When Governor Maura Healey takes the microphone later this morning as the keynote speaker for the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition's annual Immigrants' Day, she probably won’t mention that MIRA has received millions in state taxpayer dollars to advance pro-invasion programs, including the non-profit’s newest initiative: twenty-four lawyers for illegal immigrants.

So far in FY26, with five additional reporting periods outstanding, MIRA has received $970,025 in state taxpayer funds with the Immigration Legal Assistance Fund allocated $930,313.82 fiscal year to date.

Funding from the Immigration Legal Assistance Fund has allowed MIRA, in cooperation with CPCS, to fulfill “an important need for immigrant legal services by hiring 24 new lawyers across the state.”

At a Beacon Hill forum earlier this month State Senator Liz Miranda said that ICE enforcement is "actual white supremacy" and "secret police mostly made up of people who couldn't get a job anywhere else...scooping up pregnant people."

Also earlier this month MIRA a 501c3 organization, launched a 501c4 non-profit called MIRA New England Forward to "mobilize immigrant political power."

According to MIRA’s website the Access to Counsel Initiative launched late last year is “a joint effort between MIRA Coalition, CPCS, and a statewide network of legal organizations. Together, we’re building a centralized intake and referral system for individuals in Massachusetts facing Immigration Court proceedings. Through a single intake line, detained and non-detained individuals from Massachusetts will be able to request help and be connected with an available legal service provider for potential representation.”

In May, MIRA will honor Healey’s favorite illegal alien Marcel Gomes with a “Community Champion” award. Gomes briefly attended the State of the Union as a guest of Congressman Seth Moulton until he became aware that ICE might arrest him.

According to MIRA’s Facebook page: legal representation is “FREE under this program to income eligible immigrants.”

In FY25 MIRA received $2.1M in state taxpayer funds dominated by the expenditures for the Family Shelter program, but demand for shelter dramatically declined since Trump closed the border in January 2025.

Effectively legal assistance for illegals has taken over from shelter as the number state funded MIRA program.

In FY24 MIRA collected $975,510 state taxpayer dollars with the two largest expenditures Immigrants and Refugee Supports $454,000 and Immigrants and Refugees Housing $246,000. MIRA also scored a $75,515 grant from AG Andrea Campbell funded by a state court settlement with Google.