Listen to 89-7 GBH News for our updates from Immigrant Day on Beacon Hill, with Chelsea Rep. Judith Garcia and Springfield Rep. Carlos González.

One Lynn father went to court over a broken taillight, and ended up deported to Guatemala. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

@gbhnews.bsky.social acquired eye-opening trial court data outlining the extent of ICE arrests in Massachusetts courthouses. read the investigation here; www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

NEW: @massgovernor.bsky.social & @massago.bsky.social team up for ICE reporting portal for residents. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

The government has begun deportation proceedings against the 14-year-old. That’s despite a federal attorney's statement in court Wednesday that that the government was not seeking to deport her. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

“It’s extremely unusual for a 14-year-old child to essentially be abducted by federal agents with zero explanation and then taken in the middle of the night to New York. I think the question remains: Why?” her attorney Andrew Lattarulo said. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Some of Massachusetts’ top lawmakers, and the girl’s attorney claimed the girl had been detained as “bait” in order to detain another family member. Top immigration officials, meanwhile, claimed they were rescuing her from suspected gang members. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

The ruling came a day after lawyers for Any Lucia Lopez Belloza documented what they called “a trap” in which ICE offered to bring her back only to re-deport her. Read what’s next for Lopez Belloza, who we spoke to from Honduras today. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

“My family has been torn apart,” said Guerrero, a U.S. citizen. “They obviously don’t care.” She is currently pregnant and anxious about the future without her husband, who was deported. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

“Good riddance. Now, she should be prosecuted,” said @moulton.house.gov. www.wgbh.org/news/nationa... @gbhnews.bsky.social

-Condensed milk $ up 60 percent. -No small business loans. -ICE agents outside of a bakery door. -Less foot traffic to a Senegalese spa. Listen to our feature about the impact of the Trump administration on immigrant-owned businesses. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Rep. Michelle Ciccolo asked what would occur if ICE shows up and “breaks down a door or enters [a safe space] without someone’s permission.” “Will you respond to that as a breaking and entry? Or will you stand down because it’s a federal agent?” www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Elizabeth Sweet of MIRA Coalition & @pressley.house.gov said Massachusetts has at least 91,400 immigrant entrepreneurs who generate $3.1 billion in business income. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

🚨Breaking national news from @gbhnews.bsky.social: MA refugees and resettlement agencies filed the first lawsuit of its kind against the Trump admin for its Feb. 18 policy that would allow immigration agents to detain many refugees who haven’t acquired green cards. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

East Somerville Main Streets & the City of Boston are trying to assist strained immigrant small business owners w/ technical assistance programs that do a number of things, including provide online order help. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

FEATURE: Flor’s bakery is one of many immigrant-owned businesses experiencing residual effects of Trump administration policies— from reduced foot traffic and staffing due to immigration enforcement and fear to the rising costs of goods. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

“It’s not fine, nor is it legal,” Judge Brian Murphy wrote in his 81-page memorandum. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

On April 14, a deportation officer with ICE’s enforcement and removal operations, requested a “list of all sentenced inmates” from Suffolk County sheriff’s office. He got the list 12 minutes later.  www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

“I do not know if a detainer has already been lodged. I want to provide the latest information about his new plea hearing date in hopes that ICE can make an arrest,” a Hampden county assistant DA wrote to a deportation officer. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

"We’re celebrating this as a huge win in affirming that justice will prevail when an impartial and fair court has the opportunity to review the facts,” Khanbabai said. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar asked Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott if ICU nurse Alex Pretti "deserved to die" in House Committee on Homeland Security hearing. Scott: “I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation sir.”

This isn’t just Benito Bowl, it’s bendito bowl for us in Boston.

The federal government has upped its efforts to deport a Western Massachusetts father who has a pending visa application for labor trafficking. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

As a result of @gbhnews.bsky.social reporting, the Haitian TPS holders have been offered their caregiving jobs back by employer Tribute Home Care. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Confusion around federal court order: employer misinterprets injunction and lays off multiple TPS holders. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Haitian caregivers employed with Tribute Home Care laid off despite court order ensuring their work permits. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

"Secretary Noem, the record to-date shows, does not have the facts on her side—or at least has ignored them. Does not have the law on her side—or at least has ignored it. Having neither and bringing the adage into the 21st century, she pounds X," wrote Judge Reyes. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. temporarily blocked the Trump administration from terminating temporary protected status. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

An 11th hour order from Judge Reyes postpones the Trump administrations termination date for Haitians with TPS. Story soon in GBH. Read our recent story www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

On All Things Considered today talking about the termination of TPS for Haitians, and the local impact. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @npr.org @gbhnews.bsky.social

“They asked, 'What’s going to happen to my house? Now, if I’m going to lose my work permit and I cannot work, how am I going to pay for my mortgage?’” said Dr. Geralde Gabeau. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @wgbh.org @aila.org

Ann is a 19-year-old UMass Boston student who is currently not attending school due to her fears of being detained by ICE. She and four members of her immediate family lose status next week. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Brooke Simone, staff attorney for Lawyers for Civil Rights, said what makes this “incredibly urgent” is that some immigrants’ legal status is set to lapse next week. Temporary Protected Status for at least 19k Haitians in MA will expire. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Mathelier, co-owner of Ula Cafe, is launching virtual phone banks for people to call Congress and ask legislators to co-sponsor Pressley’s bill and extend TPS. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Marie, a Worcester-area resident, dreads Feb. 3. The single mother of three children, all U.S. citizens, relies on a work permit allowed by her immigration status, but that is in limbo. She's one of at least 19k TPS holders who could lose it. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

When I asked Gov. Healey how her administration would respond to litigation from the Trump administration challenging these new policies, she said: “We’ll see what they do. But hopefully they’ll see the light & do what I ask for, which is to fix ICE” www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

“[We’ve seen ]federal agents instigating antagonizing and yes causing violence in communities,” says Gov. Healey as she announces Executive Order limiting new 287(g) agreements, banning  civil ICE arrests in state facilities and prohibiting use of state property as staging locations.

"Judge Young established that the federal government clearly and unconstitutionally pursued a policy of viewpoint discrimination against pro-Palestinian speech in particular,” said Weld of Harvard AAUP. www.wgbh.org/news/nationa... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Foreign-born professionals from the 39 countries the Trump administration has deemed “high-risk," are seeing their careers stalled due to a recent policy that pauses all immigration benefits. That includes a cancer researcher in Massachusetts. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Desde principios de 2025, Nueva Inglaterra ha visto un incremento de diez veces en el número de inmigrantes deportados, en comparación con el año pasado… www.nenc.news/new-england-... con @gbhnews.bsky.social y New England News Collaborative.

Jonathan, a 37-year-old Haitian immigrant living in Massachusetts, has a pending asylum application. But his wife is still in Haiti, and he worries she will no longer be able to join him in the United States. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

“We’re seeing ICE in the courthouses on an incredibly regular basis,” said Jennifer Klein, director of the Immigration Impact Unit at the state’s public defense agency, Committee for Public Counsel Services. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Local Iranians worry about unfolding Islamist government crackdown to protests www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

See where ICE agents have arrested people at Boston’s municipal courthouses: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

New data acquired by @gbhnews.bsky.social offers a glimpse into ICE agents’ presence in Boston district courts. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

@bedford.bsky.social & I talked to local Venezuelans earlier this week about the complexity of this moment, and the history it echoes. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Tonight on @gbhnews.bsky.social 89-7, you’ll hear from people who gained citizenship today at Faneuil Hall, as others remain barred from taking the oath due to their country of origin. I spent some time at the first ceremony since the December 3 incident where several green card holders were denied

Thousands of already resettled refugees in the Bay State still get support from the agencies as they begin English classes, employment, secure green cards, and seek healthcare. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Holiday reporter @gbhnews.bsky.social, 89-7. we're covering: -Thousands of MA immigrants cut off from ConnectorCare -Someone beheaded & dumped birds in Mother Brook Reservation -TPS termination for immigrants from Honduras, Nepal & Nicaragua halted Listen on All Things Considered this afternoon.

“I asked them, ‘Is this the longest anybody’s ever been here?’” Schmidt said in an interview. “Because I’m starting to feel like Tom Hanks in ‘[The] Terminal,’ and they would tell me ‘three days, that’s the max.”’ www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social