by Admin-Blog | Jul 23, 2017 | IAC In The News
She set foot on American soil in 2001, a French-speaking, Senegalese single mother, 10-year-old daughter by her side. She had never had a formal job. Now in New Bedford, working, married, and mother to a second child, Soukeye Diarra became a U.S. citizen on Friday....
by Admin-Blog | Jun 30, 2017 | IAC In The News
Seja sob que ângulo se olhar a questão dos deportados portugueses dos EUA e do Canadá – a maioria dos quais de origem açoriana, por motivos históricos (caça à baleia) – no final de contas, o que mais choca na generalidade dos casos é a assimetria de pena extra que...
by Admin-Blog | Jun 8, 2017 | IAC In The News
The traffic blockade was ready. The vans and buses were standing by. The agents told the mayor and the Department of Social Services. And then they stormed the factory. It was March 6, 2007, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Immigration officials raided the Michael...
by Admin-Blog | Jun 8, 2017 | IAC In The News
Rumors have been circulating for months on the docks of New Bedford. Workers have been hearing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are coming. Jon Mitchell, New Bedford’s Harvard-educated mayor, told WGBH News, “It’s hard to tell...
by Admin-Blog | Jun 7, 2017 | IAC In The News
Local service providers brought their message Monday night to the Portuguese-speaking community: Help is available for families struggling with opioid addiction. A panel of seven speakers addressed about a dozen people gathered at the Immigrants’ Assistance Center to...
by Admin-Blog | Apr 14, 2017 | IAC In The News
O Centro de Assistência ao Imigrante, em New Bedford, fundado em 1971 por um grupo de imigrantes portugueses e luso-americanos, com a finalidade de ajudar os portugueses que na altura chegavam à cidade, hoje sob a direção de Helena Silva Hughes, tem hoje uma ação...
