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Featured Audience: Employers & Business Owners

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
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Haiti TPS Termination / Fen TPS an Ayiti

Haiti TPS Termination: What do I need to know?: (1.23.2026) – English Fen TPS an Ayiti: Kisa mwen bezwen konnen (1.23.2026)- Kreyol Ayisyen
Community Members Employers & Business Owners Legal Providers Service Providers English Haitian Creole Know Your Rights TPS
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Safe Communities Act

Because civil immigration enforcement is not our job. The new federal administration will use every tool available to deport members of our immigrant communities, including our police and courts. This misuse of public safety resources drives a wedge between immigrant communities and the public institutions that protect and serve them. That’s why the Safe Communities … Continued
Community Members Educators Employers & Business Owners Legal Providers Service Providers English State policy
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Immigrant Legal Defense Act

Immigrants facing deportation proceedings are not guaranteed a court-appointed attorney if they cannot afford one. Without a lawyer, immigrants in detention are 10 times less likely to win relief from deportation.  With a federal administration committed to the mass detention and deportation of immigrants, and a new Congress actively stripping away existing rights and privileges, … Continued
Community Members Educators Employers & Business Owners Legal Providers Service Providers English State policy
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Immigrant Children, Youth, and Families in Massachusetts (March 2024)

Approximately 20% of Massachusetts’ population is aged 18 and under. Six percent of children living in Massachusetts are foreign born, and nearly a third of children in the state have at least one foreign born parent. Learn more here: MIRA – Immigrant Children Youth and Families 2024
Community Members Employers & Business Owners Service Providers English Children & Families education State policy Workforce & economy
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¿Qué es DACA? (September 2023)

Establecido por el presidente Obama en 2012, DACA (Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia, por sus siglas en inglés), es un permiso que ha permitido a miles de jóvenes inmigrantes sin documentación, vivir y trabajar legalmente en Estados Unidos. El permiso está sujeto a renovación cada dos años. Para calificar, se requiere haber … Continued
Community Members Educators Employers & Business Owners Spanish Children & Families education Legal Workforce & economy
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What is DACA? (September 2023)

Established by President Obama in 2012, DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) allowed hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants to live and work legally in the US, subject to renewal every two years. To qualify, you had to be undocumented; have arrived in the U.S. prior to your 16th birthday; have lived continuously in … Continued
Community Members Educators Employers & Business Owners English Children & Families education Legal Workforce & economy
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DACA and Dreamers

Free legal assistance! Information on DACA in English & Spanish UPDATE January 2025: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision on the DACA program. The decision does not change the current status. Individuals who have DACA (or whose DACA expired less than a year ago) can continue to renew it. In September 2023, … Continued
Community Members Educators Employers & Business Owners English Children & Families education Workforce & economy
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Multilingual Resources and Translations (Brazilian Portuguese)

MULTILINGUAL RESOURCES AND TRANSLATIONS Here are some organizations that have translated resources and might offer translations: Português Source Hub Brazilian Women’s Group Español  CASA IAC
Community Members Educators Employers & Business Owners Legal Providers Service Providers English Portuguese Workforce & economy