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U.S. Appeals Court Allows Trump to End Temporary Protection Status for 4 Countries

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On September 14, 2020, a three-judge panel on the U.S. 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court’s preliminary injunction blocking the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for about 400,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan. In Massachusetts, the fate of almost 11,000 TPS holders and their families is on the … Continued

Court Rejects Trump’s Memorandum to Erase Immigrants From the Census

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Yesterday, a three-judge panel in Federal District Court in Manhattan blocked President Trump’s Memo to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count used to allocate seats in Congress. The judges found that the Memo violates federal law and everyone living in the U.S. must be counted for apportionment purposes regardless of their legal status. The … Continued

Immigration Q+As with Rep. Joe Kennedy and Sen. Ed Markey

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We want to make sure that voters, who feel passionately about immigrant justice, know where candidates stand on these critical issues. We asked Senator Markey and Congressman Kennedy identical questions about Dreamers, TPS holders, immigration reform, and relief for immigrant families during the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Watch and please share widely! And again, make sure to VOTE, … Continued

Ali Family Fund Gift Doubles MIRA Citizenship Program Capacity

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The Ali Family Fund has awarded $150,000 to MIRA to support free legal assistance with naturalization and outreach to aspiring new Americans, enabling MIRA’s Citizenship Program to double its capacity, for an expected total of 600 applications to be submitted in the next two years. More than half of immigrants in Massachusetts – over 643,000 … Continued

State budget provides urgent relief to families hit hard by COVID-19 crisis

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State budget provides urgent relief to families hit hard by COVID-19 crisis BOSTON – Governor Charlie Baker today signed a supplemental budget for fiscal 2020 that includes $10 million in direct cash assistance for Massachusetts residents struggling to meet even basic needs amid the COVID-19 crisis, and aims to raise $10 million more from private … Continued

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Trump’s Unconstitutional Tactic to Erase Immigrants

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Yesterday, President Trump signed a memorandum to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census count for apportionment purposes, which would almost certainly reduce the number of congressional seats allocated to immigrant-rich states. This would deny political representation to Americans and immigrants alike. In response, the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA), Secretary of the … Continued

A big milestone for the Safe Communities Act

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BOSTON – Today the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security reported out the Safe Communities Act (S.1401 and H.3573) with a recommendation that it “ought to pass.” The bill now goes to the House Ways and Means Committee. The Safe Communities Coalition, a diverse group of immigrant community leaders, civil rights and legal advocates, faith … Continued

A victory for students – and Massachusetts’ knowledge economy

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BOSTON – Today, at a federal court hearing over a new international students rule that could have wrought havoc on the education of hundreds of thousands of students at U.S. colleges and universities, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs said federal immigration authorities had agreed to rescind the directive and “return to the status quo.” Eva A. Millona, president and … Continued

New student rules are an assault on higher education and public health

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BOSTON – On Monday, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that international students on F-1 and M-1 visas will be required to leave the country if the college or university program they’re enrolled in is online only – and even under some circumstances if the schools are operating on a hybrid online/in-person model. The impact … Continued

Extended immigration ban, work visa restrictions will hurt Massachusetts

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BOSTON – In a single proclamation yesterday, President Trump extended his April order sharply curtailing legal immigration to the U.S.– including all family-based migration except for spouses and minor children of U.S. citizens – until December 31, and suspended key employment-based visas until the year’s end. Based on fiscal 2019 data, the Migration Policy Institute … Continued