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for thanksgiving, stories of hope, struggle and resilience in america. 23 years. to those who still are, she said: “don’t allow this broken system to try to define your identity.”. at our shared table 2018, speakers urged immigrants and refugees to ‘dream big’ and define their own identity, while calling on. elected officials to bring mas*achusetts realities closer to its ideals. boston, november 20, 2018 – iván espinoza-madrigal was 9 when he came to the u.s. from costa rica. his mother worked for minimum wage so he could get an education, and he was the first in his family to graduate from college, then from nyu law school. now, as executive director of lawyers for civil rights, he fights to ensure that millions like him can enjoy the same opportunities. looking out at hundreds of immigrants and refugees gathered in the great hall of the state house, he praised them for “not just surviving, but thriving,” and he offered a call to action. “it is important for all of us to join forces, because we are stronger together,” he said. “i know it can be exhausting, i know it can be demoralizing. but i also know that each of us has the capacity to protect ourselves and each other.” hope, unity and resilience were the central themes of our shared table 2018, mira’s 14th annual thanksgiving luncheon. more than 400 guests – overwhelmingly immigrants and refugees coming with their english clas*es – joined legislators and staff at the event, filling the emma lazarus’ poem at the foot of the statue of liberty invites the world to “give me your tired, your poor, your huddled mas*es yearning to breathe free.” for centuries, people have come with little or nothing, and built new lives and new fortunes here. it’s but now the trump administration wants to slam the door on working-clas* immigrants by subjecting anyone who earns less than 250% of the federal poverty line ($62,750 for a family of 4) to intense scrutiny, and effectively excluding anyone below 125% of fpl ($31,375