazards on the job
          Backlog Delays Naturalizations
          Policy defines trooper role on immigration
          US raid on factory criticized by court, Callous handling of workers cited
          Dismissal of raid lawsuit upheld
          Lawn work at Romney's home still done by illegal immigrants
          Romney's immigration lesson (Editorial)
          Debate involves people, not 'aliens' (Opinion)
          Health insurance mandate affects all - including immigrants
          Leading presidential candidates on immigration
          Senate OKs Myers for Immigration Job
          Tancredo Drops WH Bid, Endorses Romney
          EDITORIAL: Mr. Romney vs. Mr. Romney; On immigration, the candidate is tying himself into knots while proposing no real solutions
          Immigration concerns take back seat
          Through Bible story, many others told
          Patrick mulls new tack on immigrant tuition
          Iraqis adjust to life in N.H.- Refugees face challenges, uncertainty in new home
          Longer waits to become citizens: Millions applied before fees were increased in July
          More illegal immigrants are rushing to file taxes
          Court: Immigrants Suffer Bad Lawyers
          OPINION: Misjudging American xenophobia
          Illegal immigrants are leaving Arizona: Law targeting employers dries up job prospects
          Pair disguised as police robbing houses
          COLUMN: Immigration and crime
          A year after raid, immigration cases drag on for many
          US fails to protect immigrants' rights, UN report asserts
          State lawmakers propose more immigration bills: Specialists say few around US gaining traction
          Tight US immigration forces outsourcing: Bill Gates
          Store owner asks to see shoppers' Social Security cards
          CAMPAIGN ISSUES: GOP immigration strategy may hurt McCain
          Team Will Track Pr. William's Illegal Immigration Crackdown
          City wins awards for e-Government, support of immigrants
          State mulls residency requirements for licenses
          Last of Bianco detainees to be freed from Texas prison
          Boston Financier Steps In to Bail Out Immigrants
          'Green-card Marine' prepares for 3rd deployment
          Somerville welcomes immigrants, will the state?
          Entry point: Some say illegal immigrants can get licenses too easily in Maine
          Immigrants make mark in healthcare work force
          Immigrant City then and Now exhibit holds last hurrah
          EDITORIAL: A Foolish Immigration Purge
          R.I. governor targets illegal immigrants in executive order
          OPINION: The Immigrant Gap
          OPINION: The Immigrant Gap
          Immigrant Advocates Decry Carcieri's Order
          Life and death decisions; Immigrants' children put fate in smugglers' hands
          State House hearing examines immigration raids
          Feds hold hearing on New Bedford immigrant raid
          Commission hears testimony on US immigration raids
          Employer eases path to citizenship
          Cape employers left scrambling
          Beating the bank
          Share Your Immigration Story
          Immigration Sweep Ends in 280 Arrests at 5 Plants
          Groups holding rally to decry Carcieri's immigration order
          US admits medical negligence in immigrant's cancer death
          Those who died on the job remembered
          The latest generation
          For Immigrants Who Died in U.S. Custody, Few Details Provided
          EDITORIAL: The new Americans