Press Statement 4/14/25 – Federal Funding for Citizenship Program Terminated News April 14, 2025 Earlier this year, the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition announced that United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) … More
Voting as a New Citizen – We asked a New American Changemaker to share her thoughts Blog November 7, 2024 Tell us briefly about yourself: any details about yourself, your life now, or your personal history you want to share. … More
Why Vote? We asked a New American Changemaker to share his thoughts Blog October 24, 2024 Nearly 24 million immigrant adults in the U.S. were naturalized citizens in 2022, according to the Pew Research Center. That’s … More
New US citizenship test makes naturalization more difficult for Mass. immigrants News December 20, 2020 There are already many obstacles to achieving citizenship in the United States and experts say President Donald Trump’s new naturalization … More
MIRA and 21 Members Urge Trump Administration to Rescind Changes to Citizenship Test News December 16, 2020 BOSTON – This week, MIRA and 21 of its members submitted formal comments calling on the Trump Administration to rescind … More
Immigration advocates, lawmakers voice concerns over revised naturalization civics exam News December 14, 2020 When Bismarelis Inla applied for United States citizenship four years ago, the civics exam was administered by one U.S. Citizen … More
Make becoming an American citizen great again News November 27, 2020 It’s been said many times that most American-born citizens would fail the US history and civics test that immigrants must … More
New U.S. citizenship test draws criticism News November 19, 2020 Individuals who apply for naturalization on or after Dec. 1, 2020 will be taking a revised U.S. citizenship test that … More
MIRA Members and Partners: There’s Still Time for Newly Naturalized Citizens to Register to Vote News October 29, 2020 Individuals who were naturalized in MA after October 24, 2020 can register to vote until November 2, 2020 BOSTON – … More
Ali Family Fund Gift Doubles MIRA Citizenship Program Capacity News August 10, 2020 The Ali Family Fund has awarded $150,000 to MIRA to support free legal assistance with naturalization and outreach to aspiring … More
