Nearly a dozen people gathered at Parkman Bandstand in Boston Common the evening of Jan. 14 for an intimate, mindfulness-based demonstration protesting the growing presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, officers in communities across the country. Rather...

“Down, down with deportation, up, up with liberation” echoed through the streets as a marching crowd of hundreds of people made its way through Downtown Boston. Participants wore masks and scarves pulled over their noses and mouths, waved signs, beat snare drums and chanted...

For Laura Gersch, election night last year was “horrifying.”  Gersch, a 10th grade English teacher at Boston International Newcomers Academy, or BINcA, a Boston Public School in Mattapan for English learners, spent the night anxious that she would wake up the next morning...

As immigration raids ramp up across the country as a result of President Donald Trump’s executive orders and policies targeting undocumented immigrants, at least one Northeastern academic department on the Boston campus has issued guidance “about responding to possible activity...

With a substantial immigrant population, Boston is the destination for many who come to this country. The International Institute of New England, or IINE, is a nonprofit that supports immigrants and refugees upon arrival to New England.  With three branches across the region,...