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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.

Dusty ChristensenAugust 16, 2025

An illustration by Melissa Mendes shows Palestine-solidarity protesters being photographed on cell phones with ICE agents in the background.

An illustration by Melissa Mendes shows Palestine-solidarity protesters being photographed on cell phones with ICE agents in the background.

Investigations

Doxing, death threats, deportation: How the far right stifled campus activism and sent ICE after a local student

Militant groups have targeted local Palestine-solidarity activists — part of what they say is an intimidation campaign to silence them.

Dan McGlynn and Jonathan GerhardsonJune 9, 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.

Jonathan GerhardsonApril 5, 2025