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- Mayor Michelle Wu funds the Immigrants Lead Boston program that trains migrants in activism.
- The program pays migrants $575 for a ten-week civic-engagement course.
- Eligibility excludes U.S.-born residents and does not require legal status for enrollment.
- Graduates have advocated for illegal-alien driver’s licenses and citywide rent control.
- Boston allocated $4.5 million to the program from public and private sources.