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“When folks are not showing up to work out of fear, when folks are not frequenting these businesses out of fear, of course the impact on the local economy can be devastating.”

Sabira came to the U.S. in 2022. Her husband had worked in the Afghan military and assisted U.S. troops, and he fled in the 2021 evacuation of Afghanistan. They sponsored their families to join them here in the U.S., but that process is on hold because of President Trump's suspension of the refugee admissions program.

Bernadette Jordan, the consul general of Canada in Boston, joins WBUR's Morning Edition.

“He found out he was going to Texas when he was inside the plane. Because the pilot said it,” his wife told WBUR. Lucas Dos Santos Amaral now awaits a hearing on whether he can return to his family in Massachusetts.

“ The strategy they're using against immigrant communities, against veterans, Black folk, people of color, women, through the DEIA attacks ... is to create fear so that folks change their behavior, the way they exist in the world," Campbell told WBUR. 

Immigration has long been a complicated and fast-changing branch of the law. But with the Trump administration looking to transform the immigration system — clamping down on who we let in, and expanding the pool of who's deportable — some lawyers say it’s getting harder to give solid legal advice.

Several colleges in New England — and a growing number nationwide — are offering a compressed college experience amid concerns over rising tuition costs and student loan debt.

Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss his time at the Munich Security Conference.

Susan Barrett, transportation manager for the town of Lexington, and Jarred Johnson, who runs the advocacy group TransitMatters, join WBUR's Morning Edition.

Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal, who's the top Democrat on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, joins WBUR's Morning Edition.