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More states extend health coverage to immigrants even as issue inflames GOP
12/29/2023
Fort Worth-area family hopes new immigration program will help them reunite
12/27/2023
There’s a new push to help migrants in Massachusetts find work, but many barriers still stand in the way
12/27/2023
About US: The real problem with Trump’s rhetoric toward immigrants
12/19/2023
‘Texas, we’ll see you in court’: migrant law sparks outcry and opposition
12/19/2023
Trump reprises dehumanizing language on undocumented immigrants, warns of ‘invasion’
12/18/2023
Texas will begin arresting migrants under law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday
12/18/2023
Congress and President Biden should not trade away human rights and asylum protections for temporary defense funding
12/15/2023
Venezuelans Migrants in the Amazon: Listening to Stories
12/14/2023
The best tool we have against illegal immigration. It isn’t at the border and never will be.
12/3/2023
Talk of “Border Crisis” Is Misleading. The Real Crisis Is US-Imposed Poverty. U.S. policies created the poverty that drives people to migrate here, despite the lack of adequate social supports
11/21/2023
Mexican government, Dallas groups plan ‘know your rights’ training in wake of border bill
11/17/2023
Mass. high schools struggle to serve migrant students as the population has tripled over last 15 years, report finds
11/16/2023
Latin American Leaders Reject US-Imposed Migration Policies at Palenque Summit
11/6/2023
White Supremacist Conspiracy Theory Is Fueling Extreme Border Policy in Texas
10/24/2023
The Biden Administration Is Still Looking For Migrant Families Separated Under Trump
10/17/2023
Court settlement would bar separating migrant families as Trump did
10/16/2023
Texas Senate approves bill allowing local, state police to arrest undocumented immigrants
10/13/2023
Migration Can’t and Shouldn’t be Blocked. But it Can be Managed.
10/12/2023
Anti-migrant fringe group NSC-131 not so fringe: The New England-based neo-Nazi group is apparently trying to recruit new members on the South Shore
10/6/2023
Sexual Violence Against Detained Women in Venezuela: A Government Strategy
10/5/2023
What the United States Can Learn From Brazil About Asylum – Mother Jones
9/29/2023
U.N.: Over 2,500 Migrants Have Died or Gone Missing This Year Trying to Cross the Mediterranean
9/29/2023
U.N.: Over 2,500 Migrants Have Died or Gone Missing This Year Trying to Cross the Mediterranean
9/29/2023
Trump officials ordered to account for family separations in court
9/28/2023
Learning critical Black history can change white perspectives on racism in health care
9/28/2023
Trump administration officials ordered to testify on family separations
9/26/2023
A respite for tens of thousands of Venezuelan arrivals
9/25/2023
Peek Inside the Newly Reopened Tenement Museum in Manhattan
9/25/2023
Migrant crisis explained: What's behind the border surge
9/23/2023
Cape Chamber calls on feds to expedite migrants' work permits
9/22/2023
Un inmigrante reflexiona sobre su interminable travesía a un año de desabordar un avión en Martha’s Vineyard
9/21/2023
Secretary Mayorkas Announces Extension and Redesignation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status
9/20/2023
Humanitarian catastrophe – migration battleground brings out the worst in Europe
9/19/2023
The Kids on the Night Shift
9/18/2023
Lessons from Refugee Education for Current and Future Pandemics: How refugee education can inform education in other times of uncertainty
9/18/2023
Venezuelan migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard have a strong case for a U Visa
9/14/2023
You Tube trailer The Turning Point: Martha’s Vineyard v. DeSantis
9/14/2023
Migrants in Yarmouth hope to find work, but some residents say they're not welcome
9/13/2023
NYC’s Rising Migrant Costs Won’t Destroy Its Finances, Bondholders Say
9/12/2023
Six families placed at Cape Cod motel; migrants exceed state's shelter capacity
9/12/2023
400+ Immigrant Rights Groups Demand Biden Take Action to Preserve TPS,
9/11/2023
Red Wine and Empanadas: Remembering the First September 11
9/11/2023
Quincy residents show support for migrants one day after neo-Nazis rallied outside shelter,
9/10/2023
As migrants pour into Chicago, women-led groups are making sure they feel supported
9/8/2023
Child Refugees Hit Record in Latin America, Caribbean as Climate Crisis, Poverty Grip Region
9/7/2023
Anti-Blackness Knows No Borders and Neither Should Haitian Migrant Rights Advocacy
9/6/2023
Reporter’s diary: Bearing witness to the EU’s migration policies at sea as deaths soar
9/5/2023
Exigen retirada total de Operación Lone Star
9/3/2023
Facing system strained by migrant influx, Healey activates National Guard to help at shelter hotels
8/31/2023
Making Monsters: How Media Encourage Hatred of Immigrants
8/31/2023
High schoolers can take dual-enrollment courses for college credit. Many undocumented students cannot
8/28/2023
Asylum Seekers Need More Access to Translation Services for Indigenous, Marginalized Languages
8/15/2023
Lesson Plan: ‘Title 42 Is Gone, but Not the Conditions Driving Migrants to the U.S.’
5/16/2023
My Turn: The immigrants are the same - America is different
5/16/2023
Graphic Truth: The US Border Before, During, and After Title 42
5/15/2023
Why the Darién Gap needs more attention than ever
5/15/2023
The Americas at a crossroads: UNHCR and IOM call for a collaborative response to refugees and migrants
5/12/2023
Title 42 Was Inhumane and Illegal. So Are New Border Policies
5/11/2023
Biden’s border policies target Haitians. That’s no accident.
5/11/2023
Who Gets In? A Guide to America's Chaotic Border Rules
5/11/2023
EU Details Violations at Greece's 'Model' Refugee Camps
5/11/2023
House-passed border bill may spark bipartisan immigration talks
5/11/2023
Asylum App Is Basically Unusable
5/11/2023
Retire This Dehumanizing Language About Immigrants
5/11/2023
The Immigrant Experience Podcast
5/6/2023
The Banana Boat Man! A Lesson from Harry Belafonte (immigration, music, and justice lesson plan)
5/2/2023
The Birmingham Movement, 60 Years Later (radio)
5/2/2023
As Migrant Children Were Put to Work, U.S. Ignored Warnings: The White House and federal agencies were repeatedly alerted to signs of children at risk. The warnings were ignored or missed
4/17/2023
Will University of the People Endure for the People?
4/14/2023
Why Venezuelans are Emigrating & the Struggles they Face
4/13/2023
Texas Senate committee advances bill allowing state officers to make arrests for unauthorized entry
3/30/2023
Immigration Policy Doesn't Have To Be This Way
3/20/2023
Hundreds of immigrant families split apart under Trump remain separated
2/13/2023
Will the Children Tortured as a Trump Policy Tool Receive Justice?
2/7/2023
Making Schools a Welcoming Place for Immigrant Students: How educators can help newcomers in the classroom
2/2/2023
To the Rescue – Harvard’s Scholars at Risk Program helps endangered artists and scholars
1/25/2023
A lawyer and a sheriff help Martha’s Vineyard migrants get a ‘bit of justice’
1/20/2023
Biden Announces Major Crackdown on Illegal Border Crossings
1/5/2023
A Real Pro-Immigrant Vision Must Champion the Legal Right To Asylum
1/5/2023

Attribution

The resource list was compiled by Lynn Ditchfield with contributions from:

  • Anita Botti
  • Cheri Cluff
  • Michael Ditchfield**
  • Victoria Dryfoos
  • Camila Fernandez
  • Justen Foster
  • Shari Geistfeld**
  • Linda Graham
  • Marissa A. Gutierrez-Vicario
  • Julie Huff**
  • Naomi Ostwald Kawamura
  • Jenik Munafo Khelalfa
  • Roslyn Sue Le Mesurier
  • Kendra Mills
  • Vivian Maria Poey
  • Nadia Sahila
  • Jane Sampaio
  • Guy Michel Telemanque
  • Rachel Toon
  • Others

* - especially informative content

** - special thanks

Funds to help support granted in part by:

  • Mass Cultural Council (MVLCC)
  • Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship