A group of about 2,000 migrants left Mexico’s southern border Sunday hoping to reach the country’s north and ultimately the United States
A group of 2,000 migrants in southern Mexico depart for the US weeks before election
Category: Immigration
These Parkland shooting survivors were promised visas. They’re still waiting.
Little did the Parkland shooting survivors know then that the well-intentioned U visa program is among the most dysfunctional in the whole troubled immigration apparatus.
Immigrants help power America’s economy. Will the election value or imperil them?
Immigration has become a source of fright and frustration for voters in this presidential election — with possible outcomes that could take the United States down two dramatically different paths.
Venezuelan refugees reunited with their cat, thanks to rescue group; ‘We couldn’t leave her as if she was a toy’
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 […]
Migrant deaths in New Mexico have increased tenfold
Ten times as many migrants died in New Mexico near the U.S.-Mexico border in each of the last two years compared with just five years ago.
US law entitles immigrant children to an education. Some conservatives say that should change.
Advocates fear the debate over welcoming immigrant children into America’s schools could figure more prominently into a national agenda if Donald Trump wins a second term in the White House.
‘A dream come true:’ 136 become U.S. citizens at Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe
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 […]
Plotting his future in film: Columbia College student from Monterrey, Mexico, is sharing his short stories one film festival at a time
Carlos Lerma is finding success at film festivals locally and nationally, while helping plan the Chicago International Film Festival, which starts Wednesday.
Court to weigh protections for immigrants brought to US as children
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, has enabled beneficiaries to build lives and careers in the United States. But the Obama-era initiative was intended to be a short-term fix.
President Biden will allow legal status to lapse for migrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua
The Biden administration said it would allow the temporary legal permission for migrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua to lapse.