HITJ talks about ICE raids, kidnappings, detentions, and deportations in Portuguese immigrant communities in New Bedford and other parts of Massachusetts with the Immigrants' Assistance Center's President Helena daSilva Hughes and Immigration lawyer Jennifer Velarde. Helena and Jennifer update us on what is happening to Portuguese and other immigrants at the hands of ICE; how green card holders are being arrested and deported; attitudes in the Portuguese immigrant communities about what is happening; and give practical advice on immigrants' legal and civic rights and how to protect themselves, their families, and loved ones if ICE tries to arrest them. They also provide a brief history about the importance of the Immigrants' Assistance Center in New Bedford and what the organization is doing to protect immigrants today.
Helena daSilva Hughes is the President of the Immigrants' Assistant Center in New Bedford and has been a key immigrants' advocate helping Portuguese and other immigrant communities for 40 years. She is also the host of a weekly talk show on the Portuguese Channel \"Vida Luso Americana\". Jennifer Velarde is an immigrants attorney with a practice in New Bedford.
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