Activists canvassed businesses along West 26th Street, putting up signs they hoped would make the community feel not afraid.
Community leaders speak out under Little Village arch, hundreds rally for ‘day of love and resistance’
Category: Immigration
Skokie family gets deportation threats; group says anti-migrant vigilantes may be emboldened
A Skokie family was threatened with deportation by means of two letters taped on their front door, according to the nonprofit Council on American-Islamic Relations. The group believes immigration officials did not write the letters and suspects they are the work of vigilantes emboldened by anti-immigrant rhetoric. Both letters were written by hand. The first […]
A Chicagoan’s journey through incarceration, deportation and the fight for ‘A New Path’
Lee Ragsdale advocated for the publication of a deportation guide for noncitizens navigating a reentry into the country they and family members once fled.
Amid tension over ‘sanctuary city’ status, a rock is thrown through Cicero politician’s front window
Amid tension over ‘sanctuary city’ status, a rock is thrown through Cicero politician’s front window
Trump administration sues Illinois, Cook County and Chicago over sanctuary immigration laws
The Trump administration filed a federal lawsuit challenging sanctuary immigration laws in Illinois.
North suburban schools prepare for potential immigration raids
North suburban school districts say they will not allow ICE agents to enter without a judicial warrant.
West Harvey Dixmoor Elementary District 147 prepares for immigration enforcement as parents voice concerns
Attendees at a Hinsdale Dixmoor District 147 meeting expressed concerns about anti-immigrant rhetoric and perceived lack of support.
‘Chicago has always been a city of immigrant workers’: Some Chicago businesses close their doors to protest immigration crackdown
As immigrant communities across Chicagoland entered a third week of fear and uncertainty in the shadow of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, some business owners and workers from Elgin to Chicago Heights took action Monday: They closed their businesses and stayed home from work as part of a national Day Without Immigrants.
Marco Rubio in El Salvador to press Trump demands for migration crackdown amid USAID turmoil, Panama Canal
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was visiting El Salvador on Monday to press a friendly government to do more to meet Trump administration demands for a major crackdown on immigration amid turmoil in Washington over the status of the government’s main foreign development agency.
Trump administration ends temporary deportation protection for 350,000 Venezuelans
President Donald Trump’s administration is ending protections that shielded roughly 350,000 Venezuelans from deportation, leaving them with two months before they lose their right to work in the U.S.