The Journey Home Starts with You

The Journey Home Starts with You

Reading Time: 2 minutesDear friends, Everywhere I turn, I see references to the movie, “The Odyssey.” I’ve always found the Odyssey to be a compelling story. Odysseus, King of Ithaca, fought for 10 years in the Trojan war. His journey home took just as long. He faced...

Workers’ Case Can Proceed

Reading Time: 2 minutesLast month, Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores (CCT) invited MIC to join them to support a group of their members at the July 6th hearing for their case, Diaz Perez et. al. v. Marder et. al. The plaintiffs are Central American immigrants,...

Immigrant Defender Jacob Miller

Reading Time: 2 minutesMIC is happy to welcome Jacob Miller as our new Detention Legal Director. Jacob provides critical legal aid to community members in Berkshire County through MIC’s MVP-Legal Berkshires program, as well as rapid response and habeas corpus...

BWC: Constitutional Right Defender

Reading Time: 2 minutesOn the President’s first day of his second term in office, he signed an executive order seeking to strip birthright citizenship from babies born in the U.S. to immigrant parents. Hours later, Brazilian Worker Center (BWC), La Colaborativa, and...

Life, Liberty, Legal Support

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re excited to share that the MIC Immigration Legal Program has expanded its services, launching a new program, and growing its legal staff. Our program is committed to serving clients through trusted relationships, accessible...
Beyond Moral Indignation: Moving Toward Right Action

Beyond Moral Indignation: Moving Toward Right Action

Reading Time: 2 minutesDear friends, I am a cinephile who’s way behind on movie watching. I saw Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln (2012) over the July 4th holiday. A scene with Lincoln and Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Representative of Pennsylvania, haunted me. They argued...