Legal Aid For Illegal Immigrants, Sanctuary State Status For Massachusetts

Editor’s Note:  Maroni Minter, political director of the Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition, which is known as MIRA, spoke in favor of bills before the Massachusetts legislature that would enhance the services that Massachusetts offers to illegal immigrants during a meeting of the Somerville City Council on Thursday, March 13, 2025. He was introduced by Wilfred Mbah, an at-large member of the city council, who said during the meeting that Minter “approached us with this idea”

Editor’s Note:  Maroni Minter, political director of the Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition, which is known as MIRA, spoke in favor of bills before the Massachusetts legislature that would enhance the services that Massachusetts offers to illegal immigrants during a meeting of the Somerville City Council on Thursday, March 13, 2025. He was introduced by Wilfred Mbah, an at-large member of the city council, who said during the meeting that Minter “approached us with this idea”…