{"id":2417,"date":"2026-06-10T21:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:36:27","slug":"significant-win-r-i-advocates-celebrate-ruling-against-trump-immigration-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2417","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Significant win\u2019: R.I. advocates celebrate ruling against Trump immigration policies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PROVIDENCE \u2014 Immigrant advocates and state officials praised a federal judge\u2019s decision to strike down Trump administration policies that targeted immigrants from 39 African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries \u2014 and vowed to continue to fight.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThese policies were wrong, plain and simple, and caused profound fear and uncertainty for many of our friends, neighbors, and colleagues,\u201d Milagro Sique, the chief executive officer of Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island, said at a press conference Wednesday. \u201cHaving the judicial process work as intended by upholding the rule of law gives us some reassurance that is not all lost.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Dorcas and the Providence-based Refugee Dream Center were part of a coalition of nonprofits and unions that sued US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the US Department of Homeland Security. They told the US District Court of Rhode Island about the impact on immigrants, who had their lives upended when the Trump administration decided tohalt asylum applications and freeze immigration and citizenship applications, work permits, and green cards, solely based on where they were from.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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