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‘My heart is shattered’: Portuguese immigrants opt to self-deport amid local ICE raids

Lucia flips through immigration papers she keeps in a large pink folder at her home in New Bedford. She’s originally from the Azorean islands, an autonomous region of Portugal, and has lived in the U.S. with her husband and two children for about 12 years. The walls of her home are lined with family photos […]

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Organizaciones de asistencia a inmigrantes en New Bedford protestaron las acciones de ICE en la región

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 […]

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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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Redada de ICE genera ansiedad en la comunidad inmigrante de New Bedford

Click here to read in English.  María vive en New Bedford y originalmente es de México. Lleva más de 20 años viviendo en el país, y bromea que la comida mexicana de la Costa Este no se puede comparar a lo que ella solía comer en su hogar en México. Siguió a su esposo a […]

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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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Fishermen could face stricter catch limits as Trump slashes NOAA

The federal agency that studies the ocean and manages fisheries lost about 1,200 employees in February. But for the fishermen regulated by the agency, it’s still business as usual on the docks.  On a recent Wednesday, many crews on New Bedford’s fishing piers were doing gear work for their next trip, as Eric Hansen repaired […]

Posted inEnvironment, Local, South Coast Bureau

DOGE considering canceling key NOAA building leases

Late last month, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, mandated that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration get rid of 31 of its rental offices and facilities, including three in New England, The Public’s Radio has learned.  Former NOAA scientists say they especially fear the ramifications of losing a building on the list in […]

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UMass Dartmouth’s $660 million problem: preserving its Brutalist campus

Brutalism had its heyday 60 years ago, but this polarizing style of architecture is back in the spotlight. At the Oscars, Adrien Brody won Best Actor for his performance of a Brutalist architect. In Washington, President Trump has re-issued an executive order deploring Brutalism. And in southeastern Massachusetts, our reporter Ben Berke brings us this story about a Brutalist college campus designed by a celebrated architect whose buildings are disappearing across the country.

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