Click here to read in English. Aproximada 200 personas se reunieron en las escaleras del ayuntamiento de New Bedford el sábado en la mañana para protestar una reciente redada de ICE en una casa del South End que resultó en el arresto de dos hombres Guatemaltecos: José Antonio García García, de 39 años, y Miguel […]
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Immigrant advocacy groups in New Bedford held a rally to protest ICE actions in the region
Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Around 200 people gathered on the steps of New Bedford city hall Saturday morning to protest a recent ICE raid on a South End home that resulted in the arrest of two Guatemalan men: José Antonio Garcia Garcia, 39, and Miguel Ordoñez Socop, 35. According to the New […]
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Dos hombres Guatemaltecos detenidos por ICE en New Bedford
Click here to read in English. Agentes federales de inmigración detuvieron a dos inmigrantes Guatemaltecos en el South End de New Bedford durante la madrugada del viernes. Según los familiares de los dos hombres detenidos, los agentes estaban armados, vestidos con uniformes militares y utilizaron un ariete para entrar a su hogar en el South […]
Posted inBusiness, Local, Transportation
What it’s like to (finally) ride the train from New Bedford to Boston
Lea Jarrett rode the train for love. A law student at Boston College, her boyfriend usually has to drive her up to Boston after her weekend visits. But on Monday, he dropped Jarrett at the station in New Bedford. “This is kind of a gamechanger,” Jarrett said. Jarrett was one of about 60 people who […]
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Two Guatemalan men detained by ICE in New Bedford
Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Federal immigration agents detained two Guatemalan immigrants in New Bedford’s South End early Friday morning. According to the family members of the two men detained, the agents were armed, dressed in military fatigues and used a battering ram to enter their home in the city’s South End. They […]
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New Bedford immigrant community is on edge after news of ICE raid
Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Maria lives in New Bedford and is originally from Mexico. She’s been in the country for more than 20 years now, and jokes that the Mexican food on the East Coast isn’t as good as what she’s used to back home. She followed her husband to the U.S. […]
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New Bedford welcomes new citizens in a naturalization ceremony at the Immigrants’ Assistance Center
A group of new American citizens was officially welcomed into the community last Friday at New Bedford’s Immigrants’ Assistance Center. Friends and family applauded, whistled in jubilation and stretched their arms to take pictures of their loved ones receiving their certificates and becoming citizens of the U.S. Some new citizens were visibly holding back tears […]
Posted inEnvironment, Local, South Coast Bureau
New Bedford’s next offshore wind play: More office space
New Bedford’s waterfront is already bustling with the colossal maneuvers of offshore wind construction – there are cranes assembling turbines taller than the city’s biggest buildings, and ships arriving with blades as long as football fields. But on Monday, Mayor Jon Mitchell announced the city’s latest play in the industry: creating more office space for […]
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How can immigrants in our region prepare for a second Trump presidency?
President-elect Donald Trump has said that he plans to launch the largest deportation operation in American history. Now that he’s been elected, Trump’s campaign promises are causing fear among immigrants in our region. Morning host Luis Hernandez spoke with Helena DaSilva Hughes, president of the Immigrants’ Assistance Center in New Bedford, about some of those […]
Posted inHousing, Local, South Coast Bureau
With cold weather coming and beds in short supply, advocates want New Bedford to build a city-run homeless camp
TRANSCRIPT: This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Luis Hernandez: The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld a ban on sleeping or camping in public places, a decision that’s left many people experiencing homelessness with no place to go. Advocates in New Bedford have responded by encouraging the city to build its own city-run […]
