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‘It was like the end of the world’: Local Colombians react to earthquake, launch fundraising efforts
Massachusetts and Rhode Island Colombians say they've heard from relatives and friends about the devastation in the country, and multiple Colombian businesses are raising money to help. -
Silent detention: Mental health impact of ICE arrests on families reaches crisis point
Immigrant families are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis due to detention, and the barriers to getting help are both structural and cultural. -
Gov. Healey signs PROTECT Act, banning ICE from schools, hospitals
Advocates, legislators, even a mariachi band to celebrate the PROTECT Act as it was signed into law by the Governor. -
Mass. and Boston officials urge landlords to reject ICE plan to lease 249 parking spots downtown
The prospective parking spaces would all be “in the vicinity of existing or planned ICE facilities,” largely increasing the agency's visible presence in Boston. -
Pressley renews call for ICE facility closure after oversight visit
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) shared with GBH's All Things Considered takeaways from her recent visit to a controversial ICE facility in Texas. -
Employers begin layoffs of Haitian protected status holders
Layoffs of Haitian workers could impact the continuity and quality of care for people who benefit from human service programs. -
ACLU of Mass. sues feds over records on military personnel used as immigration judges
The organization says the program, which appears to have placed at least three assigned active duty military personnel in Boston and Chelmsford’s immigration courts, “raises a number of troubling and very serious legal questions.” -
Dozens rally at Boston City Hall Plaza to urge passage of bill extending TPS for Haitians
Immigrants, community leaders and policymakers rallied Thursday to urge the U.S. Senate to pass a bill extending temporary protected status, or TPS, for Haitian immigrants. -
New federal rules could spur brain drain at Mass. universities, experts warn
A new burden on international students the Trump administration plans to impose this fall will limit how long student visas last. -
Lawmakers demand answers after ‘bombshell’ report of ICE officer shooting in Maine
The Associated Press reported that David Brouillette, the ICE officer who shot a Colombian man in Biddeford, Maine, is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood.