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One-In-Ten Massachusetts Workers Has Limited English Proficiency
A new MassINC study reveals that 10 percent of workers in Massachusetts have limited English proficiency. Limited English is even more common…
Healey Orders Massachusetts State Agencies To Come Up With ‘Language Access Plan’ For Non-English Speakers
Each executive department state agency must identify a "Language Access Coordinator" within 30 days and develop a "Language Access…
Healey Not Handling Migrants Inflow Well, Democratic State Rep Says
Governor Maura Healey's administration needs to do a better job coordinating state and local government services to deal with the…
30 New Afghan Students Thriving In Newburyport Public Schools, Superintendent Says
Newburyport Public Schools have added 30 new students from Afghanistan at the beginning of 2022, Superintendent Sean Gallagher told The Newburyport Daily…
Mall Turning Into Indoor Marijuana-Growing Facility In Western Massachusetts
A mall in western Massachusetts that once housed a Sears and a Macy's is slated for indoor marijuana growing. A…
27 Romanians Caught Illegally Crossing Canadian Border Into Maine
Illegal border crossings don't happen just at the U.S.-Mexico border. Federal officials detained 27 Romanians who illegally crossed…
Portland To Hire Non-Citizens, Recent Pot Users As Cops
Not being a citizen of the United States and acknowledging marijuana use within the past five years used to be disqualifiers for…
Governor’s Latino Advisory Commission Listening Session: No Reporters Allowed
Governor Charlie Baker's Latino Advisory Commission held a "listening session" Tuesday night in Holyoke, but wanted to make…
Islamic Food Market Owner Expected To Plead Guilty To Defrauding Federal Government By Diverting Welfare Money
Prosecutors say the Iraq native, who is a U.S. citizen, diverted $3.5 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds he…
Want To Live in the United States? Canada? Both at the Same Time?
A hone owner is planning to sell his home that straddles the Vermont-Quebec border. One entrance is on the American side;…
Worcester Mayor Now Says Maybe He Didn’t Call Immigration Protesters ‘Freakin’ Morons’
The mayor and an activist who was at the Worcester City Council meeting held a joint press conference where they showed video…
Luxury high-rises spur new gentrification worries in Chinatown
BOSTON — In January 2015, a new landlord evicted Pei Ying Yu from her Hudson Street home in Boston's Chinatown section,…
Polish fest highlights a corner of Dorchester culture
BOSTON – Rainy weather Sunday failed to put a damper on the second annual Polish Festival celebration in Boston, as churchgoers streamed out…
Alcohol-infused bubble tea adds diversity to Hub menu
BOSTON – Allston's Limoo Tea Bar nestles with other Asian-themed restaurants in its Commonwealth Avenue neighborhood and can be easy…
Puerto Ricans flocking to mainland could sway swing states
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Residents of Puerto Rico can't vote in presidential elections. But with the island's economy in shambles,…
State Dept. official: ‘No excuse for governments to not enforce effective border controls’
(CNSNews.com) — The U.S. State Department's Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Justin Siberell, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental…
San Francisco to remain a ‘sanctuary city’
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Despite national outrage after a Mexican man killed a woman along a waterfront pier, San Francisco officials upheld the…
Waterfront is key to Boston’s revival
After the speaking program at the Boston Waterfront Cruise Terminal in South Boston last week, a young student from Catholic Academy came…
Pledging allegiance: Ceremony mints Boston’s newest citizens
This article includes an interactive quiz at the end of the story. BOSTON – On a sunny October afternoon, 368 immigrants from dozens…
Trump’s rise is driving immigrants to become citizens
MIAMI (AP) — On a recent Saturday morning in South Florida, 50-year-old Edgar Ospina stood in a long line of immigrants…
Cuban refugee climbed from modest start to help addicts get clean
WORCESTER – Dr. Matilde Castiel could probably give state policymakers plenty of advice about dealing with drug abuse and the deadly opioid crisis…
Trump rally sparks violent protest in Southern California
LOS ANGELES – In what may unfortunately provide a sign of what to expect in Cleveland when it hosts the Republican National Convention…
Boston immigrants drive Hub’s economic vitality, author says
BOSTON – Immigrants are more central than ever to Boston's economy. They make up more than a quarter of city residents…
Trump wins outsider votes in Florida, exit poll shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump drew the backing of Florida Republican primary voters who would like to see the deportation of immigrants in…
Homeland Sec.: ‘Only so much border security’
(CNSNews.com) – Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told the Senate Homeland Security Committee Tuesday that more must be done to address the…
Sweden to deport up to 80,000 asylum-seekers
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Interior Minister Anders Ygeman says Sweden could deport between 60,000 and 80,000 asylum-seekers in coming years. Ygeman…
Irlan Silva: From Favela to Boston Ballet First Soloist
BOSTON – Irlan Silva was 14 years old when he first visited America. As a young Brazilian ballet dancer from the most violent…
Obama calls Germany’s Merkel to talk Syrian refugee crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is trying to round up support for his plans to host a high-level summit on refugees…
Marathon bomber denied new trial, ordered to pay victims $101M
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rejected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's bid for a new trial and ordered…
Stranded Cuban migrants brought by air, bus to Mexico
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — Nearly 200 Cuban migrants traveled by air and across land through Central America and into southern Mexico on…
In GOP response to Obama, SC governor defends immigrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans should resist "the siren call of the angriest voices" in how the nation treats immigrants, South Carolina…
Germany will ease deportation rules after Cologne attacks
BERLIN (AP) — Germany will make it easier to deport criminal foreigners following public outrage over the New Year's Eve assaults…
Syrian family finds new home, new year’s hope in Germany
ZWICKAU, Germany (AP) — After months of flight and fear, the Habashieh family of Syria is starting to build a new home in…
Latinos urge lawmakers to help ‘undocumented immigrants’
BOSTON – Activists marked International Migrants Day at the State House Friday by delivering a declaration pledging support for undocumented immigrants and calling…
Declaration will salute immigrants, knock critics
To mark International Migrants Day, activists plan to visit the State House Friday and deliver a declaration outlining positive contributions of immigrants…
