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Work and Family Mobility Act

House passes Act permitting driver’s licenses for undocumented residents

Tanisha Bhat February 25, 2022
House passes The Work and Family Mobility Act, permitting driver’s licenses for undocumented residents.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Let’s Talk About: Normalizing travelers overstepping their visas

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol April 21, 2021
It’s important to be respectful and adhere to your legal obligations to the country you’re visiting.
The Boston May Day Coalition and Refuse Fascism New England protested at South Station Wednesday to demand the conviction of former President Donald Trump. RIN VELASCO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Protestors at South Station call for Trump’s conviction

Daily Free Press Staff February 11, 2021
Protesters gathered outside of South Station Wednesday afternoon to condemn the actions of former President Donald Trump and advocate for his conviction in this week’s Senate impeachment trial.
In a Thursday panel hosted by the Boston University School of Public Health, health experts discussed public policy issues that affected the U.S. coronavirus response. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

School of Public Health hosts panel discussing health care under Biden administration

Connor Allen February 8, 2021
BU's School of Public Health hosted experts in sociology, medicine and public health in a panel last Thursday to discuss potential policy changes the Biden Administration could adopt to improve health care in the United States for all.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. If Walsh is confirmed by the Senate as Labor Secretary, he will look to take his labor- and community-oriented values to Washington. OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DFP FILE

Recap of Walsh’s mayoral legacy

Daniel Kool January 28, 2021
At 21, he joined Boston’s Laborers Local 223 Union, maintaining active involvement for over 20 years. Now, the 53-year-old is being pulled to D.C., where he awaits a likely confirmation as President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Labor.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: Concepts of terrorism

Bini Ollivier-Yamin January 24, 2021
It’s important the crowd of mangy white supremacists who broke into the Capitol a few weeks ago are labeled as terrorists. But do the same for the cops letting them into the building and posing for selfies, the cops participating in the insurrection and the cops who engage in acts of terrrorism on the daily.
The importance of the Census remains despite the 2020 Census having closed already. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA | DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Once in a decade: purpose and impacts of the US census

Rachel Do November 4, 2020

The 2020 census has closed, and the demographic data collected this year will shape the landscape of political representation in the country for another decade. The census, conducted by the U.S....

EDITORIAL: New summons recommendation law bolsters Cambridge as a sanctuary city

EDITORIAL: New summons recommendation law bolsters Cambridge as a sanctuary city

Editors February 20, 2020
Although, shielding illegal  immigrants from the Trump administration, on whatever level we are capable of, is a net positive for this country. We are setting a precedent for future presidents that we will not tolerate abuse of human beings on the borders and within the country. 
The Work and Family Mobility Act, which would allow undocumented immigrants in Massachusetts to obtain driver’s licenses, passed the House Transportation Committee Thursday. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE ILLUSTRATION

Bill to expand driver’s licensing moves forward in Mass. House

Angela Yang February 10, 2020
Undocumented immigrants in Massachusetts cannot legally drive, but that may soon change.
EDITORIAL: ICE disrupts Boston’s safety by deporting undocumented immigrant at a courthouse

EDITORIAL: ICE disrupts Boston’s safety by deporting undocumented immigrant at a courthouse

Editors January 23, 2019

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an undocumented immigrant at Suffolk Superior Court on Jan. 7 after he had arrived for an arraignment on charges of conspiracy to traffic cocaine. Rightfully...

Immigration reform likely, BU professor, students say

Daily Free Press Admin February 3, 2013

An ongoing battle in the U.S., the passing of immigration reform now appears likely due to political strategy and benefits it would create for American business, Boston University professors and students...

Mass. sets in-state tuition prices for undocumented immigrants

Daily Free Press Admin November 20, 2012

Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick granted Massachusetts’s undocumented immigrants in-state tuition on Monday, marking a victory for a generation of young immigrants hoping to attend college. Following an executive...

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