Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Noorulhaq Sadeqi is a 38-year-old man from Afghanistan. He’s a refugee who’s been living in the U.S. for three years. Before that, Sadeqi served in the U.S.-supported Afghan airforce as a pilot and translator. But following the Taliban’s takeover in 2021 he was forced to flee. “This is […]
Immigration
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Refugee Dream Center está trabajando horas extras para cubrir una avalancha de nuevos casos
Click here to read in English. Noorulhaq Sadeqi es un hombre de 38 años de Afganistán. Es un refugiado que ha vivido en los Estados Unidos por tres años. Antes de eso, Sadeqi sirvió en la fuerza aérea afgana, apoyada por Estados Unidos, como piloto y traductor. Pero tras la toma de poder de los […]
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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 […]
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Local Syrian couple says ‘hopes are coming back’ after the fall of Assad regime
With the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, we wanted to hear from members of the local Syrian community to see what they think about the regime and the aftermath so far. We reached out to two Syrian-Americans we’ve spoken to before on the Public’s Radio, Amjad Kinjawi and Mayss Bajbouj-Kinjawi of North Attleboro. […]
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Providence schools budget feud, preparing for Trump’s mass deportation plan, and more
Providence school officials have persistently warned that if the city continues to underfund education, they will have to make some painful cuts. We hear from two PPSD leaders about what’s at stake if they don’t get the additional $10 million they’re asking for. Also, president-elect Trump has vowed to enact what he calls the “largest deportation operation in American history.” The head of a New Bedford advocacy organization tells us what they’re hearing from local immigrants, what people should know, and how to prepare. Plus, we hear about the community that’s formed around a popular weaving class at a Providence library. That and more on this week’s show.
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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 […]
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Seafood supplier for top supermarkets sued for allegedly using child labor at Fall River plant
Legal aid groups filed a lawsuit this week on behalf of three migrant teenagers who allegedly worked at a seafood processing plant in Fall River that supplies some of the region’s biggest supermarket chains. The minors, who are not identified by name in the complaint, allegedly started working at Raw Seafoods’ processing plant in the […]
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Cranston Republicans scrap over tuition for immigrants
College tuition for undocumented immigrants has become an issue in the Cranston mayoral Republican primary between incumbent Mayor Ken Hopkins and challenger state Rep. Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung. A mailer sent by Hopkins’ campaign this week reads in part: “Should illegal immigrants get free college tuition? Barbara Fenton-Fung says yes.” The mailer shows a large number […]
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Police press charges in a second sexual harassment case at New Bedford Market Basket
Police have criminally charged a second Market Basket employee for alleged sexual misconduct at the company’s New Bedford supermarket. Juana DeLeon Quinilla, an employee who has chosen to speak publicly under her real name, is accusing a colleague of flashing his penis to her while she cleaned the men’s bathroom and grabbing her butt and […]
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New driver’s license law creates backlog for Mass. community group helping undocumented immigrants apply
For over six months now, undocumented immigrants in Massachusetts have been able to get driver’s licenses, under the Work and Family Mobility Act that took effect last July. The controversial measure took nearly two-decades to pass and allows people to obtain a learner’s permit or driver’s license regardless of their immigration status. One of them […]
