immigrants

Some Cape residents are being impacted by the end of temporary protected status for Haitian immigrants. The magnitude of the fallout is still unclear, but so far, we know at least some local Haitians’ lives are being upended as a result of the loss of legal status.

The Trump administration plans to end protected immigration status for citizens of Haiti in February, more than 15 years after the Obama administration granted it following a devastating earthquake in 2010.

After at least one Falmouth resident was taken by immigration authorities last week, a local activist group is trying to spread the word about immigrant rights.

CAI spoke to freelance journalist Gerardo Beltrán Salinas, who has been on the ground covering the raids in New Bedford for the past several weeks.

Since its founding, the organization has focused on labor rights and immigration. In the process, it has helped bring the local Maya community out of the shadows.

Brazilian candidate will teach Portuguese as a temporary non-immigrant, a first for the district.

This summer, the U.S. ended its 20-year war in Afghanistan. As the Taliban captured the capital, Kabul, tens-of-thousands of Afghans fled the country, fearing repression and economic collapse. One family’s journey out of Kabul led them to New Bedford.

Muska Yousuf, a lawyer on the Outer Cape who has relatives in Afghanistan, said she’s been trying to figure out how to help them.

Nantucket is experiencing a surge of COVID-19 cases, and officials are concerned about risk factors that could feed the outbreak.The 40 people diagnosed…