“I want to be able to be there to help if they need me.” Editor’s Note: Standard-Times staff reporter Aimee Chiavaroli recently spent a day at New Bedford’s Immigrants’ Assistance Center, observing the services it provides and talking with some of the staff and people...

Portugal viola as regras do programa de isenção de vistos para entrada nos EUA (Visa Waiver Program) há vários anos e pode ser eliminado do programa, segundo as regras do Departamento de Estado norte-americano. As regras do programa, estabelecidas na Lei de Imigração...

NEW BEDFORD — The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for people from El Salvador, a decision that affects Bristol County’s second-largest Central American community. Helena DaSilva Hughes, executive director of the Immigrants’ Assistance Center...

Helena Hughes, executive director of the Immigrants’ AssistanceCenter in New Bedford, says her office has received an unprecedented number of calls from Portuguese families whose loved ones have overstayed their visas and were picked up by Immigration authorities in...

Dear Friends of the Immigrants Assistance Center, The Immigrants’ Assistance Center was established in 1971 as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization with the stated mission to “help immigrants overcome language, cultural and economic barriers, and integrate into the...

For the seventh consecutive year, members of the New Bedford chapter of the Portuguese American Police Association are donating turkeys along with all the Thanksgiving trimmings to the Immigrant Assistance Association at Casa da Soudade on Crapo Street for needy...

The South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc., in collaboration with the Immigrants' Assistance Center (IAC), hosted a Know Your Rights Portuguese Elder Forum. The keynote Speakers were the following: Natacha Salemme, Director of Money Manager Program at...

It takes a village, a region, and even the online community to help provide social services today. As government funding shrinks under increasingly tighter budgets, SouthCoast-based nonprofits are relying all the more on private donors, community foundations,...

NEW BEDFORD — The Immigrants’ Assistance Center is set to host a DACA information and renewal session and two other community organizations are also available for renewal assistance. “We’re trying to get as many applications through as possible,” said Helena DaSilva...

It is hard to know numerically how many Portuguese could face deportation due to President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — a reprieve for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children — but...

“I want to be able to be there to help if they need me.” Editor’s Note: Standard-Times staff reporter Aimee Chiavaroli recently spent a day at New Bedford’s Immigrants’ Assistance Center, observing the services it provides and talking with some of the staff and people...

Portugal viola as regras do programa de isenção de vistos para entrada nos EUA (Visa Waiver Program) há vários anos e pode ser eliminado do programa, segundo as regras do Departamento de Estado norte-americano. As regras do programa, estabelecidas na Lei de Imigração...

NEW BEDFORD — The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for people from El Salvador, a decision that affects Bristol County’s second-largest Central American community. Helena DaSilva Hughes, executive director of the Immigrants’ Assistance Center...

Helena Hughes, executive director of the Immigrants’ AssistanceCenter in New Bedford, says her office has received an unprecedented number of calls from Portuguese families whose loved ones have overstayed their visas and were picked up by Immigration authorities in...

Dear Friends of the Immigrants Assistance Center, The Immigrants’ Assistance Center was established in 1971 as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization with the stated mission to “help immigrants overcome language, cultural and economic barriers, and integrate into the...

For the seventh consecutive year, members of the New Bedford chapter of the Portuguese American Police Association are donating turkeys along with all the Thanksgiving trimmings to the Immigrant Assistance Association at Casa da Soudade on Crapo Street for needy...

The South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc., in collaboration with the Immigrants' Assistance Center (IAC), hosted a Know Your Rights Portuguese Elder Forum. The keynote Speakers were the following: Natacha Salemme, Director of Money Manager Program at...

It takes a village, a region, and even the online community to help provide social services today. As government funding shrinks under increasingly tighter budgets, SouthCoast-based nonprofits are relying all the more on private donors, community foundations,...

NEW BEDFORD — The Immigrants’ Assistance Center is set to host a DACA information and renewal session and two other community organizations are also available for renewal assistance. “We’re trying to get as many applications through as possible,” said Helena DaSilva...

It is hard to know numerically how many Portuguese could face deportation due to President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — a reprieve for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children — but...

“I want to be able to be there to help if they need me.” Editor’s Note: Standard-Times staff reporter Aimee Chiavaroli recently spent a day at New Bedford’s Immigrants’ Assistance Center, observing the services it provides and talking with some of the staff and people...

Portugal viola as regras do programa de isenção de vistos para entrada nos EUA (Visa Waiver Program) há vários anos e pode ser eliminado do programa, segundo as regras do Departamento de Estado norte-americano. As regras do programa, estabelecidas na Lei de Imigração...

NEW BEDFORD — The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for people from El Salvador, a decision that affects Bristol County’s second-largest Central American community. Helena DaSilva Hughes, executive director of the Immigrants’ Assistance Center...

Helena Hughes, executive director of the Immigrants’ AssistanceCenter in New Bedford, says her office has received an unprecedented number of calls from Portuguese families whose loved ones have overstayed their visas and were picked up by Immigration authorities in...

Dear Friends of the Immigrants Assistance Center, The Immigrants’ Assistance Center was established in 1971 as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization with the stated mission to “help immigrants overcome language, cultural and economic barriers, and integrate into the...

For the seventh consecutive year, members of the New Bedford chapter of the Portuguese American Police Association are donating turkeys along with all the Thanksgiving trimmings to the Immigrant Assistance Association at Casa da Soudade on Crapo Street for needy...

The South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc., in collaboration with the Immigrants' Assistance Center (IAC), hosted a Know Your Rights Portuguese Elder Forum. The keynote Speakers were the following: Natacha Salemme, Director of Money Manager Program at...

It takes a village, a region, and even the online community to help provide social services today. As government funding shrinks under increasingly tighter budgets, SouthCoast-based nonprofits are relying all the more on private donors, community foundations,...

NEW BEDFORD — The Immigrants’ Assistance Center is set to host a DACA information and renewal session and two other community organizations are also available for renewal assistance. “We’re trying to get as many applications through as possible,” said Helena DaSilva...

It is hard to know numerically how many Portuguese could face deportation due to President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — a reprieve for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children — but...

“I want to be able to be there to help if they need me.” Editor’s Note: Standard-Times staff reporter Aimee Chiavaroli recently spent a day at New Bedford’s Immigrants’ Assistance Center, observing the services it provides and talking with some of the staff and people...

Portugal viola as regras do programa de isenção de vistos para entrada nos EUA (Visa Waiver Program) há vários anos e pode ser eliminado do programa, segundo as regras do Departamento de Estado norte-americano. As regras do programa, estabelecidas na Lei de Imigração...

NEW BEDFORD — The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for people from El Salvador, a decision that affects Bristol County’s second-largest Central American community. Helena DaSilva Hughes, executive director of the Immigrants’ Assistance Center...

Helena Hughes, executive director of the Immigrants’ AssistanceCenter in New Bedford, says her office has received an unprecedented number of calls from Portuguese families whose loved ones have overstayed their visas and were picked up by Immigration authorities in...

Dear Friends of the Immigrants Assistance Center, The Immigrants’ Assistance Center was established in 1971 as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization with the stated mission to “help immigrants overcome language, cultural and economic barriers, and integrate into the...

For the seventh consecutive year, members of the New Bedford chapter of the Portuguese American Police Association are donating turkeys along with all the Thanksgiving trimmings to the Immigrant Assistance Association at Casa da Soudade on Crapo Street for needy...

The South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc., in collaboration with the Immigrants' Assistance Center (IAC), hosted a Know Your Rights Portuguese Elder Forum. The keynote Speakers were the following: Natacha Salemme, Director of Money Manager Program at...

It takes a village, a region, and even the online community to help provide social services today. As government funding shrinks under increasingly tighter budgets, SouthCoast-based nonprofits are relying all the more on private donors, community foundations,...

NEW BEDFORD — The Immigrants’ Assistance Center is set to host a DACA information and renewal session and two other community organizations are also available for renewal assistance. “We’re trying to get as many applications through as possible,” said Helena DaSilva...

It is hard to know numerically how many Portuguese could face deportation due to President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — a reprieve for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children — but...

“I want to be able to be there to help if they need me.” Editor’s Note: Standard-Times staff reporter Aimee Chiavaroli recently spent a day at New Bedford’s Immigrants’ Assistance Center, observing the services it provides and talking with some of the staff and people...

Portugal viola as regras do programa de isenção de vistos para entrada nos EUA (Visa Waiver Program) há vários anos e pode ser eliminado do programa, segundo as regras do Departamento de Estado norte-americano. As regras do programa, estabelecidas na Lei de Imigração...

NEW BEDFORD — The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for people from El Salvador, a decision that affects Bristol County’s second-largest Central American community. Helena DaSilva Hughes, executive director of the Immigrants’ Assistance Center...

Helena Hughes, executive director of the Immigrants’ AssistanceCenter in New Bedford, says her office has received an unprecedented number of calls from Portuguese families whose loved ones have overstayed their visas and were picked up by Immigration authorities in...

Dear Friends of the Immigrants Assistance Center, The Immigrants’ Assistance Center was established in 1971 as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization with the stated mission to “help immigrants overcome language, cultural and economic barriers, and integrate into the...

For the seventh consecutive year, members of the New Bedford chapter of the Portuguese American Police Association are donating turkeys along with all the Thanksgiving trimmings to the Immigrant Assistance Association at Casa da Soudade on Crapo Street for needy...

The South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc., in collaboration with the Immigrants' Assistance Center (IAC), hosted a Know Your Rights Portuguese Elder Forum. The keynote Speakers were the following: Natacha Salemme, Director of Money Manager Program at...

It takes a village, a region, and even the online community to help provide social services today. As government funding shrinks under increasingly tighter budgets, SouthCoast-based nonprofits are relying all the more on private donors, community foundations,...

NEW BEDFORD — The Immigrants’ Assistance Center is set to host a DACA information and renewal session and two other community organizations are also available for renewal assistance. “We’re trying to get as many applications through as possible,” said Helena DaSilva...

It is hard to know numerically how many Portuguese could face deportation due to President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — a reprieve for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children — but...