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An illustration by artist Charles Forsman shows an immigrant farmworker looking over her shoulder as she stands in front of a car. Reflected in the window behind her is an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, face masked and glasses on. An illustration by artist Charles Forsman shows an immigrant farmworker looking over her shoulder as she stands in front of a car. Reflected in the window behind her is an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, face masked and glasses on.

Immigration

Life under ICE: Surviving and organizing amid a new immigration regime

Federal agents have already disappeared some living without legal status in western Mass; for others, fear pervades.

August 16, 2025

Education

Feds revoke student visas at UMass as Trump sets sights on public universities

"These revocations are troubling on several levels," UMass Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes said in an email to the campus Friday night.

April 5, 2025
Gov. Maura Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll and Gina Fiandaca, the secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, attend an event about the Work and Family Mobility Act at a Boston RMV location on July 10, 2023.

Immigration

Op-Ed: Language Justice Still Needed for Immigrant Drivers

Under a new law, undocumented immigrants can get a driver’s license. But bureaucratic language barriers still stand in the way.

August 28, 2023

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