Después de ser detenido por las autoridades de inmigración, un inmigrante mexicano de 27 años encuentra la oportunidad de obtener educación con el programa de Consideración de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia, también conocido como DACA.
After being detained by immigration authorities, a 27-year-old Mexican immigrant finds a chance for an education with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.
Vanessa Esparza-López, a supervising attorney with the National Immigrant Justice Center’s Immigrant Legal Defense Project, explains how the Supreme Court’s ruling will impact DACA recipients.
For Mexican immigrant Selina Armenta, today’s Supreme Court decision on DACA means that her life can remain stable a little longer.
La Corte Suprema rechazó el término de DACA por parte del presidente Trump hoy. La póliza ha permitido a más de 825,000 inmigrantes trabajar e ir a la escuela en los Estados Unidos desde 2012.
The Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s termination of DACA today. The policy has allowed over 825,000 immigrants to work and go to school in the United States since 2012.
Trump promised that information from DACA applications would not be sent to deportation agents. But internal emails show that ICE can access databases where that information is kept — and DHS decided not to tell Congress.
Two Chicago DACA recipients tell Borderless just what’s at stake with the case challenging temporary relief for young immigrants
In April, President Donald Trump pledged not to deport undocumented immigrants with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status — aka “Dreamers” — telling the more than 875,000 people brought to the U.S. illegally as children that they should “rest easy.”
After 21 years of secrecy, Zarna Patel is stepping out of the shadows and claiming her undocumented identity.
Despite fears about Trump’s immigration policies, immigrant community leaders gathered in Chicago on Wednesday to call for unity.
After a contentious campaign, Donald Trump was projected to surpass 270 electoral votes, enough to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris.
As voters head to the polls, immigrant communities share what’s at stake for them this election.
While Vice President Kamala Harris has shifted her stance on the border to align more closely with Donald Trump, the candidates diverge on DACA, temporary protected status, and deportation.
Undocumented students entering college can’t apply for federal financial aid, but some local and national scholarships and assistance attempt to bridge this gap.
The Biden administration announced a plan to offer protection for noncitizen spouses of U.S. citizens.
Borderless compiled a list of organizations across the Chicagoland area that provide free or low-cost mental health support.
The Chicago ICE Field Office conducted more than 13,000 searches of the LexisNexis database between March and September 2021.
A new book by Reece Jones chronicles the aftermath of Trump’s ban on nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
From free tuition to food pantries, two-year colleges try to counteract plunging enrollments with new programs to make college more affordable and accessible
City Colleges of Chicago immigrant students balance extra work hours, technology issues and limited English proficiency with remote learning.
La pastora de Chicago Emma Lozano analiza el movimiento para mantener a los inmigrantes indocumentados con sus familias y una exhibición relacionada con la MCA.
Chicago pastor Emma Lozano discusses the movement to keep undocumented immigrants with their families and a related MCA exhibit.
Los manifestantes detuvieron el tráfico mientras pedían su proceso hacia la ciudadanía para 11 millones de inmigrantes indocumentados en los Estados Unidos.
Protestors halted traffic as they called for a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
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El gobernador de Illinois, JB Pritzker, firmó hoy la ley Illinois Way Forward Act, que pondrá fin a la detención de inmigrantes en el estado en 2022 y ampliará las protecciones para las comunidades de inmigrantes.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Illinois Way Forward Act today, which will end immigrant detention in the state in 2022 and expand protections for immigrant communities.
Chicago band Quinto Imperio, whose members grew up in a predominantly immigrant neighborhood, has never stopped supporting its community while chasing its ambitions — even through the pandemic.
La banda de Chicago Quinto Imperio, cuyos integrantes crecieron en un barrio predominantemente inmigrante, nunca ha dejado de apoyar a su comunidad mientras persigue sus sueños, incluso durante la pandemia.
Cuando la pandemia golpeó a su comunidad en La Villita, Elizeth Arguelles, emprendedora y beneficiaria de DACA originaria de Chicago, duplicó su trabajo comunitario.
When the pandemic struck her community in Little Village, Chicago, self-made entrepreneur and DACA recipient Elizeth Arguelles doubled down on her community care.
Chicago organizer Carolina Gallo provides support to survivors of domestic abuse who are often failed by — or fearful of — existing systems.
Carolina Gallo es una organizadora comunitaria en Chicago que ayuda a las sobrevivientes de abuso doméstico quienes muchas veces, son defraudadas por los sistemas existentes o les tienen miedo.
Organizadores locales comparten las políticas de inmigración que consideran deberían priorizar el presidente Biden.
Local organizers share the immigration policies that they believe President Biden should prioritize.
From stories about undocumented immigrants to comedies about first-generation families, here are some of our favorite things to watch and read about immigration.
Less than a day after voting polls closed, immigrant community members rallied in downtown Chicago to defend the election.
How Trump’s new executive order impacts American companies and immigrants who work or want to work in the United States.
Cómo es que la nueva orden ejecutiva de Trump impacta en las compañías americanas y en los inmigrantes que trabajan o que quieren trabajar en los Estados Unidos.
El coronavirus ha devastado comunidades mexicoamericanas en Illinois. Pero en el barrio de Wicker Park de Chicago, una familia trabaja y espera un mejor mañana.
Coronavirus has devastated Latino communities in Illinois. But in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, one family is working and hoping for a better tomorrow.
Author Daniel Denvir on the “bipartisan war on immigrants” and how it’s falling apart.
After ICE detained Jesus Alberto “Beto” Lopez Gutierrez on his drive home from camping, his family has banded together to challenge his detention and deportation.
Tania Unzueta is a fierce advocate for the rights of undocumented immigrants around the country.
Jimena Martinez migrated to the United States with her parents and two siblings when she was five years old.
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