Sarah Betancourt
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Immigrants, attorneys describe ‘chaotic’ few days of ICE detentions on South Coast (opens the original)
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Three undocumented brothers who shared an apartment in New Bedford went to a Market Basket on Monday, doing their usual grocery pick-up for themselves, and a separate one for their brother, sister-in-law and baby niece. Maria, their sister-in-law, was at work when she heard the news: all three had been detained in the parking lot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. GBH News isn’t using her last name due to her own fears of detention as she continues an asylum case. They were at the traf
At least 2 dozen immigrants detained in ICE arrest wave across New Bedford, Dartmouth and Fall River (opens the original)
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Antonia Lucas says that she and her partner, Miguel Ixcuna, were driving home from a nonprofit around noon on Monday when two vehicles stopped them, blocking their vehicle in front and behind. She says a man walked up to the window and tapped on the window, asking for her identification, which she gave. Then, she says agents opened her husband’s driver side door and pulled him out. “He was scared. They didn’t even take time to talk with him really,” she said. Their two daughters, ages 3 and 9, w
Health advocates warn of MassHealth changes for immigrants coming Oct. 1 (opens the original)
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Health care advocates are warning immigrants and community members about upcoming changes to eligibility for health coverage through MassHealth. The changes are the result of the Trump administrations’ One Big Beautiful Bill, signed in July 2025, and are ultimately creating eligibility changes that affect immigrants’ access to health coverage and state Medicare programs. Many immigrants will now have to pay more out of pocket. “Effective October 1, 2026, full MassHealth coverage for individuals
Attorneys accuse Chelmsford immigration judge of bias in failure to follow protocol (opens the original)
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In a recent morning at Chelmsford Immigration Court, dozens of immigrants and attorneys crowded into a room, and more appeared by videoconference. Judge Christopher Cooper, was presiding from Detroit, one of the new temporary immigration judges for the court. What happened over the next few hours — recounted by several immigration attorneys present — was not routine. Attorneys called Cooper’s conduct biased, and said he relied heavily on Department of Homeland Security attorneys to provide reaso
Sailors? Long before green cards and civics tests, here's what U.S. naturalization looked like (opens the original)
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In the first years after the Revolutionary War, the question of who could become a citizen rarely came up on the new country’s soil. It was instead asked hundreds of miles offshore, when American sailors were stopped by British ships forced to prove which country they belonged to. “It’s actually a big controversy,” said Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, senior research fellow at Harvard University and author of “Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution.” “The people who really care about
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