NAIJTF Featured in Needham Observer Article
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Task Force Supports Injured Workers Bill
Task Force testimony for Injured Workers Bill!
Help Support Legal Aid for Immigrants through Fundraising Campaign
The Metrowest Worker Center (Casa del Trabajador/Casa do Trabalhador) is on the front lines of providing legal and other financial support, as well as care for families who have had loved ones snatched up by ICE in recent weeks. ICE raids increase the need for your help We Met Our Original Goal — Now The [...]
How Much Will It Cost to Deport a Single Immigrant?
"Deporting a single person from the U.S. costs between $14,000 and $20,000. This includes arrest and apprehension ($10,000–$12,000), detention ($4,867), legal processing ($1,500–$2,000), and transportation (~$1,978). The process can take weeks to years. Scaling up deportations could cost billions, disrupt labor markets, and reduce tax revenue, making it financially and logistically challenging." Read the full [...]
Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala
Task Force member, Val Kistler, is raising money for NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) with a goal of raising $5,000. Her family has been personally involved in this organization which provides life saving work protecting life and territory in Guatemala, with similarly impacted communities in the US – building horizontal exchanges [...]
Massachusetts Immigration Legislation Roundup: Week of May 17, 2020
Emergency ITIN Bill Driver's Licenses for All Safe Communities Act Plus, please contact State and Federal Legislators about the violence in Bristol County jail on May 1: After a brawl at Bristol County jail involving Sheriff, advocates for immigrant detainees call for an investigation. Please request the following: 1) an immediate investigation into the riot2) [...]
Safe Communities Act
Thank you to everyone who emailed the members of the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security urging action from them last week. The SCA Campaign is asking for advocates to keep the momentum going because we have just two weeks until the June 1st deadline. They have created a super easy toolkit where [...]
Driver’s Licenses for All
The Driver’s Licenses for All bill was voted out of Joint Committee on Transportation favorably, but needs some energy to move it to the floor for a vote. The DFF Coalition is hosting Driving Without Fear: A Virtual Town Hall this Thursday, May 21st at 6 PM to come together virtually to elevate why we [...]
Emergency ITIN Bill
New! Emergency ITIN bill: Did you know that 57,000 MA residents who paid state and federal income taxes in 2019 were denied a federal stimulus check because they used an ITIN number—Individual Taxpayer ID Number? There is a bill in the MA Legislature to remedy this: S.2659/ HD.503 An Act to Provide Equal Stimulus Checks [...]
ICE Raids: Cambodian Community
From our friends at Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW) At the end of last week, AARW was able to confirm that there is a roundup/raid that ICE will be conducting to detain Cambodian community members on October 3rd. Community members have received notices to turn themselves on this date to ICE where they will face [...]