Citizenship Classes at New Bedford Immigration Assistance Center
New Bedford Immigrants Assistance Center President Helena DaSilva Hughes says citizenship applications have increased over 300 percent in the past two years.
Immigrants Assistance Center
Afghan Families in New Bedford [TOWNSQUARE SUNDAY]
After their harrowing escape last year, six Afghan families are facing new challenges in their new home here in New Bedford.
Culture Shock for Afghan Families in New Bedford
The Afghan refugee families who have arrived in New Bedford are acclimating but still experience a culture shock, said IAC President Helena DaSilva-Hughes.
IAC to Help Afghan Refugees [TOWNSQUARE SUNDAY]
Helena DaSilva Hughes expects three to five families will arrive in New Bedford, at least to start.
The 2020 Census In New Bedford [TOWNSQUARE SUNDAY]
Lynn Coish and Helena DaSilva Hughes have been tabbed by Mayor Jon Mitchell to lead the census count in 2020.
First Citizens' New Charitable Foundation [AROUND TOWN WITH PHIL]
First Citizens' Federal Credit Union has announced the First Citizens’ Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
Citizenship Clinic in New Bedford
Would you like to become an American citizen?
Around Town With Phil: Award for Southcoast Health
American Heart Association issues top workplace honor.
Illegal Immigrants: Danger or Dreamers?
Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson and Helena DaSilva Hughes of the Immigrants' Assistance Center of New Bedford both shared their thoughts on President Trump's immigration reform plan with Barry Richard on Thursday.
DaSilva Hughes: Immigration Reform a 'Political Football'
Helena DaSilva Hughes, Executive Director of the Immigrants' Assistance Center of New Bedford, tells WBSM's Barry Richard Congress is "playing with people's lives" in the battle over immigration reform.