Impact of COVID-19 on Immigrants in Massachusetts: Insights from Our Community Survey

From the Introduction: "As New England's largest immigrant advocacy organization, a statewide coalition with dozens of members directly involved in COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] relief, MIRA [Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy] has been tracking conditions, advocating for policy interventions to mitigate the pandemic's impact on immigrant families, and working with philanthropy to steer funds to nonprofits that are providing food and cash directly to immigrants Aiming to develop more robust evidence to support its advocacy, MIRA created a community survey focused on employment, work and commuting conditions, food and housing security, child care, and access to key safety-net programs [ ] Though much has been written about the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, this is the first quantitative assessment of the pandemic's impact on immigrants throughout Massachusetts [Section 1] provides a brief overview of the federal and state responses to the COVID-19 crisis, as well as the work of MIRA members and other organizations to assist households experiencing economic distress Section 2 summarizes the findings of the survey, including disaggregated analysis of 149 responding households that include undocumented immigrants Section 3 identifies priorities for federal and state policy-makers and for philanthropy and explicitly connects our findings to MIRA's advocacy agenda "