| ‘We are not welcomed:’ NH's refugee agencies persist, despite new restrictions |
NHPR |
December 2025 |
| The next step was citizenship. Then these immigrants were pulled out of line. |
Christian Science Monitor |
December 2025 |
| International Institute of New England buys new facility using $2M tax-exempt bond from MassDevelopment & Eastern Bank |
MassNonprofit News |
December 2025 |
| Nonprofit Finds New Home in Lowell |
MassDevelopment |
December 2025 |
| Refugee agency makes Lowell its home |
Lowell Sun |
December 2025 |
| Trump's Collective Punishment Against Afghan Refugees |
WGBH |
December 2025 |
| Campbell and other AGs sue Trump administration over immigrant SNAP cuts |
WGBH |
November 2025 |
| Trump administration plan to re-vet refugees frustrates local immigrant resettlement agencies |
WBUR |
November 2025 |
| Removing refugee supports is a mistake |
The Boston Globe |
November 2025 |
| Letters: Afghans helped us, we owe them a debt |
The Union Leader |
November 2025 |
| Woman with family ties to White House press secretary arrested by ICE in Revere |
7 News Boston |
November 2025 |
| ‘It’s a total mess,’ leaders of nonprofits, unions, and government say of federal shutdown |
The Boston Globe |
November 2025 |
| GLCF Awards First Arts Elevate Equity Grant to IINE for Refugee Youth Mural Project |
Greater Lowell Community Foundation |
October 2025 |
| Mass. refugee orgs make ‘heartbreaking’ cuts as feds reduce funding despite spiking demand |
Masslive |
October 2025 |
| 'I have a lot of dreams to achieve': Inside one effort to address NH's nursing shortage |
NHPR |
October 2025 |
| New England's largest refugee org tightens belt and pivots under Trump |
Axios |
October 2025 |
| The US is paying immigrants to leave. Who is choosing to go? |
Christian Science Monitor |
September 2025 |
| ‘Pure Greed and Prejudice’: Local immigrant and refugee nonprofits respond to Trump administration’s SNAP cuts |
YourArlington |
September 2025 |
| Recent ICE raids lead Massachusetts city to cancel Hispanic cultural festival amid "fear and uncertainty" |
WBZ News |
September 2025 |
| ICE begins immigration crackdown in Massachusetts with Patriot 2.0 |
WBZ News |
September 2025 |
| Refugee Afghan girls in the US plan for once unimaginable higher education |
The World |
September 2025 |
| They fled after Kabul fell. Now, Afghans in the US worry about their future. |
Christian Science Monitor |
August 2025 |
| Mass. immigrants who had legal status lose work in home and health care |
WGBH |
August 2025 |
| As legal status is set to end for many Haitians, Mass. health care sector braces for staffing shortages |
WBUR |
August 2025 |
| GLCF’s Women Working Wonders Fund awards 5 grants totaling $75,000 |
MassNonprofit News |
August 2025 |
| Governor Healey ends state of emergency for Mass. shelter system, closes all hotel shelters |
The Boston Globe |
August 2025 |
| A Journey of Belonging |
NH Magazine/603 Diversity |
July 2025 |
| How the International Institute of New England is helping refugees find their footing in America |
Nashua Ink Link |
July 2025 |
| Certificates of perseverance: International Institute celebrates ESL student graduates |
Manchester Ink Link |
July 2025 |
| Afghan woman who worked for US government fears for family as Trump revokes TPS |
NBC10 Boston |
July 2025 |
| As Mass. closes shelter hotels, state funds for rent subsidies run out |
WBUR |
July 2025 |
| Al cerrar hoteles la Administración de Healey traslada a familias mediante el programa HomeBASE |
El Planeta |
July 2025 |
| Healey administration shutters hotels, transfers families through HomeBASE program |
WGBH |
June 2025 |
| World Refugee Day: Promoting hope and fostering a sense of inclusion for NH refugees, immigrants |
Manchester Ink Link |
June 2025 |
| Massachusetts planning to close most hotel family shelters on Monday |
The Boston Globe |
June 2025 |
| Sanofi awards Healthy Futures Solution Fund grants to advance community-led solutions, expand equitable access to care across Massachusetts |
PRNewswire |
June 2025 |
| Immigrants in N.H. Live in Fear – or Disappear |
InDepthNH |
June 2025 |
| BNN News Interview with Xan Weber, International Insititute of New England |
Boston Neighborhood Network Media |
June 2025 |
| Instituto Internacional da Nova Inglaterra arrecada valor recorde de US$ 3,5 milhões em gala que celebrou centenário da organização |
Brazilian Times |
June 2025 |
| As Trump’s deportation push gains momentum, Canada proposes tougher border restrictions |
Boston Globe |
June 2025 |
| International Institute of New England raises $3.5M at centennial gala |
MassNonprofit News |
June 2025 |
| Cummings announces 150 recipients of its 2025 $30 Million Grant Program |
MassNonprofit News |
June 2025 |
| Trump’s newest travel ban echoes the 2017 ‘Muslim ban.’ But this time, things feel different. |
The Boston Globe |
June 2025 |
| New Trump travel ban criticized by organizations that work with immigrants |
WMUR |
June 2025 |
| Boston’s Haitian community on edge after Trump bans travel from their country |
WGBH |
June 2025 |
| Move to Canada? Migrants Face ‘No Good Options’ After Supreme Court Ruling. |
New York Times |
May 2025 |
| Massachusetts immigrants left with ‘mass confusion and concern’ after Trump ends humanitarian parole |
The Boston Globe |
May 2025 |
| ‘Is Maura Healey still alive?’ Governor’s muted response to Trump immigration actions fuels anger among activists. |
The Boston Globe |
May 2025 |
| With refugee support in peril, a women's group steps up for Manchester's Congolese community |
NHPR |
May 2025 |
| This year, in trying times, a different kind of celebration |
MassNonprofit News |
May 2025 |
| The Trump factor in Mass. migrant crisis |
POLITICO |
May 2025 |
| Dublin Christian Academy students serve refugees in NH on annual day of service |
The Keene Sentinel |
May 2025 |
| Chilling seizure near, but not here; policy separates town police, ICE |
YourArlington |
May 2025 |
| ICE agents swarm Lowell gas station, round up workers from vans |
NBC10 Boston |
May 2025 |
| Resettlement providers want state to step up for refugees |
State House News Service |
May 2025 |
| Des OBNL sur le qui-vive |
Le Presse |
May 2025 |
| TBF meets the moment with $2.625 million in grants to 77 Greater Boston organizations in Safety Net Grants special round |
The Boston Foundation |
April 2025 |
| International Institute of New England wins Innovation Challenge |
The Union Leader |
April 2025 |
| Trump’s first 100 days have brought chaos and change to New England |
The Boston Globe |
April 2025 |
| Number of families in Mass. emergency shelter down to lowest level since 2023 |
WBUR |
April 2025 |
| Manchester-area students and educators honored by Education Alliance for New Hampshire |
Manchester Ink Link |
April 2025 |
| ‘Do not attempt to remain in the United States’: DHS mistakenly tells Boston lawyer to self-deport |
The Boston Globe |
April 2025 |
| Visa revocations causing fear and uncertainty on local college campuses |
NBC10 Boston |
April 2025 |
| DHS email error causes stress, anxiety for New Hampshire's Ukrainian community |
NHPR |
April 2025 |
| Local refugee resettlement agency still in limbo 2 months after Trump suspends program funding |
WBUR |
April 2025 |
| 6 semi-finalists named in HealthForce NH’s $100K competition for healthcare workforce solutions |
Manchester Ink Link |
March 2025 |
| Best Of BPR 3/26: ICE's Collective Punishment In Boston & Who Needs Media Literacy Anyway? |
Boston Public Radio |
March 2025 |
| ‘Cruel and counterproductive’: Rollback of legal protections for immigrants will affect tens of thousands in Mass. |
The Boston Globe |
March 2025 |
| IINE hosts luncheon honoring resilience of refugee, immigrant women |
GBH |
March 2025 |
| Ascentria lays off NH staff amid Trump administration’s funding and refugee resettlement freeze |
NHPR |
March 2025 |
| A teenager in Maine was separated from his family, caught up in Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda |
The Boston Globe |
March 2025 |
| Evento "Suitcase Stories" em Somerville (MA) ilumina experiências de imigrantes e refugiados através de histórias reais |
Brazilian Times |
March 2025 |
| Trump admin. owes Mass. refugee resettlement groups millions |
Axios |
March 2025 |
| IINE fields concerns on immigration, detention, mass deportation and humanitarian aid |
Manchester Ink Link |
March 2025 |
| ‘Everyone is scared’: Amid growing fears and uncertainty, immigrants share their stories at event |
The Boston Globe |
March 2025 |
| Economic impact on Massachusetts could be significant if protections end for migrant workers |
The Boston Globe |
March 2025 |
| ‘Very anxious and very nervous’: Boston’s Haitian organizations gear up for rollback of TPS protections |
Boston.com |
February 2025 |
| Tens of thousands of Haitian immigrants in Massachusetts to lose protected status |
Boston25 News |
February 2025 |
| Boston-area Afghan immigrant: Trump 'closed the hope doors' on her refugee family |
WBUR |
February 2025 |
| Who would be evicted from family shelters by new criminal background checks? Nobody. |
The Boston Globe |
February 2025 |
| Language learning opens doors |
New Hampshire Magazine |
February 2025 |
| Mass. House moves to cap emergency shelter stays, limit system to 4,000 families |
The Boston Globe |
February 2025 |
| Unpacking the Wholesale Changes to Immigration |
Global in the Granite State |
February 2025 |
| Language Learning Opens Doors |
603 Diversity |
February 2025 |
| Leader of Boston health organization calls Trump administration shutdown of USAID ‘intentionally harmful’ |
The Boston Globe |
February 2025 |
| The International Institute of New England hires Alexa Drolette as its Senior Director of Principal and Major Gifts |
MassNonprofit News |
February 2025 |
| No more rent money: Refugee agencies scramble to understand what Trump's new ban means |
The Independent |
January 2025 |
| The Five Minute Read |
Lowell Sun |
January 2025 |
| Intensified immigration enforcement efforts adding manpower to ICE |
Boston 25 News |
January 2025 |
| Thousands of migrants legally fled to Mass. under a Biden-era policy. Trump’s latest directive could change everything. |
The Boston Globe |
January 2025 |
| Feds can’t use Mass. police for immigration enforcement, state AG says |
MassLive |
January 2025 |
| How local immigrant advocates are responding to Trump suspending refugee resettlement |
WBUR |
January 2025 |
| Shaheen condemns suspension of refugee travel after Trump order |
WMUR |
January 2025 |
| Federal agents conduct operation in East Boston |
NBC10 Boston |
January 2025 |
| Trump sparks fear of mass deportations among Bay State immigrants |
MassLive |
January 2025 |
| Families of Afghans abroad anxious as Trump halts resettlement, parole programs |
WGBH |
January 2025 |
| "Chaos and disruption:" Immigrant rights advocate weighs in on Trump executive orders |
Boston Public Radio |
January 2025 |
| Trump promises to deport ‘millions and millions’ of immigrants; dismayed local advocates vow a fight |
The Boston Globe |
January 2025 |
| Refugee groups scramble to expedite travel plans before Inauguration Day |
WGBH |
January 2025 |
| ‘People will suffer’: Healey’s push to overhaul right-to-shelter law sparks fear, criticism from migrants, advocates |
The Boston Globe |
January 2025 |
| Healey wants to limit state shelter to Massachusetts residents |
WGBH |
January 2025 |
| Legisladores republicanos presentan propuesta para modificar el sistema de refugios estatales |
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra |
January 2025 |
| ‘The best thing is to keep these folks in our country’: Advocates hail Biden for allowing nearly 1 million immigrants to remain in US longer |
The Boston Globe |
January 2025 |
| Refugiados en Mass. no estaban siendo sujetos a verificación de antecedentes criminales |
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra |
January 2025 |
| Healey orders criminal background checks for people entering Mass. shelters |
NBC10 Boston |
January 2025 |
| Nueva directora del Instituto Internacional de Nueva Inglaterra en Boston: “Nuestra misión es seguir brindando recursos a refugiados e inmigrantes” |
El Planeta |
January 2025 |
| NH Republicans want to withhold money from schools if they house immigrants |
NHPR |
January 2025 |
| Immigrants and organizations in Massachusetts worried about deportations under Trump |
WBZ News |
December 2024 |
| These refugees found a safe haven in Massachusetts. Now Trump may cut the program helping families like theirs. |
The Boston Globe |
December 2024 |
| The International Institute of New England names Hannah Odaa as Boston managing director |
MassNonprofit News |
December 2024 |
| Entra en efecto nuevo sistema de refugios en Massachusetts |
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra |
December 2024 |
| Local immigrant groups prepare for a second Trump term |
GBH |
December 2024 |
| Afghan refugee community, New Hampshire organizations react to Trump immigration plans |
WMUR |
December 2024 |
| WorkReadyNH works in partnership with the International Institute of New England |
Union Leader |
December 2024 |
| ApprenticeshipNH celebrates workforce expansion solutions in NH at second annual summit |
Manchester Ink Link |
December 2024 |
| Bracing for impact on Trump’s immigration promises |
POLITICO |
November 2024 |
| Greater Lowell Community Foundation announces new round of Refugee and Immigrant Resettlement Fund grants |
Lowell Sun |
November 2024 |
| Massachusetts aims to reduce emergency shelter costs to $350 million per year |
Boston 25 News |
November 2024 |
| Facing a cost of more than $1 billion, Healey proposes dramatic changes to emergency shelter system |
The Boston Globe |
November 2024 |
| The International Institute of New England hires Leah Jacobs Varo to run its Unaccompanied Children’s Program |
MassNonprofit News |
November 2024 |
| ‘They can say whatever’: Boston Mayor Wu fires back after being called out by Trump’s border czar |
Boston 25 News |
November 2024 |
| Boston Mayor Michelle Wu responds to comments made about her by Trump’s pick for ‘border czar’ |
WHDH |
November 2024 |
| Greater Lowell Community Foundation announces new round of Refugee and Immigrant Resettlement Fund grants |
MassNonprofit News |
November 2024 |
| New Manchester coalition tackles rising demand for adult English classes |
NHPR |
November 2024 |
| How local immigrant advocates are bracing for Trump's mass deportation plans |
WBUR Morning Edition |
November 2024 |
| Chief of Worker Empowerment, Trinh Nguyen, Headlines First Literacy’s Spotlight on Innovation in Adult Basic Education |
City of Boston |
November 2024 |
| Immigrants and refugees have much to fear from a Trump victory |
The Boston Globe |
November 2024 |
| Live updates on the Massachusetts 2024 election |
GBH |
November 2024 |
| Report says migration down at the border, at the cost of humanitarian law |
GBH |
October 2024 |
| What can migrants to Massachusetts expect in benefits? |
Boston Herald |
October 2024 |
| ‘Insulting and completely racist’: Haitians, advocates slam Trump’s debate rhetoric on migrants |
The Boston Globe |
September 2024 |
| Grupo de concejales pide políticas más estrictas para limitar entrada de migrantes a refugios de Mass. |
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra |
September 2024 |
| Quincy city councilors want to amend state’s right-to-shelter law amid migrant crisis |
Boston 25 News |
September 2024 |
| About 50 migrants staying outside Wollaston MBTA stop in Quincy after grant funds run out |
WHDH |
August 2024 |
| Many stay, some go: Hitting first deadline of Healey’s new shelter policy, most are granted extensions |
GBH |
August 2024 |
| Mass. migrant families face shelter evictions Friday |
NBC10 Boston |
August 2024 |
| Llega la hora cero para familias migrantes en refugios de Massachusetts |
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra |
August 2024 |
| ‘Going to be sleeping on streets’: Migrant families face eviction from Mass. emergency shelters |
Boston 25 News |
August 2024 |
| IINE names Wade Rubinstein to Board of Directors |
The Lowell Sun |
August 2024 |
| Advocates for those in Massachusetts shelters ask governor to rescind limit as time runs out |
WBZ News |
August 2024 |
| Mass. advocates push back on 5-day limit for overflow migrant shelters |
The Boston Globe |
August 2024 |
| International Institute of New England elects Richard Golob, Wade Rubinstein, Carolina San Martin to its board |
MassNonprofit News |
August 2024 |
| Deadline looms for first migrant families to receive eviction notices |
Boston 25 News |
August 2024 |
| ‘Very concerned’: Expert explains doubts behind Massachusetts’ new 5-day emergency shelter rule |
Boston 25 News |
August 2024 |
| Healey administration allows providers to extend family stays at overflow shelters |
GBH |
August 2024 |
| What the state's new 5-day shelter stay limit means for those seeking housing and providers |
Radio Boston |
July 2024 |
| Advocates denounce 5-day limit on overflow shelter stays |
GBH |
July 2024 |
| Healey administration pays consultants millions to help limit duration and cost of shelter stays |
The Boston Globe |
July 2024 |
| Migrant children caught in school limbo under new five-day limits on overflow shelter stays |
The Boston Globe |
July 2024 |
| Massachusetts to offer new five-day stay limit for migrants, plane tickets to leave |
Boston 25 |
July 2024 |
| Modifican sistemas de refugios en Massachusetts |
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra |
July 2024 |
| Governor Healey announces sweeping changes to state’s emergency shelter system |
The Boston Globe |
July 2024 |
| Mass. tweaks emergency shelter system; migrants won't have priority |
NBC10 Boston |
July 2024 |
| 5-day stay limit among major changes set to impact migrants in Massachusetts shelter system |
WBZ News |
July 2024 |
| The Five Minute Read-Refugee youth leadership summit |
Lowell Sun |
July 2024 |
| ‘We’re here for a better life’: A young refugee tells his story | John L. Micek |
MassLive |
July 2024 |
| Last night at Logan Airport for migrant families, state officials say |
Boston 25 News |
July 2024 |
| Migrant families at Terminal E dwindle over the weekend as state forces them to leave |
Boston 25 News |
June 2024 |
| Trump’s unchallenged immigration falsehoods leave advocates frustrated and fearful |
NBC News |
June 2024 |
| IINE honors community members who support refugees for World Refugee Day |
The Lowell Sun |
June 2024 |
| Celebrating World Refugee Day at IINE |
MassNonprofit News |
June 2024 |
| Families reaching time limits in Massachusetts emergency shelters to start getting notices in July |
Boston 25 News |
June 2024 |
| Mass. immigration advocates worry about Biden’s order limiting asylum seekers |
GBH |
June 2024 |
| Elsewhere, Democrats are frustrated by Biden’s border crackdown. In Mass., Healey ‘strongly’ supports it. |
The Boston Globe |
June 2024 |
| Immigrants Critical to Bridging NH’s Workforce Gaps |
Business NH Magazine |
June 2024 |
| Emergency migrant shelter at Melnea Cass Recreation Center in Roxbury closes |
WBZ News |
May 2024 |
| Haitian community celebrates inaugural Flag Day |
The Lowell Sun |
May 2024 |
| 30 nonprofits and professionals selected as finalists for Mass. Nonprofit Network's 2024 Excellence Awards |
MassNonprofit News |
May 2024 |
| Antigua prisión servirá de refugio de emergencia en Norfolk |
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra |
May 2024 |
| The International Institute of New England receives $6M gift from Bancel Philanthropies |
MassNonprofit News |
April 2024 |
| School leaders celebrate community school grant |
Manchester Ink Link |
April 2024 |
| Even with work permits, migrants in shelters struggle to find self-sustaining jobs |
GBH |
April 2024 |
| MCC Hosts CNA for Success Graduation Ceremony |
Patch |
April 2024 |
| What comes after work authorization? For some migrants, months of job-searching. |
The Boston Globe |
March 2024 |
| 25 Investigates: Massachusetts companies have hired more than 400 migrant workers, so far |
Boston 25 News |
March 2024 |
| Pilot program for housing migrants and homeless people already settling families |
Boston 25 News |
March 2024 |
| The International Institute of New England raises $1.7M in support of refugees and immigrants |
MassNonprofit News |
March 2024 |
| IINE celebrates women refugees on International Women’s Day |
The Lowell Sun |
March 2024 |
| Bill could put families in shelter system on the clock |
WBUR Radio Boston |
March 2024 |
| Mass. migrants still sleeping at Boston Logan as state begs for funds, seeks sites |
MassLive |
March 2024 |
| As migrants arrive in Mass., volunteers step up to offer housing |
Boston.com |
February 2024 |
| How to help migrant families in Massachusetts |
Boston.com |
February 2024 |
| Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $16.3 Million in Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund Grants to Address the Demand for Health Care and Behavioral Health Workers |
Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development |
February 2024 |
| Enfoque: Se disparan los casos de virus respiratorios en nuestra zona |
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra |
February 2024 |
| 25 Investigates: Thousands of local MA families among those in overwhelmed emergency shelter system |
Boston 25 |
February 2024 |
| Mass. pilot program aims to help migrants find housing |
NBC 10 Boston |
February 2024 |
| Arlington’s approach to immigration, refugee situation: past, present and future |
YourArlington |
February 2024 |
| Charity organizations say more donations are needed to help children in poverty |
NBC 10 Boston |
February 2024 |
| Honoring Boston’s history as a city of immigrants as the International Institute of New England turns 100 |
MassNonprofit News |
February 2024 |
| The Five Minute Read |
Lowell Sun |
February 2024 |
| Tech Goes Home adds 25 new community partners |
Jamaica Plain Gazette |
February 2024 |
| Greater Lowell Community Foundation provides $160K to 7 nonprofits through Refugee and Immigrant Resettlement Fund |
MassNonprofit News |
February 2024 |
| What’s behind the migrant surge in Massachusetts? Here’s one family’s terrifying journey from Haiti to Boston |
WBZ News |
February 2024 |
| Best Of BPR 2/01: Resettling Refugees & Lottery Drama |
Boston Public Radio |
February 2024 |
| Massachusetts trasladará inmigrantes durmiendo en el aeropuerto Logan a refugio en Roxbury |
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra |
January 2024 |
| As shelter system struggles, Healey to launch pilot program to house, employ migrants |
The Boston Globe |
January 2024 |
