But first: This week’s installment of “To Immigrants With Love”
A letter from the interactive exhibit that MIRA featured at Immigrants’ Day at the Statehouse.
Good news at MIRA:
Bay State Banner: MIRA looks to bolster pathways for foreign-trained doctors to practice in Mass.
In the courts and in the streets:
On Wednesday, a federal judge in Boston issued a broad ruling allowing those granted parole to seek more permanent forms of relief. During the Biden Administration, thousands of families and individuals were paroled into the country while they sought more permanent forms of protection in the United States. Parole programs included Uniting for Ukraine, Operation Allies Welcome (for Afghani nationals who supported US military efforts in their country), Central American Minors Parole, Family Unification Parole, and CHNV humanitarian parole for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. In February, the Trump Administration quietly ended processing of applications for relief, such as asylum applications, for anyone who was granted parole under these programs. Yesterday’s ruling both ordered the administration to resume processing these applications, but also certified a nationwide class, extending protections to anyone who is impacted by the administration’s move while also neatly sidestepping the current debate in the Supreme Court about nationwide injunctions. The suit, Svitlana Doe v Noem, was filed by the Justice Action Center and Human Rights First.
Judge temporarily blocks Trump admin from revoking Harvard enrollment of foreign students
Dozens march on Boston Common in protest of Trump, ICE actions in Massachusetts
‘Rally for a dream’ calls for immigration protection amid ICE operations in Boston
New Colorado law will bolster protections for immigrants, limit ICE cooperation.
Inspiration:
Videos projected around the Visitor Center at Philadelphia’s LOVE Park to highlight immigrant communities – The Philadelphians is a public art projection and city-wide project celebrating the city’s vibrant immigrant communities, past and present.
Carlos Barberena, born Granada, Nicaragua, 1972, “Exodus” (2019), linocut on HW Rives paper, edition of 25, 24 x 19 inches
An Exhibition Celebrates the Self-Taught Immigrant Artists Shaping Chicago
Students at Woodbrook elementary school in West Virginia win big at American Immigration Council regional writing competition.
