IAC NEWS & EVENTS
Addiction help available for Portuguese-speaking families
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...
Há milhares de portugueses indocumentados em Massachusetts que podem ser deportados
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...
Evento angaria cerca de $30 mil para o Centro de Assistência ao Imigrante
Cerca de 250 pessoas compareceram ao evento primaveril de angariação de fundos para o Centro de Assistência ao Imigrante realizado no passado dia 31 de Março, na Galeria Harbor View do Museu da Baleia em New Bedford. Helena da Silva Hughes, directora executiva daquele...
2017 Spring Fundraiser Photos
On March 31, 2017 the Immigrants’ Assistance Center, Inc. (IAC) hosted a very important Spring Fundraiser. Held at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the event was a fun filled night that included food, entertainment and a beautiful view of the waterfront. We would like...
Immigrants, advocates say old fears rising to the surface
Jon Mitchell broke a language barrier with a hug on the one-month anniversary of President Donald Trump's executive order that focused on broadening the focus of deportations. The New Bedford mayor opened an immigration community forum in front of a room filled with...
Scam artists use fear of deportation to get cash from immigrants
Since the presidential election last November, fear consumes most days for Helena DaSilva Hughes at the Immigrant Assistance Center. For nearly four months, immigrants have trekked to the brick building at 58 Crapo St. turning to the executive director of the...
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