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Policy Updates – 9/17/26

With the administration’s new Public Charge rule set to go into effect on September 18, 22 states filed suit in federal court earlier this week in order to stop the rule. In their complaint, the states argue that the new rule “removes any meaningful guidance” regarding what USCIS officers may consider and that the administration … Continued

Hispanic Heritage Month: The Freedom We Carry Across Borders

En español The Freedom We Carry Across Borders contributed by Luciano Paskevicius, Lowell Alliance When people speak about Hispanic Heritage Month, the conversation often turns to food, music, language, and traditions. Those things matter, but for me, heritage lives somewhere deeper. It lives in the values and political ideas we carry from one generation to … Continued

STATEMENT: MIRA Coalition Issues Statement on U.S. District Court Ruling Striking Down Title 42

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  Boston, MA – In response to the ruling by the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia striking down the Title 42 policy, Elizabeth Sweet, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition issued the following statement: “We welcome the ruling from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia striking down … Continued

STATEMENT: MIRA Coalition Condemns Biden Administration Expansion of Title 42

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STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2022 Boston, MA – In response to the Biden Administration’s move to expand Title 42 restrictions to Venezuelan migrants, Elizabeth Sweet, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition issued the following statement: “We are deeply disappointed by the Biden administration’s decision to expand the racist, … Continued

STATEMENT: MIRA Coalition Praises End of Harmful “Remain in Mexico” Policy

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STATEMENT: MIRA Coalition Praises End of Harmful “Remain in Mexico” Policy Boston, MA – In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Biden v. Texas, which allows the Biden administration to terminate the Migrant Protection Protocols (better known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy), Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition Executive Director Elizabeth Sweet issued the following statement: “We are … Continued

Immigration Enforcement Bill Supporters See Improved Climate

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Lawmakers and immigration reform activists are hopeful that a national reckoning on racial justice can generate enough momentum to secure passage this session on a bill divesting local police from most interactions with federal immigration enforcement. Read more from GBH.

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

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

Standing up for racial justice

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In his 1963 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” For as long as any of us have been … Continued

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Aggressive escalation of immigration enforcement will make Mass. less safe

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On Friday we learned, through the media, that Border Patrol tactical units are being deployed in “sanctuary cities” across the U.S., including Boston, to assist Immigration & Customs Enforcement agents. Eva A. Millona, executive director of MIRA, has the following response: “We are very troubled and concerned about this escalation of immigration enforcement, which we … Continued