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Community Readiness in the Face of ICE Arrests

President Trump campaigned on a threat to deport one million immigrants from this country per year.  We saw an ongoing escalation of the numbers of immigrants targeted in Massachusetts throughout 2025 and continuing into early this year, but still well below deporting one million people.  However, this is beginning to change. Over this past year … Continued

Back to School: What Immigrant Families Should Know

As immigration enforcement increases across the country and protections such as Temporary Protected Status end for some countries, many immigrant families are living with fear and uncertainty. That fear is affecting whether some children make it to school. Recent data show that 17% of parents cited ICE activity near schools as a barrier to attendance. And that … Continued

MIRA and 21 Members Urge Trump Administration to Rescind Changes to Citizenship Test

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BOSTON – This week, MIRA and 21 of its members submitted formal comments calling on the Trump Administration to rescind their recently announced changes to the civics examination for naturalization, and revert to the 2008 version of the exam. The organizations represent a wide range of service providers for immigrant and refugee communities, including several … Continued

MALN Opinion+: Eva Millona

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Welcome to the second episode of MALN Opinion+! We are excited to launch a weekly program dedicated to discussing the concerns and opinions of Massachusetts’s Latino community. Watch the video from MALatinoNews.com.

Court’s DACA ruling welcome news, but immigration reform needed, advocates say

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Local immigrants and advocates Saturday hailed a federal judge’s order for the Trump administration to restore a program designed to protect young undocumented people from deportation, but warned that legislative action was urgently needed to reform the nation’s outmoded immigration system. Read more from the Boston Globe

Eva Millona on Immigration Reform in Massachusetts

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Though immigration has been a key issue during most election cycles, it seems to have taken a backseat to COVID-19 in 2020. Nevertheless, there are migrant communities across the Commonwealth and the country who are in need of legislative action to ameliorate the many hardships that they have been facing for decades. Listen to the … Continued

MIRA Condemns Attempts to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants from Census Count

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BOSTON – Eva Millona, CEO and President of the MIRA Coalition and Chair of the Statewide Complete Count Committee, today issued the following statement ahead of U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in the case of Trump v. New York, in which the Court has been asked to determine whether undocumented immigrants can be excluded from … Continued