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Immigration courts are using a new tactic to speed up deportations
The Justice Department is moving up the court hearings for hundreds of immigrants and scheduling them for mass hearings. If they don't show up, they could be ordered deported. -
Feds put ‘severely disruptive’ restrictions on applying for green cards
Local immigration attorneys say the move by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will impact thousands of people trying to adjust their statuses in Massachusetts. -
Cape Cod high schooler and father in ICE custody after ‘highly unusual’ Coast Guard arrest
A government attorney argued Thursday the father should continue to be detained due to his pending removal order. -
Mass. public school enrollment is down 14K. Nearly half were English language learners.
Immigration enforcement over the past year appears to be a big factor in the fact that statewide, school enrollment fell by more than 14,000 in the year ending in October 2025. -
Healey bars ICE from getting undercover license plates for civil arrests
“Massachusetts is not going to allow state resources to be used to help ICE operate in secret while they are violating people’s rights and making us all less safe,” said a state spokesperson. -
Malden’s unique mix of restaurants and gaming grew out of its immigrant population
More than a quarter of Malden's population is now Asian, and you can see it in the downtown businesses that have emerged. -
Immigrant commercial drivers in Mass. hit a dead end trying to renew licenses
The state’s Registry of Motor Vehicles for months followed a Trump administration rule in disallowing an estimated 1,600 immigrants from renewing CDLs. -
WATCH: ‘It’s hard to say goodbye’: Why Brazilian immigrants are leaving Framingham
Amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, Brazilians are leaving Framingham, a community they revitalized in the 1980s and 1990s. -
Boston's Citizenship Day attracts fewer applicants amid tense immigration climate
The annual event in Roxbury saw 158 aspiring citizens complete their applications, half the number from last year. -
At unique May Day protest, ICE fears loom large over immigrant labor, life
The rally, organized by LUCE Immigrant Justice Network and allies, included several undocumented immigrants who spoke about their own personal interactions with ICE.
