Town Has No Easy Answers for Dealing with ICE
Report on the Special Meeting of the Town Council with the Community Safety and Social...
immigration and asylum
Public Comment: Is it the Policy of This Town to Hold Federal Immigration Officials Accountable Under the Law?
By Rani Parker and J. Patrick Meagher The following public comment was read at the...
Opinion: What Happens if ICE Appears in Amherst? Officials Cite Differences
Social Injustice Goes Global A Meeting of Repeated QuestionsI attended the joint meeting of the...
New Campaign Demanding Congressional Oversight of Burlington ICE Facility
Coalition Releases New Toolkit Calling for Coordinated Announced and Unannounced Congressional Inspections Source: immigration-justice-action-team@indivisible-ma.org A...
Shutesbury Adopts the PROTECT Bylaw to Govern Town Interactions with ICE
In our criminal legal systems, who should decide when information is shared with federal immigration...
Updated: Councilors Decry Racist Handbill Circulated in Amherst. Call for Tangible Action from Council
The following statement was made by Town Councilors Jill Brevik, Amber Cano-Martin, Hala Lord, and...
Western Mass Mobilizes for May Day Economic Blackout
No School, No Work, No Shopping Hundreds of labor unions, democratic organizations, and community groups...
Bearing Witness to Immigrant Suffering at Burlington ICE
When I learned last summer that immigrants were being mistreated not only in faraway places...
CSSJC Questions Delay in Reviewing Resident Oversight Board Bylaw
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Community Safety and Social Justice Committee, April 8,...
New UMass Poll Finds Continued Partisan Division and Erosion of Support for President Trump’s Immigration Policies
As support for ICE tactics also declines, Americans widely reject the physical assault of officers...
Public Comment: Residents Demand Assurances That Town Will Protect Its Residents from ICE Violations of the Law
By John Bonifaz, Jeff Conant, Josna Rege, and Margaret Smith Amherst Town Council received at...
Large Turnout in Amherst for National No Kings Day of Protest
Amherst turned out in force on Saturday, March 28, in support of the third No...