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housing, tenants, residents, rights, eviction, pandemicApril Alonso for Borderless Magazine/ CatchLight Local Chicago
In Little Village, An Immigrant-Led Artists’ Commune Resists as Developer Seeks Eviction Arts & CultureImmigration PolicyLabor

In Little Village, An Immigrant-Led Artists’ Commune Resists as Developer Seeks Eviction

In the midst of a housing crisis that has left immigrant renters among the most vulnerable, a group of immigrant punk rock musicians are fighting to stay at a commercial building they’ve called home for years.
February 24, 2021
ICE Deported a Woman Who Accused Guards of Sexual Assault While the Feds Were Still Investigating the Incident Immigration PolicyInvestigation

ICE Deported a Woman Who Accused Guards of Sexual Assault While the Feds Were Still Investigating the Incident

Allegations include guards attacking victims in camera “blind spots” and telling them that “no one would believe” them in ICE detention centers, which imprison about 50,000 immigrants each year at a taxpayer expense of $2.7 billion.
September 17, 2020
ICE Has Access to DACA Recipients’ Personal Information Despite Promises Suggesting Otherwise, Internal Emails Show Immigration PolicyInvestigation

ICE Has Access to DACA Recipients’ Personal Information Despite Promises Suggesting Otherwise, Internal Emails Show

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.
June 17, 2020