Join the Health and Law Immigrant Solidarity Network.

Join the MIRA Coalition, Protecting Massachusetts, and other advocates to celebrate the passage of the PROTECT Act on Friday Oct 2!

In August, Massachusetts signed into law a landmark bill, the PROTECT Act, to protect immigrant rights. The bill includes protections against immigration enforcement in healthcare settings, for which our coalition advocated fiercely! Thank you all for your advocacy!

Extensive resources can be found on the Mass.gov PROTECT Act site.

Hospitals must establish policies to address interactions with immigration enforcement by October 4, 2026.

Additional guidance from MA Executive Office of Health and Human Services and model policy for healthcare institutions can be found here.

Click here to sign the letter in support of S3072, to protect immigrants in MA

We are a group of health, legal professionals, and community members in Massachusetts.

We’ve been meeting since February 2017 when many of us noticed that immigrant patients were missing medical appointments, worrying about loved ones with deportation orders, or fearing what may happen to their children if they are deported. We heard stories about domestic violence survivors whose aggressors threaten to have them deported if they call the police. We have seen the ways immigration affects our patients’ mental and physical health, and we know that everyone should have access to medical care, regardless of immigration status.

To take action on these concerns and many more, we formed the Health & Law Immigrant Solidarity Network (HLISN). We have more than 600 members.