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Pritzker’s Proposed Budget Will Take Away Health Coverage From Some Immigrants Without Legal Status Immigration PolicyTrending

Pritzker’s Proposed Budget Will Take Away Health Coverage From Some Immigrants Without Legal Status

Earlier this year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled his proposed $55.2 billion budget for 2026. The plan would eliminate funding for the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults program, which provides healthcare to undocumented immigrants between the ages of 42 and 64.
April 9, 2025
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Chicago Department of Public Health Faces Capacity Hurdles With Environmental Inspections EnvironmentHealthTrending

Chicago Department of Public Health Faces Capacity Hurdles With Environmental Inspections

Commissioner Dr. Olusimbo Ige said the department faced hurdles in its environmental efforts, including limited capacity to carry out more inspections at a hearing before the City Council Committee on Environmental Protections and Energy.
April 2, 2025
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Chicago Department of Public Health Set to Defend Environmental Justice Efforts at Committee Hearing EnvironmentHealthTrending

Chicago Department of Public Health Set to Defend Environmental Justice Efforts at Committee Hearing

The hearing comes as environmental justice advocates grow impatient with the city's unfulfilled promises to install 140 air pollution sensors and pass a cumulative impacts ordinance to protect communities overburdened by pollution.
March 27, 2025
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Turkish Influencer Shares Vibrant Culture with Chicago Arts & CultureTrending

Turkish Influencer Shares Vibrant Culture with Chicago

When much of the world was locked down in early 2020, Hatice Özge Akbudak started documenting her journey in America. Now, she has a dedicated following as she elevates her culture and explores Chicago.
October 8, 2024
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Illinois Makes Housing Discrimination Based on Immigration Status a Civil Rights Violation Immigration PolicyTrending

Illinois Makes Housing Discrimination Based on Immigration Status a Civil Rights Violation

The state-expanded protections prohibit housing providers from discriminating against a person based on actual or perceived immigration status. A real estate attorney breaks down what this expanded law means.
July 15, 2024
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Buying a Home is Hard. It’s Even More Difficult When You’re Undocumented. Immigration PolicyStaff pickTrending

Buying a Home is Hard. It’s Even More Difficult When You’re Undocumented.

Undocumented immigrants have long faced a narrow path to homeownership, but in recent years, some local community banks are slowly expanding lending options to help noncitizens realize their dream of owning a home.
July 2, 2024
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Lost in translation: Migrant kids struggle in segregated Chicago schools EducationImmigration PolicyTrendingVisuals

Lost in translation: Migrant kids struggle in segregated Chicago schools

Two years after busloads of migrant children began arriving in Chicago, many have landed in schools where most don’t speak Spanish. Custodians and kindergarten teachers are taking on the role of translator, but students are still falling behind.
and May 21, 2024
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After Decades of Disinvestment, Black and Latino Leaders Want ‘Profound Transformation’ Amid Migrant Crisis HealthImmigration PolicyOrganizingStaff pickTrendingUncategorized

After Decades of Disinvestment, Black and Latino Leaders Want ‘Profound Transformation’ Amid Migrant Crisis

Although tensions have flared throughout the humanitarian crisis, Black and Brown leaders see an opportunity to unite and advocate for Chicago’s South and West Sides.
April 29, 2024
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Harmony in Hardship: Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Refugees Bring Immigrant Stories to Life with Music Arts & CultureEducationTrendingVisuals

Harmony in Hardship: Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Refugees Bring Immigrant Stories to Life with Music

For one night, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Refugee Coalition turned inspirational immigrant stories into a musical journey to bring awareness of the current migrant crisis.
April 1, 2024
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Migrants Navigate State’s Apartment Program On Their Own As Evictions Loom and Help Runs Dry Immigration PolicyTrending

Migrants Navigate State’s Apartment Program On Their Own As Evictions Loom and Help Runs Dry

The Asylum Seeker Emergency Rental Assistance Program has helped 4,600 households move into apartments. But some migrants supported by the program could lose their homes if they can’t find work.
, and March 18, 2024
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Investigation: Chicago Ignored Dozens of Warnings of Migrant Shelter Conditions Before Child’s Death HealthImmigration PolicyInvestigationTrending

Investigation: Chicago Ignored Dozens of Warnings of Migrant Shelter Conditions Before Child’s Death

Despite warnings, numerous hospitalizations and dozens of reports, Chicago officials continuously funneled thousands of migrants into an industrial warehouse that was never meant to house people.
, and February 27, 2024
Migrants walk to a city bus after being sent to Chicago from Texas by Gov. Greg AbbottJesus J. Montero for Borderless Magazine
Newly-arrived Venezuelan migrants can now apply for TPS protections. Here’s How. Immigration PolicyResourcesTrending

Newly-arrived Venezuelan migrants can now apply for TPS protections. Here’s How.

The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday they would be extending and redesignating Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela, allowing Venezuelan immigrants to receive temporary permissions to live and work in the United States.
and September 21, 2023
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Here’s How to Access Immigrant Health Benefits Programs in Illinois Before The Enrollment Pause HealthImmigration PolicyTrending

Here’s How to Access Immigrant Health Benefits Programs in Illinois Before The Enrollment Pause

Starting July 1, Illinois will limit access to programs that provide medical coverage for undocumented immigrants and low-income lawful permanent residents. Here’s what those programs do and how to enroll.
June 29, 2023
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As Lightfoot Departs, A ‘Woefully Unprepared’ Chicago Leaves Migrants In ‘Inhumane’ Conditions For Weeks — With No Plan In Sight Immigration PolicyTrending

As Lightfoot Departs, A ‘Woefully Unprepared’ Chicago Leaves Migrants In ‘Inhumane’ Conditions For Weeks — With No Plan In Sight

Around 3,100 migrants are in temporary shelters, relying on donated clothes and food as Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson inherits the crisis. “We don’t have beds. Children are sleeping on the floor," one man said.
, , , and May 9, 2023