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MIRA Applauds Federal Court Decision Blocking Public Charge Rule Nationwide

November 2, 2020

BOSTON – Eva Millona, President and CEO of the MIRA Coalition, today issued the following statement in response to a federal court’s summary judgement vacating the public charge rule, thus blocking implementation of the policy nationwide. “The new public charge rule is an unconscionable attack on low-income immigrant communities that aims to stop them from … Continued

Unemployed And Undocumented, Thousands Turn To Community Organizations For Support

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November 1, 2020

Standing outside of her home in Boston, Ada told me about her old job — the one she lost back in March. Read more from WBUR.

No Clipboards, Just Conversations: Canvassing For New Voters In N.H.’s Immigrant Communities

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October 30, 2020

It’s a little before 11 a.m., a little over a week before the election, just off of Union Street on Manchester’s East Side. And Eva Castillo is on a mission. Read more from New Hampshire Public Radio

MIRA Members and Partners: There’s Still Time for Newly Naturalized Citizens to Register to Vote

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October 29, 2020

Individuals who were naturalized in MA after October 24, 2020 can register to vote until November 2, 2020 BOSTON – Today, MIRA is standing with members and partners – Common Cause, the Massachusetts Voter Table, the Chinese Progressive Association and the Berkshire Immigrant Center – to issue an important notice to newly naturalized citizens in … Continued

MIRA Responds to Presidential Determination on Historically Low Refugee Admissions Number

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October 28, 2020

BOSTON – Eva Millona, President and CEO of the MIRA Coalition, today issued the following statement in response to the Presidential Determination setting the U.S. refugee resettlement number to just 15,000 for 2021, a historic low. “This administration has launched relentless attacks against the U.S. Refugee Settlement Program for the past four years – and … Continued

MIRA Announces 2020 Census Self-Response Rate Exceeded 2010 Rate

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October 23, 2020

MIRA calls on Congress to ensure accurate count by moving reporting deadline from Dec. 31, 2020 to April 2021 BOSTON – MIRA today announced that the 2020 Census self-response rate in Massachusetts exceeded the 2010 rate. Despite unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, an abrupt end to the count and attempts to exclude immigrants … Continued

Massachusetts officials urge residents to fill out census by end of Thursday

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October 14, 2020

Massachusetts officials are sounding the alarm about the early shutdown of the census, and are urging residents to respond by the end of Thursday. Read more from the Boston Herald.

‘So transparently deceitful.’ Ending census early will leave parts of Boston uncounted, possibly resulting in less aid

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October 14, 2020

Massachusetts officials warned Wednesday that a Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to halt the census count early could result in a botched final tally, even as federal officials asserted that the vast majority of households in the state had already been counted. Read more from the Boston Globe.

MIRA Condemns Early Stop to Census Count, Calls on Congress to Ensure Accurate Count

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October 14, 2020

Boston, MA – Eva Millona, President and CEO of the MIRA Coalition and Chair of the Statewide Complete Count Committee, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the National Urban League case and the Census Bureau’s decision to stop the count for the 2020 Census. “Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling … Continued

Huge Court Win! Census Count Extended!

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September 25, 2020

Last night, Judge Koh, a federal judge for the Northern District of California, ordered the Trump Administration to abandon their last-minute attempts to end the 2020 Census on September 30th. This decision requires the census count to continue until October 31 and bars the Census Bureau from handing over the population report to the White … Continued