BOSTON (AP) — Immigration activists have filled the halls of the Massachusetts Statehouse to protest President Donald Trump’s plan to end prot
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Centro: Boston City Council Says YES To TPS
September 8, 2017 - 10:55am
WBZ’s Yadires Nova-Salcedo talks with Jennifer Hernandez, community organizer of the non-profit organization Centro Presente, which is spearheading a new campaign in defense of TPS.
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Activists protest Trump decision on deportation protections
September 7, 2017 - 11:20am
Wednesday’s protest was organized by the advocacy group Centro Presente
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Council unanimously backs immigration protection
August 24, 2017 - 11:09am
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Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim spoke in Faneuil Hall Wednesday about the extension of Temporary Protected Status.
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Boston to Push: Extending Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants
August 16, 2017 - 10:22am
BOSTON – A measure is pending before the Boston City Council to urge the Trump administration to extend Temporary Protected Status. TPS is a humanitarian program intended to provide safe haven in the U.S. for people fleeing dangers such as natural disasters, wars and gangs. So far, the administration is moving in the opposite direction.
Former Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, who is now the president’s chief of staff, has said TPS status for Haitian refugees fleeing an earthquake should end in January.
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Immigrant rights activists protest Governor Baker’s immigration enforcement bill
August 14, 2017 - 2:36pm
BOSTON (WWLP)–Governor Charlie Baker (R-Massachusetts) is pushing a bill that authorizes state and local police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts to catch dangerous criminals. But protesters are calling the bill anti-immigrant legislation.
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Governor Charlie Baker STOP criminalizing the immigrant community
August 6, 2017 - 12:18pm
Centro Presente and the Brazilian Worker Center invite you to a PEACEFUL AND URGENT ACTION!
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ARE NOT NEGOTIABLE!
WHERE: Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street, Boston, MA
WHEN: Wednesday, August 9th at 11:00 a.m.
Governor Charlie Baker STOP criminalizing the immigrant community.
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Save TPS Now!
August 6, 2017 - 10:56am
Centro Presente has launched a campaign to advocate for the maintenance of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of the more than 300,000 Central American and Haitian immigrants in the U.S. living and working under this program. With support from Alianza Americas they have produced this video about the issue of TPS in collaboration with Intercultural Productions.
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Activists press Gov. Baker on cooperation with U.S. Immigration
August 4, 2017 - 11:34am
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Gov. Baker expected to file immigration enforcement bill
July 28, 2017 - 10:11pm
BOSTON (WWLP) – A dozen immigrant rights activists rallied at the State House on Friday to protest Governor Charlie Baker’s push for legislation authorizing stricter immigration enforcement.
Activists like Patricia Montes of the community organization Centro Presente fear legislation like this will potentially lead to racial profiling and criminalization of the immigrant community.
