Boston Is Paying Illegal Aliens to Become Community Organizers Michelle Wu is building an activist pipeline

...Boston is offering immigrants—including people in the country illegally—$575 to complete a city-sponsored course in community organizing and advocacy. ... Interested applicants are encouraged to apply regardless of their immigration status.” Run through Mayor Michelle Wu’s Office for Immigrant Advancement, Immigrants Lead Boston teaches participants how to organize their communities, engage government officials and advocate for change ... One of its stated political principles is unmistakable: “We must contest for power at all levels of government.” Boston’s alumni page gives concrete examples of the advocacy participants wanted to pursue. Viera Andrea Ilse described helping neighbors obtain driver’s licenses regardless of...