Immigrant Support Atlas

Foreign-born share over time

How the immigrant share of the population shifts across the country. Press play to animate. Source: US Census ACS 5-year.

Access to immigrant-serving organizations

Spatial access by the enhanced two-step floating catchment area method (E2SFCA). Darker green = better access; orange = a service desert (people who need it, but no organization within reach); gray = no foreign-born population. Source: org locations + US Census ACS 2023.

Immigrant Policy Inclusion Index

How inclusive each state’s policies are toward immigrants, across seven domains: health coverage, language access, higher education, identification, integration & licensure, legal protection, and economic inclusion. Darker green = more inclusive; orange/red = more restrictive or limited. Click any state for its full profile.

Immigrant–Native Disparity Index

Standardized gaps between foreign-born and US-born residents (uninsured, crowded housing, rent burden, education, home internet, vehicle access, homeownership) from US Census ACS. Green = smaller gaps; red = larger gaps. This is an outcome measure, separate from the Policy map: it describes how immigrant and US-born residents differ, and is shaped by who has immigrated where (recency and composition), not by state policy alone. Click any state for its full profile.

English assimilationism

Project Implicit is a self-selected volunteer sample, not a representative survey; within each area, respondents are reweighted to the Census population by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and citizenship. Higher = less welcoming. Areas with too few respondents are left blank. See the note below for the exact survey item. Source: Project Implicit 2023-2025.

Immigrant attitudes

Project Implicit is a self-selected volunteer sample, not a representative survey; within each area, respondents are reweighted to the Census population by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and citizenship. Higher = less welcoming. Areas with too few respondents are left blank. See the note below for the exact survey item. Source: Project Implicit 2023-2025.

Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project

98 N WASHINGTON ST STE 106, BOSTON, MA 02114-1913

Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project is a nonprofit organization in Boston, Massachusetts that serves immigrants and refugees.

PAIR provides free immigration legal representation to indigent asylum seekers and detained immigrants in Massachusetts, including removal defense, family reunification help, know-your-rights education, and interpretation services.

Mission

To provide legal services to low income persons seeking political asylum and related relief from deportation in the new england area, as well as, promoting the rights of detained immigrants...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Civic engagement: “PAIR Organizes Virtual "Know Your Rights" Day”
  • Family reunification: “continuing on with family reunification and assistance with asylee green cards”
  • Interpretation / translation: “share legal updates to those who seek help with professional interpretation and translation services”
  • Legal / immigration: “PAIR provides free immigration services to indigent asylum seekers and detained immigrants”

Website in English only.

Communities served

Hispanic/Latino, Sierra Leonean, Ugandan.

Service area: Massachusetts (with some detention services in Rhode Island).

Federal recognition and registries

  • On EOIR’s list of free legal service providers

Contact

Founded 1990. IRS NTEE code I80Z. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 22-3003501.

Other organizations in Boston

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Sources: IRS exempt-organization records, Form 990 filings, federal and network directories, and the organization's own website. Data as of October 19, 2026. Information here can change; contact the organization to confirm.

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Immigrant profiles by origin, language, and race / ethnicity

Pick a group to see its own profile: how large it is and how it lives, with the all-foreign-born and US-born averages shown for context. National estimates from US Census ACS 1-year microdata (PUMS).