Mass Law Report and La Colaborativa pushed for this law for all immigrants in Massachusetts who have legal status, said Vega, after finding themselves in a precarious situation to meet the community's need for food, especially with the arrival of more migrants to the state. According...
Massachusettson Wednesday proposed that in most cases, all members of a family staying inemergency shelterswould have to be in the country legally, hardening her stance at a time when concerns are being raised about the safety at the facilities. Democratic Gov...
This study was conducted in Greater Western Sydney (GWS), a region in Australia notable for its cultural diversity and significant migrant population, which comprises 50% of its residents [23,24]. The choice of Western Sydney is strategic due to its status as a microcosm of global migration t...
Dennis Culhane, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who has long advised the government on homelessness data, said that about three-quarters of the increase in homelessness occurred in the four states hit hardest by asylum-seekers — New York, Illinois, Colorado and Ma...
Md Abdus SaburDepartment of Sociology, 14707University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USASAGE PublicationsMen and Masculinities
"The Commonwealth has many resources for assisting individuals that arrive in Massachusetts with varying immigration statuses and needs and is working with all partners involved to make sure those resources are available to the migrants that arrived last night," Baker said. ...
She emphasized the urgent nature of the operation at a moment when as many as 1,000 families a month were arriving in Massachusetts seeking assistance. “Everyone was doing the best they can to make sure people had a shelter, a roof over their head, ...
In Massachusetts. Democratic Gov. Maura Healey set a threshold of 7,500 families in emergency shelters. New York City and Chicago also are limiting migrants’ shelter stays. A few Chicago City Council members want to gauge voter support for ending “sanctuary city” status with a nonbindin...
However, all states are required to provide children with access to public primary and secondary education, regardless of their immigration status. And in New York City and Massachusetts, the city and state governments are legally obligated to provide residents with shelter. Failing to do so could...
and plans to house asylum-seekers in vacant schools have generated ferventlocal backlash. In cities likeSacramentoandDenver, some migrants have found themselves on the brink of homelessness. In Boston and other parts of Massachusetts, the arrival of thousands of families and pregnant women seeking ...