A University of Illinois Chicago report finds immigration fear drained more than $1.26 billion from the Chicago area 

 The fear that swept through immigrant neighborhoods when the second Trump administration took office did more than empty sidewalks. It drained more than $1.26 billion from the Chicago area's economy over the following year, according to new research that tries to put a dollar figure on what happens when people are afraid to leave home. The report, released this week…

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 Governor Healey signs executive order requiring data centers to win community approval

Governor Maura Healey signed an executive order Tuesday that bars data center projects from moving through state permitting unless the hosting community signs off first, and requires companies to supply their own clean energy or pay fees returned to electricity customers. "Unless a community says yes to a data center, we are saying no," Healey said in announcing the order.…

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As TPS ends for Haitian workers, Massachusetts spells out PROTECT Act rules-employers must warn staff before ICE inspects records

The Healey administration on Tuesday released detailed instructions for implementing the PROTECT Act, telling hospitals, employers, police departments, and state agencies across Massachusetts what to do when federal immigration agents appear, as the new protections took effect. For Haitian and other immigrant workers who have lost Temporary Protected Status this summer, one of the most immediate changes lands at the…

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As Boston’s public schools reopen, Haitian parents stripped of Temporary Protected Status confront job loss and deportation fears

Boston Public Schools reopened Tuesday in a difficult moment for the Haitian diaspora in Boston and across the United States. As it does every year, Massachusetts opens its public schools the day after Labor Day. At 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning, September 8, thousands of students lined up, eager to start the new school year. At the Murphy K-8 School…

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Deportations to Haiti: The Alarming Intensification of Forced Returns

The appeal launched Monday by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, to suspend deportations of migrants to Haiti resonates with a pressing reality. In recent weeks, U.S. authorities have significantly accelerated repatriation flights to the country, plunging thousands of families into anguish and raising fundamental questions about the safety of those being returned. July 27, 2026, marked…

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A University of Illinois Chicago report finds immigration fear drained more than $1.26 billion from the Chicago area 

 The fear that swept through immigrant neighborhoods when the second Trump administration…

CTN News

 Governor Healey signs executive order requiring data centers to win community approval

Governor Maura Healey signed an executive order Tuesday that bars data center…

CTN News

As TPS ends for Haitian workers, Massachusetts spells out PROTECT Act rules-employers must warn staff before ICE inspects records

The Healey administration on Tuesday released detailed instructions for implementing the PROTECT…

CTN News

Deportations to Haiti: The Alarming Intensification of Forced Returns

The appeal launched Monday by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,…

Darbouze Figaro

He Says He Regrets Voting for Trump After His Brother Died in ICE Custody

The first time Naseer Paktiawal was eligible to vote in the United…

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94% of Asylum Cases Before Immigration Judges Are Now Denied, and for Haitians, It May Be the Last Door Closing

Ninety-four percent of asylum cases decided by U.S. immigration judges in June…

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