In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are Teddy Bear Picnics, music and poetry readings on the grass and in gardens, dance festivals, cringe comedy and a fundraiser for the MICE comics expo – a surprising amount of it totally free.

Democrats want to hold Gov. Charlie Baker responsible for not condemning President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies and agendas, but at the same time they don’t hold themselves accountable for not even bringing the Safe Communities Act up for a vote.

Jaime Alvarez Figueroa got married Wednesday – surprisingly. It happened in federal court in Boston, after an eleventh-hour plea from his lawyer, who has been working to get him released from immigration jail.

Cambridge is an amazing city. We are leading the way in so many areas that sometimes we lose sight of the great things that are happening. But despite all the prosperity and innovation that surrounds us, we are still a city with major issues to address. Here’s how we have started.

The U.S. Census is fast approaching, with a question not seen in decades asking participants about their citizenship. But census manipulation is not the only tactic being used by those attacking immigrants to inspire fear and lower vote counts in blue states.

Human trafficking for forced labor and sexual exploitation is a global horror – but with 1 in 335 people on Earth living in slavery, don’t be surprised that there have been cases in recent years here in Boston and Cambridge.

A new Cambridge Legal Defense Fund for Immigrants hopes to raise $500,000 by May 15, then start spending it immediately to defend immigrants suddenly at risk of detention, arrest, prosecution and deportation by the federal government.

In a major victory, MIT janitor Francisco Rodriguez-Guardado is being released from jail this week, his immigration attorneys said Wednesday afternoon.

Lawyers for Francisco Rodriguez-Guardado filed an emergency motion Monday morning in federal appeals court in Boston seeking his immediate release from jail because immigration authorities can no longer “reasonably foresee” his deportation.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has granted a stay of removal from the country to Francisco Rodriguez-Guardado, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology custodian, for the duration of his case, which will run “at least into the summer.”