Immigration

MLRI’s Immigration advocacy secures and defends the social and economic rights of low income immigrants in Massachusetts. MLRI leads the statewide legal services Immigration Coalition, which consists of over 200 immigration attorneys and immigrant-serving community based programs throughout the state.

MLRI’s immigration practice focuses on:

• Defending against unfair, discriminatory and draconian federal policies that unfairly target immigrants and religious minorities, harm immigrant children, and divide immigrant families
• Developing and coordinating statewide strategies to respond to the immediate legal needs of immigrants whenever harmful federal immigration policies are proposed
• Ensuring fair and equal treatment and due process by immigration authorities regardless of immigration status, by federal, state and local government entities
• Protecting the economic rights of immigrants, including eligibility and access to critical safety net programs
• Acquiring and preserving legal immigration status and the ability to work in the U.S.
• Expanding college access and removing barriers to higher education for low income immigrant youth