Immigrants in the Boston metro area.
By Eduardo A. de Oliveira, EthnicNewz and FI2W reporter Members of the Brazilian community in Boston and the surrounding region are expressing concern following the arrest on Saturday of the federal official responsible for keeping undocumented immigrants and illegal drugs…
By Eduardo A. de Oliveira, EthnicNewz and FI2W reporter Jaime Viviani is treated at Congregation Beth-El, a Jewish temple in Sudbury, Massachusetts (Photo: Elizabeth Mendonca/Brazilian Times) SUDBURY, Mass. — Despite the economic crisis, the Barbosa family will have a healthy…
NASHUA, NH – By Eduardo A. de Oliveira, New England Ethnic News and FI2W Heloisa Galvão, president of the Brazilian Women’s Group in Massachusetts, is concerned that immigrant voters don’t have all the information they need to vote today. “Yesterday we…
By Suman Raghunathan, Feet In 2 Worlds consultant The Associated Press broke the story Friday that presidential candidate Barack Obama has a half-aunt, Zeituni Onyango, who, after her request for political asylum was rejected, is now undocumented and living in…
“Sticky rice” is no longer an option at the polls in this year’s presidential election, but that hasn’t changed Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin’s opposition to transliterating English names into Chinese characters on the November ballot. A battle has…