SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers for a group of highly skilled immigrants from India and China say they'll keep pressing the government to allow their clients — and tens of thousands of others — to immediately apply to become permanent U.S. residents, even after a federal judge rejected their request for an emergency order.
The State Department issued a notice early last month announcing which categories of the immigrants would be able to file their final green card paperwork beginning Oct. 1, a step that grants several benefits, including the ability to change jobs and travel abroad more easily as they wait for permanent resident status.
BOSTON — U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy and state Attorney General Maura Healey appeared at a State House hearing Tuesday to support bills that would increase protections for transgender people.
Before a packed Gardner Auditorium, supporters and opponents spoke out about the measures, which would govern access to public spaces, including gender-segregated restrooms and school locker rooms. Both bills would expand a 2011 law aimed at preventing discrimination against transgender people by extending that protection to cover access to public accommodations.
