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2020-04-23Executive Office of Health and Human Services Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants (ORI) FAQ
The Executive Office of Health and Human Services Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants published an FAQ about immigrant and refugee rights in Massachusetts during the COVID pandemic. Some answers given include: the closing of the border to refugees and how to seek citizenship during this time. -
2020-07-23EOIR Operational Status During Coronavirus
The Executive Office for Immigration Review shutdown in-person hearings during the height of the pandemic. Some courts reopened for detained immigrants in the middle of the summer, but hearings in non-detained cases at courts without an announced date are postponed through, and including, August 7, 2020. ICE, however, has not stopped detaining more immigrants during the pandemic. So as numbers in detention centers grew, these new detainees couldn't challenge the courts. -
2020-06-01COVID-19 RESOURCE GUIDE FOR BOSTON'S IMMIGRANTS
The Immigrant Advancement office at the Boston Mayor's office posted a resource guide for Boston immigrants. Immigrant communities have been hit hard by the pandemic as many of those in the community are essential workers who have continued to work throughout the pandemic. The guide includes resources for those in need of food, childcare, medical care, and immigration help. -
2020-03MIRA’s agenda for an inclusive response to COVID-19
The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition collected a series of helpful documents for immigrants and refugees in Massachusetts about the COVID-19 pandemic. At the start, they created an agenda on how the federal and local governemnts should react to the pandemic in relation to immigrant communities. Part of the agenda calls on Trump to release detainees that cannot be kept safe, but as the news as shown, ICE continues to detain immigrants and some have died in detention centers of the virus. -
2020-07-07ICE Guidance on COVID-19
This PDF documents highlights all of the statements and guidelines ICE has released since March when the COVID pandemic began to largely affect the United States. They have slowly added more guidelines but have also rolled back some that have been highly criticized. -
2020-07-01COVID-19 Cases Surge In ICE Detention article
"The number of immigrants with COVID-19 in Immigration Customs Enforcement custody has risen rapidly. More than 2,700 detainees nationwide have tested positive, according to ICE data, and the Eloy detention facility is among the hardest hit by the pandemic. More than 200 detainees there have tested positive — a tenfold increase in less than three weeks." NPR published an article highlighting the vast spread of COVID amongst immigrants in detention centers. As the pandemic has spread, ICE has continued to arrest and hold detainees in detention centers, while not providing safety measures to curb or prevent the spread of the virus. -
2020-07-14ICE Prison Sees Outbreak of Coronavirus article
"The director of Farmville, a privately run immigration detention center in central Virginia, recently stated in court papers that at least 267 people currently detained there have tested positive for the coronavirus—and the numbers may spike further, with 80 people still awaiting test results. It took until July 2 to test all 366 detainees. Only 19 people tested negative. In addition, 22 employees of the detention center have tested positive. The detained population inside Farmville, as of Jul. 13, now totals 360 people." This article from The Daily Beast highlights the mistreatment of immigrants in detention centers as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. With a lack of testing, proper isolation methods, and mistreatment by guards, numerous detainees are getting sick and some are dying. -
2020-07-16ICE covid stats
ICE has been updating their statistics online for COVID cases. As of July 16, 2020, ICE says they have 22,340 detainees, 13,562 have been tested, and 1,110 are positive. It says they are either in isolation or monitored which is slightly confusing. If someone is positive and being monitored, are they not in isolation? Washington DC has the highest amount of cases. -
2020-07-10How Ice Exported the Coronavirus
The New York Times and the Marshall Project released an investigation into ICE's treatment of immigrant detainees. The investigation says it "reveals how Immigration and Customs Enforcement became a domestic and global spreader of COVID-19." The report tells stories from immigrants who were deported, some who had tested positive for COVID, reported it, and were still deported, thus allowing them to infect others on the plane who could then infect others upon landing. -
2020-06-22ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations COVID-19 Pandemic Response Requirements
ICE hasn't stopped deporting during the COVID pandemic, but they did release a document citing rules for deporting during COVID. Interviews with detainees and immigration employees have contradicted the rules for deportation during COVID. -
2020-07-14Northeastern responds to ICE reversal on international student rule
ICE last week instituted a rule that said if international students took all online classes, they couldn't stay in America on a visa. Schools in Boston, including Harvard and MIT filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. Northeastern joined the lawsuit, and on July 14, ICE rescinded the rule, allowing students to stay in the US and continue their education, even if all of their classes are online because of the pandemic. It's not safe to gather in large groups yet, especially indoors, and schools are starting to release fall plans mainly online. -
2020-07-08MIT/Harvard lawsuit joined by Northeastern
MIT and Harvard filed a civil action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security against recent rules that would bar international students from legally remaining in the US if they take classes entirely online this fall. Thousands of students would lose scholarships, their inability to research, and their student status if the government decided to follow-through. These Boston universities are seeking a way to prohibit this ruling. -
2020-06-04Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) stakeholders COVID FAQ
As the pandemic spread, schools shut down and were forced to send students home. Some of these students were international, and as borders closed and travel was regulated, these students had difficultly figuring out their next steps. Schools are just now trying to figure out what to do in the fall, and it's even more difficult once again for the international students. ICE doesn't yet have a clear plan or regulation in place for fall so all of that information is still up in the air. -
2020-03-27Coronavirus Suit Filed Against ICE and Bristol County Sheriff
A class action for emergency release has been filed in federal court by individuals in civil immigration detention at imminent risk of COVID-19 infection due to life-threatening conditions in the Bristol County House of Corrections run by Sheriff Thomas Hodgson. The complaint, filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights and Yale Law School’s Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic in partnership with the Brazilian Worker Center, contains alarming accounts of cruel and inhumane conditions: guards who report to work with coronavirus symptoms, and detained individuals who are still being brought into the facility – amidst the contagion – without any medical testing or screening. Even after one of the individuals who recently arrived fell severely ill, Bristol County and ICE failed to provide sanitizer or disinfectant. The immigrants bringing this case are literally trapped, and subject to imminent infection, illness and death because of their detention conditions under Sheriff Hodgson and ICE. In filing this complaint, Maria Alejandra, Julio Cesar, and their peers seek emergency release and alternatives to detention for all immigrants experiencing life-threatening conditions in Bristol County. -
2020-05Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston, Coronavirus Legal Warriors
"As legal first responders, at a time when many doors are closing, we are opening ours wider. In response to an unprecedented need, we’re adding a new coronavirus legal warrior to our team. This expansion is critical to deepening and expanding free support for affected families, including help with unemployment claims. We’re also unveiling a state-wide initiative to support hundreds of small businesses. We’re joining forces with over a dozen legal, business, and community partners, launching a large-scale initiative for small businesses affected by the crisis: https://www.covidreliefcoalition.com/en Check out our coronavirus resource page in English, Spanish, and Chinese. Join us on Facebook every weekday at 10 AM for the latest scoop. Injustice doesn’t take a break during the crisis — and neither do we." -
2020-05
Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston, Blocking Courthouse ICE Arrests
Boston's Lawyers for Civil Rights group filed a case blocking immigration arrests in and around courthouses. The pandemic has not stopped ICE from detaining immigrants. "Lawyers for Civil Rights’ landmark case blocking immigration arrests in and around Massachusetts courthouses, Ryan v. ICE, is the first case of its kind in the country. The case was filed in partnership with Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS), and Chelsea Collaborative with pro bono support from Goodwin LLP. It is now on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit." -
2020-05Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston, Coronavirus Response
Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston offered this Coronavirus Pandemic Response update outlining the work they have continued doing during the pandemic, including information about intake, community legal education and outreach, legal advocacy, small business support, unemployment assistance, medical-legal partnerships, and litigation. "The demand for our free legal services has increased exponentially since the start of the public health and economic crisis. Since March, we have received over 350 requests for legal assistance (intakes). The estimated demographic breakdown is as follows: 55% Black; 25% Latinx; 10% Asian American; and 10% other." -
2020-06-03Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston, COVID Resources
Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston offer resources for legal, medical, unemployment, housing, and economic support on their COVID response webpage . This document is in English and the site also offers translations in Spanish, Mandarin, and Vietnamese. While the world shut down for the pandemic, ICE continued to detain and deport immigrants here in the US, and the Black Lives Matter movement's response to police brutality sparked a number of arrests. Boston's Lawyers for Civil Rights organization has continued to offer legal support for those in need and has kept a running page of legal updates. -
2020-05-29Curfew tweets
This tweet calls out government hypocrisy between lack of action with rules to limit human interaction and prevent them from contracting COVID but the quick response to shut down protests and put curfews in place for those protesting against police brutality and the murder of George Floyd. -
2020-05-12
Rural Action grant
Rural Action is helping small businesses in Appalachia, specifically in Ohio, who need funds due to struggles because of COVID. -
2020-05-29County fair cancelled
Though the state of Indiana has been opening up, my home county has decided to cancel this year's county fair, which is often a big deal and brings in people from all over Indiana, particularly the Northwest region. I'm happy to see people taking COVID seriously and cancelling this event despite people wanting it to continue. -
05/18/2020Water bottle mask sign
My roommate took this photo on her daily walk, something she started doing early on in quarantine to stay active while staying safe. It asks for people to recycle their plastic water bottles so that they can be made into face shields for our health care workers. Health workers are facing a lack of PPE and individuals have started making face masks for them to use. *Anjelica Oswald, Northeastern University -
05/18/2020Fair food drive-thru
My local fairgrounds in La Porte, IN organized a drive-thru of fair food for people to grab and eat. The fair wasn't officially canceled when this was announced but it is now, so this is beneficial to those who would have sold food at the fair for money this summer while also providing a way for the community to come together. #NortheasternJOTPY *Original text in "Contributor:" Anjelica Oswald, Northeastern University -
2020-05-13
Fourth of July parade postponed
The chamber of commerce in my hometown of La Porte, IN has announced a plan to postpone our Fourth of July parade. The parade is one of the biggest events my small town holds where people line up along the road in groups and cheer participants on. Many parades and events have been canceled during the pandemic. #NortheasternJOTPY Northeastern University -
2020-05-08
Boston's The Table at Season to Taste announces closure.
The Table at Season to Taste was a small but beloved restaurant in Cambridge, MA. Unfortunately, they announced that they will be closing due to the pandemic and sent an email to their customers and subscribers. It was a small restaurant that only sat around 20 people but it was perfect for a fancy, delicious night out. This restaurant is just one of the many business casualties that this pandemic has produced. #NortheasternJOTPY -
03/24/2020Personal COVID experience
A Twitter thread sharing a personal experience with COVID-19. People have turned to Twitter to speak about their experiences with COVID because they are able to reach a larger audience. Harry explains what it was like at the beginning of getting sick and he also explained how he wasn't able to get tested. The fact that so many people had it or have it and aren't getting tested makes some of the numbers look better than they are. *Harry Wood, @harrymwood *Anjelica Oswald, Northeastern University -
05/07/2020Food insecurity Facebook group
Facebook is a great place for groups to communicate and seek help. Rapid Response WV created a community group for West Virginians who may be experiencing food insecurity. With a loss of jobs, people may be struggling to afford food and this group acts as a resource to those who may need it. #NortheasternJOTPY *Anjelica Oswald, Northeastern University -
2020-04-03People encouraged to sign up for CSA
People are being encouraged to sign up for CSA (community supported agriculture) to support local farmers and eat healthy during the pandemic. People stocked up at the grocery store when the pandemic started so it became harder for people to buy certain items. Those who lost jobs have been struggling even more to be able to afford food. #NortheasternJOTPY -
2020-04-09Conversation with my pharmacy friend
My friend is a pharmacy student in Nashville and was shocked at how students were being treated by employers and professors. She was also shocked by the news and information being presented to clients. This exchange explains why so much disinformation spread as this started. This is Part 2 of our conversation. #NortheasternJOTPY -
2020-04-09Conversation with my pharmacy friend
My friend is a pharmacy student in Nashville and was shocked at how students were being treated by employers and professors. She was also shocked by the news and information being presented to clients. This exchange explains why so much disinformation spread as this started. This is Part 1 of our conversation. #NortheasternJOTPY -
2020-04-09Flatten the Curve
A video by the Ohio Department of Health on the importance of social distancing. Ohio was the first state to take fast action against the prevention of spread and this ad explains clearly how social distancing can help prevent the spread of COVID. #NortheasternJOTPY -
2020-03-14The Color Code
This document is a way for people to color code and assess people’s situations. A color-coded system in smaller neighborhoods could help neighbors reach out to each other and assist with grocery shopping and errands as some people are more at-risk than others. This was a neighborhood initiative in West Virginia. #NortheasternJOTPY -
2020-04-01Rapid Response WV
Funded by For WV's Future, this site is a joint effort by WV non-profits to help West Virginians during this crisis. Many people are out of work and need money, so various groups have formed around the country to help those that they can. #NortheasternJOTPY