East Boston resident Jessenia Espinoza, a Spanish speaker, lost her job at a restaurant last year after the COVID-19 crisis struck and fell into debt, borrowing money to pay rent and buy essentials for herself and her child. Read more at WWLP.com.
A designated federal office would welcome and assist immigrants and refugees in adjusting to life in the United States if a legislative measure from Sen. Ed Markey proves successful. Read more at Telegram.com.
Rodrigo Pimentel of East Providence said he is breathing a sigh of relief after President Joe Biden proposed an eight-year pathway to U.S. citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants currently residing in the country. Read more at The Herald News.
Minutes after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, Zambian immigrant Mufalo Chitam took a phone call to share her thoughts on the changing of the guard watched by the world. Read more from Taunton Daily Gazette.
This “Dreamer” has lived on the edge since 2017, when President Donald Trump took office and vowed to abolish DACA, the program that shields hundreds of thousands who came to the United States as children from deportation. Read more from NECN.
President Joe Biden’s first round of immigration-related executive orders has drawn praise and hope for further reform from immigration advocates in Massachusetts and across the country. Read more from GBH.
IN EARLY APRIL, amid the first COVID-19 surge and an emerging shortage of health care workers, Gov. Charlie Baker signed an executive order allowing foreign-trained medical doctors to gain full licensure here in Massachusetts. Read more from Commonwealth Magazine.
Some 200,000 Massachusetts residents without legal status stand to gain from the sweeping immigration plan President Joe Biden sent to Congress on Wednesday, his first full day in office. Read more from MassLive.
