Another Successful New Americans Agenda Meeting - March 18th in Fitchburg

The sixth and final New Americans Agenda (NAA) community forum took place on Wednesday, March 18th in Fitchburg, MA. Over 150 people attended the lively meeting, which saw testimony from immigrants, immigrant advocates, elected officials, and other testifiers, including the chief of police in Fitchburg, who spoke of the need to provide undocumented immigrants with driver's licenses to increase public safety.

The series of meetings has been well attended with people from all over the Commonwealth providing a broad range of recommendation to ease the integration of immigrants into all facets of life in Massachusetts. The result of the public and policy expert meetings will be a report delivered to Governor Patrick in July with actionable recommendations for departments and agencies across state government. The NAA is the result of an executive order signed by Patrick in July of last year.