Category: Immigration

As Trump threatens mass deportations, some rural areas that back him rely heavily on immigrant labor

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COCHRANE, Wisconsin — Dozens of calves groaned as Hermenegildo, a young Mexican farmworker, wheeled out a cart with bottles of milk. He attached the bottles to the wood pen of each calf, walking up and down the row as the animals guzzled the milk in minutes. The 600 cows on the dairy farm produce 5,000 gallons a day, which are trucked for processing into cheese at a plant owned by a Minnesota cooperative. Farm owner John Rosenow credits immigrant labor with sustaining his business, estimating that at least 90% of the workers on Wisconsin dairy farms are unauthorized. He turned […]

Venezuelan refugees reunited with their cat, thanks to rescue group; ‘We couldn’t leave her as if she was a toy’

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They say love comes suddenly and unexpectedly, sometimes during the most tumultuous times in life, said Carlos Salazar, a native of Venezuela who now lives in Rogers Park. He met his partner Efren Monsalve in Peru after they escaped the turmoil and economic crisis ravaging their home country. They found a home in each other, they said, now sitting on a couch in their apartment, seemingly a million miles away from friends and family. But their family wasn’t complete. They’d been missing their cat, Katzel, after they had to make the hard decision to leave her in Peru when they […]

‘A dream come true:’ 136 become U.S. citizens at Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe

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More than 100 petitioners from 41 countries officially became U.S. citizens when they took their oath of allegiance at a naturalization ceremony held at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe Friday morning. The ceremony took place in the Garden’s Nichols Hall, with close to 400 people attending, including family members who showed up to support […]