Immigration Policy Archives – Page 3 of 3

At The International Children's Crisis Response Center 19 Children tested positive for COVID-19

At Least 19 Children at a Chicago Shelter for Immigrant Detainees Have Tested Positive for COVID-19

A coronavirus outbreak at a Heartland Alliance facility on Chicago’s South Side may be the largest outbreak of the virus in any shelter for immigrant youth in the country.

Melissa SanchezApril 15, 2020

Arts & Culture Health Immigration Policy

Why 16.7 million people were left out of the COVID-19 stimulus plan

Author Daniel Denvir on the “bipartisan war on immigrants” and how it’s falling apart.

Nissa RheeApril 8, 2020

Photo courtesy of the Lopez Gutierrez family

As Told To Immigration Policy Investigation

The fight to release Beto

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

Arts & Culture Immigration Policy

How the US built the world’s largest immigrant detention system

A special excerpt from César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández's forthcoming book "Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants"

César Cuauhtémoc García HernándezNovember 27, 2019

Photo by Michelle Kanaar

Arts & Culture Immigration Policy

Funding cuts under Trump are forcing clinics and organizations that serve refugees to close

After fleeing war, many refugees who come to Chicago face new traumas in a city that had nearly 3,000 shooting victims last year. But the health services that once existed to support them are now being gutted.

Nissa RheeNovember 20, 2019

Immigration Policy

‘A black box where there is no accountability or oversight’: Attorney reflects on US immigration and detention system

Borderless talks to the National Immigrant Justice Center's Hannah Cartwright about the challenges asylum seekers and refugees are facing today.

Sarah ConwayOctober 30, 2019

Immigration Policy Organizing

Hundreds call for the end of ICE

Over 200 Chicagoans marched through Pilsen and Little Village Friday evening during a 90 degree heat wave to call for the abolishment of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

Dan RowellJune 30, 2018

As Told To Immigration Policy

American dreams on deportation

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

Immigration Policy Visuals

The father of three bracing for deportation

Felix Garcia, a Guatemalan immigrant, is scheduled to be deported today. This is his story.

Dan Rowell and Sarah ConwayApril 4, 2018

Arts & Culture Immigration Policy Organizing

#WomenForSyria shows solidarity with displaced Syrians

Women’s March Illinois organizers hosted a candlelight vigil in downtown Chicago on April 13 to show solidarity with Syrians who have been displaced or suffered because of the civil war in that country.

Alex V. HernandezApril 18, 2017

Immigration Policy

Hikmat Taha on coming from Sudan and making her voice heard

As a child in Sudan, Hikmat Taha watched her father spend time in prison for his political activism.

Timna AxelApril 5, 2017

Arts & Culture Immigration Policy Visuals

Chicagoans tell us: What is the role of immigrants in America?

Borderless teamed up with The Point magazine on March 14 for a special panel discussion about immigration.

Sarah ConwayMarch 21, 2017

Health Immigration Policy Labor

Zarna Patel on studying to be a doctor with DACA

After 21 years of secrecy, Zarna Patel is stepping out of the shadows and claiming her undocumented identity.

Zarna PatelMarch 20, 2017

Immigration Policy

Chicagoans respond to the new immigration ban

Chicago’s immigrant communities responded to President Trump’s revised executive order today with an event condemning the new measures.

Sarah ConwayMarch 6, 2017

Arts & Culture Education Immigration Policy

Finding a home in the Rohingya Culture Center

Nasir Bin Zakaria was just 14 years old when he was abducted by the Myanmar military. It was the last time he saw his parents.

Sarah ConwayFebruary 28, 2017

Immigration Policy Visuals

Nine-year-old Rosnah on being a Rohingya refugee

Born in Malaysia, Rosnah came to the United States when she was three years old.

RosnahFebruary 24, 2017

Immigration Policy

Suzanne Akhras Sahloul on the Muslim Ban’s impact on the Syrian community

Suzanne Akhras Sahloul is the founder and executive director of the Syrian Community Network, which helps Syrian refugees make a new home in the Chicago area.

Sarah ConwayFebruary 20, 2017

As Told To Immigration Policy

A Somali refugee reflects on becoming an American citizen

I was welcomed, and I’m thankful.

Abdinasir KahinFebruary 14, 2017