Elizabeth Sweet
Executive Director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)
Focused on the importance of state-level advocacy. She highlighted recent mobilization efforts, including strong participation in Immigration Day, and emphasized the need to sustain that momentum. Sweet outlined key priorities, including increased funding for immigration legal services and support for legislation such as the Protect Act, which aims to limit cooperation between local systems and federal immigration enforcement. She stressed that sustained advocacy is essential to achieving meaningful policy change.

