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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

Markey, Pressley, others, push for immigration reform and solutions at summit

Friday, Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Angus King (I-ME) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow, Colby College President David Greene, Barber and Tyson Foods Executive David Barber, Exelon Chairman Emeritus John Rowe, HYM Investments Group Managing Director Thomas N. O’Brien and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals President Yvonne Greenstreet joined over 500 business leaders, … Continued

[RECORDING] New England Business Immigration Summit With Sens. Markey and King, Harvard President Bacow

BOSTON, MA  – Today, Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Angus King (I-ME) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow, Colby College President David Greene, Barber and Tyson Foods Executive David Barber, Exelon Chairman Emeritus John Rowe, HYM Investments Group Managing Director Thomas N. O’Brien and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals President Yvonne Greenstreet joined over 500 business … Continued

“The Time Is Now”

“I’m really here today, not just as the president of Harvard, but also as the child of immigrants,” Lawrence Bacow said Friday, joining nearly a dozen other speakers—including U.S. senators Ed Markey (Massachusetts) and Angus King (Maine), and Massachusetts congresswoman Ayanna Pressley—taking part in a New England-focused virtual summit to advocate for comprehensive immigration reform. Read more … Continued

CEOs, college execs summit to call for immigration overhaul

From Harvard’s president to an executive in Boston’s booming biotech industry, dozens of New England business, higher education and political leaders on Friday urged Congress to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, following the introduction of President Joe Biden’s wide-ranging immigration bill this week. Read more at AP.