News & Events

Record-low resettlement cap betrays U.S. history as a nation of refuge

October 2, 2020

  BOSTON – The State Department has announced that only 15,000 refugees will be allowed to resettle in the U.S. in … More

Huge Court Win! Census Count Extended!

September 25, 2020

Last night, Judge Koh, a federal judge for the Northern District of California, ordered the Trump Administration to abandon their … More

U.S. Appeals Court Allows Trump to End Temporary Protection Status for 4 Countries

September 14, 2020

On September 14, 2020, a three-judge panel on the U.S. 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court’s preliminary … More

Court Rejects Trump’s Memorandum to Erase Immigrants From the Census

September 13, 2020

Yesterday, a three-judge panel in Federal District Court in Manhattan blocked President Trump’s Memo to exclude undocumented immigrants from the … More

Immigration Q+As with Rep. Joe Kennedy and Sen. Ed Markey

August 29, 2020

We want to make sure that voters, who feel passionately about immigrant justice, know where candidates stand on these critical … More

Ali Family Fund Gift Doubles MIRA Citizenship Program Capacity

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

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

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

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

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