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Renan Leahy (left) of MAPs helped explain the Census questionnaire to Palmira Martina da Silva. (photo: maps-inc.org)

April 1 was Census Day, and federal authorities are already celebrating the high rates of response to the national headcount decennial.

A protestor holds up a sign denouncing raids against immigrants. (photo: www.OJornal.com)

The following English- and Portuguese-language excerpts are from www.OJornal.com, Friday, 19 March 2010.

Marching For Immigrant Rights

(Saturday, 9 January 2010) – The family of Marcelo Alves, a 35-year-old migrant from Brazil who now lives in Massachusetts, is somewhat accustomed to seeing the effects of persistent illness.  Marcelo, a father of two, has a heart condition th

Sara Cordeiro wahes her hands during a Saturday Portuguese-language service of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Framingham, Mass. (pic: EdO, EthnicNEWZ.org)

Massachusetts has run its first clinics for the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine.  But for months, one church has been taking matters into its own hands.

Paulo Pinto, head of the Massachusetts Alliance for Portuguese Speakers, spoke at the campaign launch of the Census 2010's Portuguese Speakers Complete Count Committee, held at the Mass. State House on Nov. 5, 2009. (photos: E.A.O, EthnicNEWz.org)

The Portuguese Speakers Complete Count Committee (PSCCC) launched a campaign for Census 2010 on Nov. 5, 2009, in Boston to boost participation of their community members in the federal questionnaire.

Aspiring business owner Scott Paiva, 18, won an entrepreneurship-competition prize that includes a $25,000 scholarship and a meeting with Barack Obama. He'll meet Pres. Obama on Oct. 19, 2009, with his co-winners. (photo: www.OJornal.com)

The following article is from www.ojornal.com, Oct. 16, 2009.Scroll down to read the article in Portuguese.