From organizers to artists, Borderless Magazine worked with immigrants in 2021 to tell their stories, their way.
Borderless Magazine StaffDecember 29, 2021
Ahead of his new exhibition in Milwaukee, the Chicago-based artist talks about his work and the radical democracy of printmaking.
Kerry CardozaDecember 8, 2021
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.
Michelle KanaarDecember 6, 2021
Chicago pastor Emma Lozano discusses the movement to keep undocumented immigrants with their families and a related MCA exhibit.
Michelle KanaarNovember 23, 2021
En medio de múltiples crisis en su Líbano natal, Siham Ibrahim preserva la herencia libanesa en Chicago y ayuda a la gente que se encuentra en el Líbano.
Diane Bou KhalilOctober 12, 2021
Amid multiple crises in her native Lebanon, Siham Ibrahim is preserving Lebanese heritage in Chicago and helping people back home.
Diane Bou KhalilOctober 7, 2021
Thomas Kong, nacido en Corea del Norte, emigró a Estados Unidos en busca de oportunidades. Ahora, tiene una profesión distinta: propietario de una tienda de conveniencia y artista.
Claire VoonOctober 5, 2021
North Korea-born Thomas Kong immigrated to the U.S. for opportunity. Now, he has a distinct profession: convenience store owner and artist.
Claire VoonSeptember 29, 2021
Para el propietario Max Pars del restaurante persa Pars Cove ubicado en Lincoln Park, el COVID-19 ha sido el mayor desafío en sus cuatro décadas en la industria de los restaurantes.
Daniel KonstantinoSeptember 15, 2021
Max Pars, owner of Pars Cove, said that the COVID-19 pandemic has been the biggest challenge in his four decades in the restaurant industry.
Daniel KonstantinoSeptember 9, 2021
Con el apoyo de subvenciones y préstamos, la cervecería nórdica Ørkenoy ahora busca convertirse en un centro comunitario de Humboldt Park.
Mark DovichSeptember 1, 2021
Supported by grants and loans, the Nordic brewery Ørkenoy now looks to become a Humboldt Park community hub.
Mark DovichAugust 25, 2021
Mi Fogata: La galardonada propietaria de un restaurante mexicano está adaptándose a la pandemia de COVID con el apoyo de los habitantes de Chicago en North Center y otros lugares.
Alexander ShurAugust 12, 2021
Mi Fogata: An award-winning Mexican restaurant owner is weathering the COVID pandemic with support from Chicagoans in North Center and beyond.
Alexander ShurAugust 10, 2021
Para Altyn y Enesh Mantyyeva, copropietarias del icónico restaurante Russian Tea Time de Chicago, servir los platos de su infancia no es solo un negocio, es una responsabilidad personal.
Mark DovichAugust 9, 2021
For Altyn and Enesh Mantyyeva, co-owners of the iconic Chicago restaurant Russian Tea Time, serving the dishes of their childhood isn’t just business — it’s a personal responsibility.
Mark DovichAugust 5, 2021
Con el conocimiento de las redes sociales, los propietarios del lugar de brunch y restaurante Wake 'N Bacon han cumplido su sueño, incluso en medio de la pandemia de COVID-19.
Izzy StroobandtAugust 3, 2021
With social media savvy, owners of brunch spot Wake 'N Bacon have held onto their dream — even in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Izzy StroobandtJuly 28, 2021
Después de años en el mundo empresarial, Patricia González decidió seguir su proyecto que le apasionaba en Chicago. González abrió Athena Board Game Cafe justo cuando la ciudad estaba cerrando debido al COVID-19.
Maria AriasJuly 28, 2021
El restaurante mexicano y la taquería del chef Alfonso Sotelo, 5 Rabanitos, tiene sus raíces en la familia.
Kelly MilanJuly 21, 2021
After years in the corporate world, Patricia Gonzalez decided to pursue her passion project in Chicago. She opened it right when the city was shutting down due to COVID-19.
Maria AriasJuly 21, 2021
Chef Alfonso Sotelo’s Mexican restaurant and taqueria, 5 Rabanitos, is rooted in family.
Kelly MilanJuly 20, 2021
Un inmigrante mexicano residente del barrio de Albany Park en Chicago, reflexiona sobre las presiones para mantener a su familia durante la pandemia.
Esperanza SandovalJune 30, 2021
Una joven de Bosnia reflexiona sobre la travesía de su familia a los Estados Unidos y su lucha personal con el COVID-19.
Dominique TorresJune 30, 2021
A Mexican immigrant in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood reflects on the pressures to support his family during the pandemic.
Esperanza SandovalJune 24, 2021
A young Bosnian woman reflects on her family’s journey to the United States and her personal fight with COVID-19.
Dominique TorresJune 23, 2021
Una enfermera coreana habla sobre por qué fundó en Chicago un centro que da atención médica a los inmigrantes.
Ashley J. ChongJune 14, 2021
A Korean nurse on why she founded a Chicago center that provides health care for immigrants.
Ashley J. ChongMay 26, 2021
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.
Brian HerreraMay 20, 2021
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.
Brian HerreraMay 20, 2021
Cuando la pandemia golpeó a su comunidad en La Villita, Elizeth Arguelles, emprendedora y beneficiaria de DACA originaria de Chicago, duplicó su trabajo comunitario.
Brian HerreraMay 19, 2021
When the pandemic struck her community in Little Village, Chicago, self-made entrepreneur and DACA recipient Elizeth Arguelles doubled down on her community care.
Brian HerreraMay 19, 2021
Cómo es ser un chef queer e indocumentado en Chicago durante la pandemia del COVID-19.
Brian HerreraMay 18, 2021
What it’s like to be a queer, undocumented chef in Chicago during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brian HerreraMay 18, 2021
Formada por tres latinxs que se identifican como femme , Femme Defensa está abordando la falta de apoyo por parte del gobierno en los barrios de Pilsen y La Villita de Chicago ayudando directamente a los más necesitados.
April AlonsoMay 13, 2021
Formed by three Latinx femmes, Femme Defensa is addressing a lack of government aid in the Chicago neighborhoods of Pilsen and Little Village through direct community care.
April AlonsoMay 13, 2021
Por casi un año durante la pandemia global, el Grocery Run Club ha abastecido con productos frescos y otras necesidades a miembros de la comunidad de todo Chicago. Sus organizadores no planean detenerse.
April AlonsoMay 12, 2021
For nearly a year during the global pandemic, Grocery Run Club has supplied community members across Chicago with fresh produce and other necessities. Its organizers have no plans to stop.
April AlonsoMay 12, 2021
Chicago organizer Carolina Gallo provides support to survivors of domestic abuse who are often failed by — or fearful of — existing systems.
April AlonsoMay 11, 2021
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.
April AlonsoMay 11, 2021
Una madre de Chicago explica cómo la condena de 15 años de su marido provocó tres deportaciones y una familia destrozada.
Rita OcegueraApril 27, 2021
A Chicago mother explains how her husband’s 15-year-old conviction led to three deportations and a family torn apart.
Rita OcegueraApril 27, 2021
Gema Lowe, quien hace 30 años emigró de México a Estados Unidos, describe su recorrido como defensora en Grand Rapids de los inmigrantes indocumentados.
Emma Glassman-HughesApril 21, 2021
Gema Lowe, who migrated from Mexico to America 30 years ago, describes her journey as an advocate for undocumented immigrant in Grand Rapids.
Emma Glassman-HughesApril 21, 2021
A medida que el conflicto de Tigray continúa en Etiopía, el chef de Chicago, Tigist Reda, se queda con más preguntas que respuestas.
Sarah LuyengiApril 13, 2021
As human rights abuses continue in Ethiopia, Chicago chef Tigist Reda is among the many Ethiopians in the U.S. who are left with more questions than answers.
Michelle KanaarApril 7, 2021
After fleeing domestic violence in Ghana, Vida Opoku found life and light when she immigrated to Chicago.
Diane Bou KhalilJanuary 26, 2021
.منظّم مثليّ سامر عويضة حول كيفية ربط النضالات العالميّة ضدّ الاضطهاد بالتحرّكات المحليّة في سبيل التغيير
Ata YounanJanuary 5, 2021
Queer organizer Samer Owaida on how to link global struggles against oppression to local movements for change.
Ata YounanJanuary 5, 2021
Over half of the workers keeping offices and stores clean in the United States are immigrants. During the COVID-19 pandemic, their job has become more essential than ever.
Sebastián González de LeónNovember 11, 2020
Alrededor de la mitad de los trabajadores que mantienen limpias las tiendas y oficinas de los Estados Unidos son inmigrantes. Ahora que vivimos una pandemia de COVID-19, su labor se ha hecho más esencial que antes.
Sebastián González de LeónNovember 11, 2020
From volunteer to a lawyer, Linda Rivas is fighting the uphill battle for immigration reform.
Claudia HernándezOctober 8, 2020
De voluntaria a abogada, Linda Rivas lucha en la batalla cuesta arriba de las reformas de inmigración.
Claudia HernándezOctober 8, 2020
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.
Claudia HernándezSeptember 23, 2020
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.
Claudia HernándezSeptember 23, 2020
Cuando Tomás Díaz, de 36 años, vivía en Estados Unidos trabajaba 17 horas al día y tenía gastos impensables.
Claudia HernándezSeptember 9, 2020
For 36-year-old Tomás Díaz, living in America meant 17-hour work days and unthinkable expenses.
Claudia HernándezSeptember 9, 2020
Lupita vino a los Estados Unidos y empezó a estudiar periodismo, pero debido a la pandemia de COVID-19 ahora se encuentra sin hogar.
Claudia HernándezAugust 12, 2020
Lupita came to the U.S. and started studying journalism but she’s now homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Claudia HernándezAugust 12, 2020
Jesús “El Caracol” Tavizón Rodriguez has housed and fed thousands of immigrants in his shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico over the last 20 years.
Claudia HernándezJuly 29, 2020
Jesús “El Caracol” Tavizón Rodríguez le ha proporcionado comida y sustento a miles de inmigrantes en su albergue en Ciudad Juárez, México los últimos 20 años.
Claudia HernándezJuly 29, 2020
La primera en una serie de postales de la frontera es de un joven de 24 años llamado Toño, el recuerda su trayectoria desde México hacia Estados Unidos.
Claudia HernándezJuly 22, 2020
The first in a series of Postcards from the Border is from 24-year-old Toño, who recounts his journey from Mexico to the United States.
Claudia HernándezJuly 22, 2020
For one Chicago teacher, Trump’s Travel Ban has meant living a continent away from her Syrian husband.
Nissa RheeFebruary 19, 2020
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.
Irene RomuloJanuary 29, 2020
Two Chicago DACA recipients tell Borderless just what’s at stake with the case challenging temporary relief for young immigrants
Sarah ConwayNovember 12, 2019
In Malaysia and Myanmar, the census was a time of fear. But here in Chicago, Abdul Jabbar sees it as a chance for greater funding and visibility.
Sarah ConwayNovember 6, 2019
Kristel and Mario fled violence in Honduras only to be separated from each other and detained for 5 months. Now, they are starting over.
Nissa RheeFebruary 21, 2019
Before he became the best-selling author author of “The Kite Runner,” Khaled Hosseini was an asylum seeker.
Nissa RheeNovember 6, 2018
After someone tried to kill him in Ecuador because of his sexual orientation, Luis Mancheno found a new home and calling in the United States.
Michelle KanaarOctober 24, 2018
Tania Unzueta is a fierce advocate for the rights of undocumented immigrants around the country.
Nissa RheeSeptember 19, 2018
Earlier this year Jesús “Chuy” García scored a victory in the Democratic primary for Illinois’ lone Latinx-majority congressional seat.
Alex V. HernandezSeptember 19, 2018
Residents share their experiences with racial profiling and police brutality in Chicago.
Nissa RheeSeptember 19, 2018
Fanny Diego-Alvarez was born in the state of Guerrero in Mexico and moved with her family to Little Village when she was six years old.
Nissa RheeSeptember 19, 2018
Faustina Montoya is from the Mexican state of Guerrero and has lived in Chicago for twenty-seven years.
Alex V. HernandezSeptember 19, 2018
Jimena Martinez migrated to the United States with her parents and two siblings when she was five years old.
Nissa RheeJuly 31, 2018
Donald Ortega, a beneficiary of the Temporary Protected Status program from El Salvador, stresses about his future under the Trump administration.
Viola DuApril 25, 2018
They came to destroy. ISIS forces flooded the Sinjar region of Iraq at dawn determined to wipe out Yazidism, an ancient faith with a rich oral tradition.
Sarah ConwayApril 11, 2018
A year after the Syrian uprising began, Northwestern University professor Wendy Pearlman headed to Jordan to collect the stories of Syrian refugees who were pouring out of their war-torn country.
Sarah ConwayOctober 5, 2017
At least 8,372 Muslim Bosniaks were killed in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide when Bosnian Serb soldiers swept into a U.N.-designated “safe haven.” Šehović remembers the fear and horror that her family experienced at the time, emotions that she has channeled into her public monument to the genocide: ŠTO TE NEMA or “Why are you not here?”
Nicole FoyAugust 25, 2017
Photographer Omar Imam speaks about what it means to be a Syrian refugee six years into a conflict that has scattered Syrians across the world.
Sarah ConwayJuly 18, 2017
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.”
Alex V. HernandezMay 19, 2017
After living in the United States for 25 years, Aram Han Sifuentes applied to be a citizen this week.
Nissa RheeMay 11, 2017
On March 27, Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez was dragged from his home by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents posing as police officers.
Alex V. HernandezMay 8, 2017
Maudlyne Ihejirika is an award-winning reporter and editor who has spent over 25 years at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Sarah ConwayApril 24, 2017
More than 17,000 Syrians have been killed in government custody since March 2011, and an estimated 100,000 people are still missing and presumed detained or killed, according to Syrian human rights groups.
Sarah ConwayApril 20, 2017
An ethnic Ukrainian, he began his life in a refugee camp in Munich, Germany in 1949.
Margaret TazioliApril 18, 2017
Susan Adeeb came to the United States as a refugee from Iraq. During the Iraq War, she served as an interpreter for the U.S. Provincial Authority.
Sarah ConwayApril 12, 2017
Diana Cruz was born and raised in Chicago and converted to Islam 17 years ago.
Alex V. HernandezMarch 16, 2017
Tango dancer, log cabin builder, Syrian immigrant: Jafra Saif is anything but typical.
Sarah ConwayMarch 3, 2017
Seventeen-year-old Malak Afaneh was learning about Rosie the Riveter in a class at her high school in Chicago when an idea struck her: What if Rosie was Muslim?
Nissa RheeFebruary 28, 2017
