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Kevin Gomes Andrade

@kevingandrade.bsky.social
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Journalist, reader, writer, and translator. Focused on immigrant communities, especially those in New England. Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. Words in: @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, @bostonglobe.bsky.social, more. Portfolio: www.kevinandrade.

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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
It was such a pleasure interviewing @bdolan.bsky.social about ICE, the Wyatt Detention Facility, and his new -- fantastic -- song “How I(CE) Could Just Kill A Man.” Grateful to @steveahlquist.bsky.social for giving this piece a home (and everything else he does).
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
“The state of our union is traumatized,” said @pressley.house.gov during an oversight visit to the ICE field office in Burlington, Mass., Thursday. “We can't just operate with business as usual. These are unprecedented times.” newbedfordlight.org/u-s-rep-pres...
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U.S. Rep. Pressley renews call to abolish ICE after visit to Burlington facility - The New Bedford Light
“In the midst of this active, growing, fascist state, I'm grateful for our first line of defense. And that is the courts.” – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
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The New Bedford Light @newbedfordlight.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
In an interview with The Light, U.S. Rep. Bill Keating talked about immigration, the cost of living and political changes in southeastern Massachusetts. ➡️ Read the story: buff.ly/YV0ksls 📝 Grace Ferguson 🎥 Eleonora Bianchi
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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Via @kevingandrade.bsky.social: "A federal judge ordered the immediate release of an undocumented New Bedford man held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Rhode Island facility in a damning opinion issued late Tuesday."
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Federal judge orders ICE to release New Bedford man — and return his keys - The New Bedford Light
“The Court holds that Mr. Morales’ continued detention is illegal and that he is entitled to immediate release and to a bond hearing before an [Immigration Judge].” – Judge John J. McConnell, Jr.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
“They never told me why they arrested me,” Pascual Cuin González told The Light, “or why they let me go.” newbedfordlight.org/new-bedford-...
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New Bedford asylee back home after weeklong ICE detention - The New Bedford Light
Pascual Cuin González, an immigrant with asylum status and a work permit, was detained in three facilities before being released.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
“The terror that is out there is fear of immigration [agents],” said Marí Lucy Toj Méndez, owner of Lucy's Party Store on Acushnet Ave. “So now, with every little thing you do, that fear is always there in the background." newbedfordlight.org/new-bedford-...
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Impact of Trump policies worsens for immigrant businesses - The New Bedford Light
Store owners on Acushnet Avenue say ICE operations have dealt a blow to their revenue – with one business reporting a 50% loss in sales in the last eight months.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
We interviewed five New Bedford residents detained by ICE since January (and the family of one other). 2 are back home after making bond. Two were deported to Brazil and Guatemala, respectively. Two more remain in detention. These are their stories from inside. newbedfordlight.org/its-hard-to-...
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New Bedford immigrants describe inhumane conditions at detention facilities - The New Bedford Light
New Bedford immigrants describe inhumane conditions at detention facilities: lack of basic necessities including limited food, water, medical attention and showers.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
“She’s not a flight risk,” said Robin Nice, the attorney for New Bedford's only confirmed female immigrant detainee during the hearing Monday at Chelmsford Immigration Court. “She’s just a mom of three who’s eager to reunite with her three kids.” newbedfordlight.org/judge-orders...
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Judge orders the release of New Bedford’s first confirmed female detainee - The New Bedford Light
Yury Melissa Aguiriano-Romero, mother of three, has been in ICE custody since her arrest at a scheduled immigration check-in on June 3.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
“Generally speaking, the information available to us indicates that ICE has been engaging in a variety of widespread civil rights abuses,” said Dan McFadden, managing attorney at the @aclum.bsky.social. My latest for @newbedfordlight.bsky.social. newbedfordlight.org/advocates-te...
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Advocates tell immigrants: Stay strong on your rights when it comes to ICE - The New Bedford Light
Allegations of civil rights violations by federal agents during the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign are flooding into advocates’ offices.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Luis Guillermo Castro Alvarez, 31, the 43rd confirmed detainee in New Bedford, is being held at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility. He was detained at the Port of New Bedford on Wednesday in an operation including ICE agents and the Coast Guard. newbedfordlight.org/ice-coast-gu...
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ICE, Coast Guard arrest Guatemalan fisherman at New Bedford port - The New Bedford Light
Luis Guillermo Castro Alvarez, 31, the 43rd confirmed detainee in New Bedford, is being held at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
ICYMI: 47 workers suspended at New Bedford branch of Massachusetts supermarket chain Market Basket after ICE audit. newbedfordlight.org/new-bedford-...
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New Bedford Market Basket suspends 47 immigrants after I-9 audit - The New Bedford Light
A spokesperson confirmed that the suspensions are directly linked to ICE activity at the Sawyer Street store.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
47 immigrant workers 'suspended' from jobs at New Bedford store of popular Massachusetts grocery chain Market Basket, newbedfordlight.org/new-bedford-...
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New Bedford Market Basket suspends 47 immigrants after I-9 audit - The New Bedford Light
A spokesperson confirmed that the suspensions are directly linked to ICE activity at the Sawyer Street store.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21/07/2025
When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
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ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
A 48-year-old immigrant from El Salvador was detained by ICE on his way to New Bedford District Court to face a misdemeanor assault and battery charge. newbedfordlight.org/ice-makes-fi...
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ICE makes first arrest in weeks in New Bedford - The New Bedford Light
A 48-year-old immigrant from El Salvador is detained on his way to New Bedford District Court to face a misdemeanor assault and battery charge.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
“The broad trends in terms of who is targeted are not new,” @heathersmo.bsky.social said. “These trends are also consistent with Trump’s language from his first term about ‘bad hombres.’” newbedfordlight.org/after-the-ic...
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Families of detained New Bedford immigrants suffer financially and emotionally - The New Bedford Light
Whether or not ICE is deliberately targeting immigrant men, the effect is the same: families who remain here are struggling financially and emotionally.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that she signed an executive order seeking greater transparency from federal immigration officials. She said the city will submit regular Freedom of Information Act requests to find out who ICE is detaining and on what grounds.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The city’s first known detained female immigrant is being held in Burlington under harsh, unsanitary conditions, according to her husband. newbedfordlight.org/honduran-mot...
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New Bedford mother arrested during scheduled immigration check-in - The New Bedford Light
The city’s first known detained female immigrant is being held in Burlington under harsh, unsanitary conditions, according to her husband.
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Here's a baby otter to start your week.
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Público @publico.pt · 09/06/2025
Israel interceptou, esta segunda-feira, o veleiro Madleen que transportava ajuda humanitária para Gaza e onde seguiam 12 activistas. Imagens de videovigilância mostram o momento. Saiba mais: publico.pt/v97066
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
My one month anniversary on the job and Ellie took this excellently timed photo of me covering a demonstration in New Bedford (coming soon in @newbedfordlight.bsky.social). I think I may have found my new LinkedIn profile pic.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
“Community members surrounded ICE trucks and faced off with agents in military garb with guns. 'Shame, shame, shame,’ some people yelled at the agents, video showed.” www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/c...
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Community speaks after ICE raids at South Park Italian restaurant
Restaurant owners said they are heartbroken and describe the operation as traumatic.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Federal authorities arrested almost 1500 immigrants in Massachusetts in May in 'Operation Patriot.' Almost 700 of those had no criminal record and 10 were in New Bedford. “We are coming for you" - ICE Boston Director Patricia Hyde at a press conference Monday. newbedfordlight.org?p=164196&pre...
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ICE defends May arrests of nearly 1,500 immigrants in Massachusetts - The New Bedford Light
ICE’s acting director defends arrests and masked agents. Critics question his assertion that detainees are getting due process.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Happy to announce that I am now a full-time staffer covering immigration for @newbedfordlight.bsky.social. I had been doing immigration work for The Light as a stringer for a couple of months beforehand so I wanted to take this opportunity to share some of my work here so far.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
“I’ve never seen anything like this in the United States,” she said. “It brings me back to the PIDE in Portugal when I was a kid,” she said, referring to the secret police force of the Portuguese state at the time. “I’m seeing people shut up like that now.” newbedfordlight.org/two-guatemal...
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Two Guatemalans detained in early morning ICE raid in New Bedford - The New Bedford Light
Agents used a battering ram to break into a home on Viall Street and pointed a rifle at teenagers as they conducted the operation.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“They just yelled that ‘we’re from Immigration’” said Josué. “Then they heard me in my room and broke down my door and pointed a gun at my head." Agents in military fatigues used a battering ram in operation to detain Guatemalan immigrants in New Bedford today. newbedfordlight.org/two-guatemal...
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Two Guatemalans detained in early morning ICE raid in New Bedford - The New Bedford Light
Agents used a battering ram to break into a home on Viall Street and pointed a rifle at teenagers as they conducted the operation.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu at the House hearing on sanctuary cities: "If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe." Mic drop! 🎤
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I came to Boston today to cover a smaller demonstration at the State House. Then stumbled across a big one on the Common in support of Ukraine. I plan on doing an essay on this day. I have thoughts and energy.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Representatives from the Azorean Regional Government visited New Bedford last week as they assess and prepare for a potential new wave of deportees to the archipelago. newbedfordlight.org/azorean-offi...
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Azorean officials prepare for new wave of deportees from the U.S. - The New Bedford Light
Most Azoreans facing deportation today have overstayed tourist visas, said Helena DaSilva Hughes of the Immigrants’ Assistance Center in New Bedford.
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Greg Andree @gregandree71.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this. Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.
Book covers for: Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
This is happening and I don't think I'm overstating that it has parallels to events over 80 years ago, or even 50 years ago if you go beyond Europe. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Trump to build mass detention camp for deportees at Guantánamo Bay
The president said he will issue an executive order to construct a detention camp with room for 30,000 migrants on the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
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The Latino Newsletter @thelatinonewsletter.org · 26/01/2025
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday ordered an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation to a similar order announced hours earlier by President Donald Trump.
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Trump orders tariffs on Colombia over rejection of US military deportation flights
Trump made the announcement Sunday on his social media platform Truth Social.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
This is a pretty apt visual description of our times. I don't speak Telugu, so I don't know what they're saying. But the visuals speak for themselves. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnsp...
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Adavi Donga Songs - Idhi Oka Nandanavanam - Chiranjeevi, Radha
YouTube video by Volga Video
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Jared Rutecki @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents attempted to conduct an enforcement action at Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards, Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th Ward) and Chicago Public Schools officials said.
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ICE Agents Turned Away From Back of the Yards Elementary School: Officials
The agents were turned away and no one appears to have been detained, Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th Ward) told WTTW News.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Trump's DHS just invoked a never-before-used authority which permits the federal government to deputize any state or local law enforcement officer to have the same powers as an ICE or Border Patrol agent.
Accordingly, pursuant to the authorities under the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1101, et sec., including the implementing regulations identified above, I find "that there exist circumstances involving the administration ofthe immigration laws ofthe United States that
endanger the lives, property, safety, or welfare of the residents" of all 50 States. I further find that
an actual or imminent mass influx of aliens is arriving at the southern border of the United States
and presents urgent circumstances requiring an immediate federal response. I therefore request the
assistance of State and local governments in all 50 States.
This finding is effective immediately. It expires in 60 days, unless extended. "
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The press in R.I. Has totally failed its immigrant communities this week. I only saw one local angle where a progressive mayor and hard right conservative both siders the ICE raids. This is shameful.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
This is a huge issue! So much data!
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
In sad news, TRAC, the immigration court data portal which has been a vital resource for years, appears to be completely down following its departure from Syracuse University. It's unclear when (or if) it will come back.
404 message showing TRAC is down.
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Julio Ricardo Varela @juliorvarela.com · 08/01/2025
The Media Isn’t Ready for Trump’s Mass Deportation Moment by @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social
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The Media Isn’t Ready for Trump’s Mass Deportation Moment
"This is not a border story — it's a national story.”
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
No doubt about it, this is about a man with a fragile ego showing employees who’s boss.
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Julio Ricardo Varela @juliorvarela.com · 30/12/2024
Thanks for the share and the kind words.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
One of my favorite and most personally relevant pieces from this past year reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Democracy in Portugal. newbedfordlight.org/i-was-there-...
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‘I was there’: 50 years later, Dartmouth man recalls his role in Portuguese revolution - The New Bedford Light
The morning of the coup, April 25, 1974, jubilant crowds sallied forth onto the streets of Lisbon to shower the soldiers with cheers, leftist political slogans, and red carnations that the troops proc...
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
This is a pretty major passing. As finance minister in 1991, under the premiership of Narasimha Rao, he liberalized India's economy and ended the License Raj. He was also the last PM before Modi. theprint.in/india/former...
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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh passes away at 92
AIIMS Delhi releases statement confirming former PM Manmohan Singh had ‘sudden loss of consciousness at home’ and was brought to Medical Emergency where he was ‘declared dead at 9.51 pm’.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
La Ciudad de New Bedford es la que me dio luz tanto en el sentido literal como profisional. Es un privilegio poder reportar sobre su comunidad inmigrante en ella y como se esté preparándo para la tormenta que viene. Por @cwbeacon.bsky.social. commonwealthbeacon.org/immigration/...
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'Eso no va a ser bonito'
Los defensores de los inmigrantes piensan que exista la posibilidad de que New Bedford será un blanco clavo en una gran lista de lugares clavos en una nueva campaña de deportación baja la nueva admini...
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CommonWealth Beacon @cwbeacon.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Mass deportations “could potentially be devastating for New Bedford. Especially the fishing fleet in New Bedford. When fish comes off the boat, it gets processed, chances are, by an immigrant from Central America,” State Rep. Christopher Hendricks tells CWB. Story from @kevingandrade.bsky.social.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
New Bedford is home to me. Anytime I can serve it through my reporting is a privilege. New Bedford’s immigrant communities anxiously wait to see what comes of Trump’s mass deportation promises Thanks to @cwbeacon.bsky.social for working with me on this. commonwealthbeacon.org/immigration/...
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‘It’s not going to be pretty’
On a chilly November evening, the first after a string of 70-degree days, people made their way to a former storefront on Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford’s
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CommonWealth Beacon @cwbeacon.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
From @kevingandrade.bsky.social: New Bedford has more experience than most communities with deportations at scale, but the lack of details about President-elect Trump’s mass deportation plans leaves residents anxious about the tactics and impacts of such an operation. buff.ly/3DqEOiZ
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‘It’s not going to be pretty’
On a chilly November evening, the first after a string of 70-degree days, people made their way to a former storefront on Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford’s
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Need to share a thought on a book experience I've been cherishing, "War and Peace." Just passed the 500 page mark and so far, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky is my favorite character.
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Kevin Gomes Andrade @kevingandrade.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Has ignoring social studies over the last 20 years been somewhat to teachers' advantage? Interesting question to explore?
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