Immigration

Oregon’s HB-4002 legislation, passed in 2022 with a 5-year phased in implementation starting in January 2023, extends overtime pay protections to agricultural workers, a sector historically exempt from such benefits.

This participatory project will engage immigrant advocates and frontline workers to examine how the narratives  in Massachusetts affect immigrant families' access to basic rights and essential services, such as healthcare, nutrition, and housing.

This project will evaluate the impact of New York City’s Promise NYC program, which provides childcare assistance to undocumented immigrant families, helping to address a critical gap in services for immigrant communities.

Municipal laws and policies affect the social, economic, and legal conditions of civic and private lives of immigrants in profound ways, including both direct access to health services, as well as broader social determinants, such as employment, housing, education, transportation, and law enforcement.