{"id":10867,"date":"2022-04-11T11:03:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T16:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=10867"},"modified":"2025-10-09T12:13:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:13:53","slug":"envejecer-en-la-sombra-a-illinois-le-espera-una-crisis-de-trabajadores-indocumentados-de-edad-avanzada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/04\/11\/aging-in-the-shadows-a-crisis-of-older-undocumented-workers-awaits-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Envejecer en la sombra: Una crisis de trabajadores mayores indocumentados espera a Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69e1b3799ee74\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Vigilancia de la injusticia<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u00a0y\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">El Chicago Tribune<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"> se han unido para informar sobre los retos a los que se enfrenta la envejecida poblaci\u00f3n indocumentada de Illinois. Este es el primer<\/i><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u00a0<\/i><\/b><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">entrega de una serie de cuatro partes, \"<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/series\/undocumented-seniors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/series\/undocumented-seniors\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Envejecer en la sombra<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">El programa se centra en el acceso a la atenci\u00f3n sanitaria y a la vivienda.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>En un fr\u00edo s\u00f3tano del Southwest Side, Gregorio Pillado y Martina Alonso cuentan centavos y rezan por alivio.<\/p>\n<p>Pillado, de 79 a\u00f1os, lleva 20 trabajando en un matadero cercano, levantando miles de kilos de carne congelada en grandes cubas, ocho horas al d\u00eda, cinco d\u00edas a la semana. Sus $16 la hora antes de impuestos son la \u00fanica fuente de ingresos del matrimonio. Con ellos, consiguen pagar la comida, los medicamentos, los servicios p\u00fablicos y el alquiler mensual de $800, pero no mucho m\u00e1s.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_433117\" class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants01-771x510.jpg.webp 771w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants01-336x222.jpg.webp 336w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants01-768x508.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants01-1536x1017.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants01-2048x1356.jpg.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants01-1170x774.jpg.webp 1170w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379a04f3\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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\" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>Alonso, de 69 a\u00f1os, sol\u00eda ganar dinero organizando peque\u00f1as fiestas y vendiendo bolsas de nopales troceados, pero tuvo que dejarlo tras caerse y lesionarse la mu\u00f1eca hace unos meses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379a31a8\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>La salud de Pillado ha empeorado dr\u00e1sticamente en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os. Primero tuvieron que implantarle un marcapasos. Luego le operaron de una hernia. Ahora tiene otra hernia, pero no sabe si se la podr\u00e1n extirpar. Sus problemas de salud le hacen incapaz de hacer frente a sus antiguas cargas de trabajo, y le preocupa si -o cu\u00e1ndo- le despedir\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>\"<i>Ya no tengo la misma fuerza y energ\u00eda que antes<\/i>.\" No tengo la misma fuerza ni la misma energ\u00eda que antes, dijo Pillado.<\/p>\n<p><i>\"Se me quita el sue\u00f1o cuando me pongo a pensar en qu\u00e9 pasar\u00eda si Gregorio perdiera su trabajo\".<\/i>\u00a0Alonso dice que pierde el sue\u00f1o rumiando qu\u00e9 pasar\u00eda si su marido, de 50 a\u00f1os, perdiera el trabajo.<\/p>\n<p>Pillado y Alonso no tienen ahorros, ni plan de jubilaci\u00f3n, ni autorizaci\u00f3n para vivir en Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n<p>No son ni mucho menos los \u00fanicos. En Illinois viven al menos 3.900 inmigrantes indocumentados mayores de 65 a\u00f1os. Pero para 2030, el n\u00famero de ancianos indocumentados en el estado superar\u00e1 los 55.000 - un aumento de 1.300% en s\u00f3lo una d\u00e9cada, seg\u00fan un\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aging.rush.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/FINAL_A-Collaborative-Report-on-the-Aging-Undocumented-Population-of-Illinois-1.pdf\">informe publicado por el Centro M\u00e9dico de la Universidad Rush<\/a>\u00a0el a\u00f1o pasado.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379a4dd6\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/injusticewatch.png\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379a62b2\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>La mayor\u00eda de los inmigrantes indocumentados llegaron al pa\u00eds hace d\u00e9cadas y han vivido aqu\u00ed sin una v\u00eda viable hacia la ciudadan\u00eda. Los inmigrantes mexicanos constituir\u00e1n dos tercios de la poblaci\u00f3n de adultos mayores indocumentados en Illinois, seguidos por los inmigrantes de Europa del Este, Asia oriental y sudoriental, y Am\u00e9rica Central.<\/p>\n<p>Ahora, esta generaci\u00f3n de inmigrantes se enfrenta a la perspectiva de haber vivido y muerto en la sombra. A los inmigrantes indocumentados se les bloquea el acceso a programas sociales de los que dependen muchas personas mayores, como cupones de alimentos, viviendas p\u00fablicas, Medicare y el seguro de la Seguridad Social, programas que ellos\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/2019\/01\/28\/undocumented-immigrants-quietly-pay-billions-social-security-and-receive-no\/\">pagan miles de millones de d\u00f3lares cada a\u00f1o<\/a>. Sus familias y comunidades tejen un mosaico de recursos formales e informales para compensar la diferencia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_433118\" class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-771x548.jpg.webp 771w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-336x239.jpg.webp 336w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-768x546.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-1536x1091.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-2048x1455.jpg.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-1170x831.jpg.webp 1170w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379a71e8\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05_web.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Gregorio Pillado se prepara para tomar la medicaci\u00f3n que le han recetado despu\u00e9s de volver a casa de su trabajo el 25 de febrero de 2022. Pillado toma medicaci\u00f3n para dolencias card\u00edacas y sangu\u00edneas.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Foto de Antonio P\u00e9rez\/Chicago Tribune<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379a7ddc\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>\"El coste social que supone para las familias que estas personas mayores no tengan acceso a los servicios que necesitan desesperadamente es enorme\", afirma Padraic Stanley, coordinador de programas y trabajador social de Rush y uno de los autores principales del informe.<\/p>\n<p>Sin una red de seguridad social, muchos ancianos indocumentados se ven obligados a trabajar hasta caer rendidos, dijo Adela Carlin, una abogada de ayuda p\u00fablica que ha ayudado a decenas de inmigrantes en el \u00e1rea de Chicago a acceder a fondos de caridad. \"Cuando eres indocumentado, no existe la edad de jubilaci\u00f3n\", dijo. \"Trabajas hasta que no puedes m\u00e1s\".<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h3 id=\"there-was-no-future-there-for-us\">All\u00ed no hab\u00eda futuro para nosotros<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_433118\" class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-771x548.jpg.webp 771w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-336x239.jpg.webp 336w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-768x546.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-1536x1091.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-2048x1455.jpg.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-1170x831.jpg.webp 1170w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p>La historia de Pillado y Alonso refleja la de muchos otros mayores indocumentados de Illinois. La pareja emigr\u00f3 a Chicago con su hija menor, Roc\u00edo Pillado, entonces adolescente, en 2000. Llegaron a Illinois en la cola de una ola migratoria masiva mexicana de tres d\u00e9cadas de duraci\u00f3n que ha sido\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.metroplanning.org\/news\/10061\/Data-Points-Illinois-population-loss-why-immigration-is-catching-our-attention#:~:text=It's%20no%20secret%20Illinois%20is,decline%20of%20nearly%20200%2C000%20people.&amp;text=Our%20state's%20economy%20and%20workforce%20growth%20depends%20on%20immigrant%20populations.\">en fuerte descenso desde 2008<\/a>. La hija mayor de la pareja ya hab\u00eda llegado a Chicago unos a\u00f1os antes, y su \u00fanico hijo se qued\u00f3 en M\u00e9xico para formar su propia familia.<\/p>\n<p>Inmigrar de M\u00e9xico a Estados Unidos sin infringir la ley era imposible para la familia. Sin un miembro de la familia que fuera ciudadano, un empleador que patrocinara su solicitud de tarjeta verde o un temor cre\u00edble de persecuci\u00f3n en M\u00e9xico que les diera derecho a asilo, Pillado, Alonso y Roc\u00edo no ten\u00edan ninguna v\u00eda legal para trasladarse a Estados Unidos. Lo mismo puede decirse de los inmigrantes sin patrocinador ni caso de asilo procedentes de China, Pakist\u00e1n, Nigeria o cualquier otro pa\u00eds que haya tenido 50.000 o m\u00e1s residentes que hayan inmigrado a Estados Unidos en los \u00faltimos cinco a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p><i>\"Quer\u00edamos una casa bien bonita,\"<\/i>\u00a0dice Alonso. Quer\u00edan construir una casita en su ciudad natal, una perspectiva poco halag\u00fce\u00f1a si se hubieran quedado en M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379a909e\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aging_undocumented_immigrants12_web.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Martina Alonso, de 69 a\u00f1os, reza en la iglesia de Santa Mar\u00eda Estrella del Mar de Chicago el 16 de diciembre de 2021.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Foto de Antonio P\u00e9rez\/Chicago Tribune<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379a9ccc\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>Antes de emigrar, Pillado, que nunca recibi\u00f3 educaci\u00f3n formal, vend\u00eda churros en la calle mientras Alonso trabajaba de forma intermitente en almacenes y f\u00e1bricas. \"All\u00ed no hab\u00eda futuro para nosotros\", dice Alonso.<\/p>\n<p>La familia contrat\u00f3 a coyotes para que les ayudaran a cruzar ilegalmente la frontera. Pillado lleg\u00f3 primero, con la esperanza de conseguir un trabajo, pero fue detenido r\u00e1pidamente por los funcionarios de inmigraci\u00f3n. Como llevaban meses sin saber nada de Pillado, Alonso y Roc\u00edo se dirigieron a la frontera con la esperanza de reencontrarse con \u00e9l al otro lado. Pero los funcionarios de inmigraci\u00f3n hab\u00edan deportado a Pillado a M\u00e9xico. Cuando se enter\u00f3 de que su familia se hab\u00eda marchado a Estados Unidos, volvi\u00f3 a cruzar la frontera tan r\u00e1pido como pudo. La segunda vez no lo atraparon. \"Volv\u00ed por mi familia\", dice.<\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan la ley de inmigraci\u00f3n actual, es casi imposible que la familia legalice su situaci\u00f3n, especialmente para Pillado, cuya deportaci\u00f3n previa le coloca en la v\u00eda r\u00e1pida para la expulsi\u00f3n inmediata del pa\u00eds si los funcionarios de inmigraci\u00f3n le detienen. E incluso si Alonso y Roc\u00edo consiguieran una tarjeta verde, tendr\u00edan que salir de EE.UU. durante al menos tres a\u00f1os, y hasta 10, antes de que se les permitiera volver legalmente, suponiendo que la solicitud fuera aceptada,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundless.com\/immigration-resources\/average-green-card-wait-times\/#:~:text=In%20most%20cases%2C%20it%20takes,process%20takes%20around%20three%20years.\">que de por s\u00ed tarda a\u00f1os en procesarse<\/a>\u00a0y a menudo acaba costando miles de d\u00f3lares en tasas de solicitud y honorarios de abogados.<\/p>\n<p>Estos obst\u00e1culos tienen su origen\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/4\/28\/11515132\/iirira-clinton-immigration\">en una ley de 1996 firmada por el entonces Presidente Bill Clinton<\/a>. En esencia, la ley -conocida como\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/illegal_immigration_reform_and_immigration_responsibility_act\">Ley de Reforma de la Inmigraci\u00f3n Ilegal y Responsabilidad de los Inmigrantes<\/a>\u00a0- dificultaron la inmigraci\u00f3n legal a Estados Unidos y facilitaron al gobierno federal su deportaci\u00f3n. Muchos estudiosos de la inmigraci\u00f3n coinciden en que estas restricciones\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/americasvoice.org\/blog\/iiraira_15_years_later\/\">incentiv\u00f3 a los inmigrantes indocumentados a refugiarse en EE.UU.<\/a>congel\u00e1ndolos en su lugar, a riesgo de ser expulsados del pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00ed que, en Chicago, eso es lo que hicieron Pillado, Alonso y Roc\u00edo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"pk-inline-posts-title pk-title pk-font-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\tM\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-10842\" class=\"post-10842 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-environmentandhealth category-investigation tag-behind\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/04\/12\/illinois-new-health-care-program-for-undocumented-seniors-leaves-some-of-the-most-vulnerable-behind\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/chi-injustice-watch-healthcare-06_featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/04\/12\/illinois-new-health-care-program-for-undocumented-seniors-leaves-some-of-the-most-vulnerable-behind\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">El nuevo programa sanitario de Illinois para ancianos indocumentados deja atr\u00e1s a algunos de los m\u00e1s vulnerables<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/carlos-ballesteros\/\" title=\"Ver todas las entradas de Carlos Ballesteros, Laura Rodr\u00edguez Presa (Chicago Tribune)\">Carlos Ballesteros, Laura Rodr\u00edguez Presa (Chicago Tribune)<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/04\/12\/illinois-new-health-care-program-for-undocumented-seniors-leaves-some-of-the-most-vulnerable-behind\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">12 de abril de 2022<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"divider-wrap\" data-alignment=\"center\"><div style=\"margin-top: 12.5px; width: 20%; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 12.5px;\" data-width=\"20%\" data-animate=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"\" data-color=\"default\" class=\"divider-small-border\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379adff6\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h3 id=\"back-up-plan-sell-nopales\">\u00bfPlan alternativo? 'Vender nopales'<\/h3>\n<p>Pillado no tard\u00f3 mucho en conseguir un empleo en la planta de envasado de carne, y Alonso y Roc\u00edo encontraron trabajo a trav\u00e9s de agencias de trabajo temporal. Para no gastar mucho, viv\u00edan juntos en un peque\u00f1o apartamento en el barrio de Back of the Yards. El edificio era propiedad de un familiar lejano que viv\u00eda en el piso de arriba. La idea era pagar juntos la hipoteca y obtener algo de capital para poder regresar a M\u00e9xico y jubilarse.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_433120\" class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants10-771x541.jpg.webp 771w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants10-336x236.jpg.webp 336w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants10-768x539.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants10-1536x1078.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants10-2048x1437.jpg.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants10-1170x821.jpg.webp 1170w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_433119\" class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants12-771x492.jpg.webp 771w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants12-336x214.jpg.webp 336w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants12-768x490.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants12-1536x979.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants12-2048x1306.jpg.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants12-1170x746.jpg.webp 1170w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_433118\" class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-771x548.jpg.webp 771w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-336x239.jpg.webp 336w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-768x546.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-1536x1091.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-2048x1455.jpg.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-1170x831.jpg.webp 1170w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379af038\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aging_undocumented_immigrants10_web.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Gregorio Pillado, de 79 a\u00f1os, se echa una siesta tras la cena y un largo turno de trabajo el 16 de diciembre de 2021.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Foto de Antonio P\u00e9rez\/Chicago Tribune<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379afd81\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>Los tres vivieron en el apartamento durante unos siete a\u00f1os, pero la casa quebr\u00f3 durante la Gran Recesi\u00f3n, lo que oblig\u00f3 a la familia a gastar gran parte de sus ahorros en mudarse y encontrar un nuevo lugar donde vivir. Luego, en 2016, una tragedia a\u00fan mayor golpe\u00f3 a la familia: El hijo de la pareja en M\u00e9xico muri\u00f3 inesperadamente a los 35 a\u00f1os, dejando atr\u00e1s a su mujer y sus tres hijos.<\/p>\n<p><i>\"Nunca lo volv\u00ed a ver, es el dolor m\u00e1s grande que tengo,\"<\/i>\u00a0Nunca volv\u00ed a verle. Es el dolor m\u00e1s profundo que llevo dentro, dice Alonso. Ahora la pareja env\u00eda dinero a sus nietos en M\u00e9xico cada vez que puede, otra raz\u00f3n por la que siguen trabajando hasta una edad avanzada.\u00a0<i>\"Para la escuela o lo que necesiten,\"<\/i>\u00a0para el colegio o lo que necesiten, dijo.<\/p>\n<p>En los cinco a\u00f1os transcurridos desde la muerte de su hijo, el sue\u00f1o de Pillado y Alonso de regresar a su tierra natal se ha desvanecido. Sin un hijo que cuide de ellos en M\u00e9xico, la pareja depende ahora exclusivamente de sus hijas en sus \u00faltimos a\u00f1os de vida. Su hija mayor tiene ahora dos hijos, por lo que la mayor parte de las tareas de cuidado recaen en Roc\u00edo, de 36 a\u00f1os, tambi\u00e9n indocumentada.<\/p>\n<p>Con muchos servicios sociales cortados a los ancianos indocumentados, los miembros de la familia y las organizaciones comunitarias se ven obligados a llenar los vac\u00edos dejados por el Estado. Esto agrava las desigualdades hist\u00f3ricas de ingresos y salud entre los inmigrantes indocumentados y los ciudadanos, dijo Carlin. \"Siempre ha habido una brecha generacional y racial de riqueza, por lo que estos trabajadores comenzaron detr\u00e1s de todos los dem\u00e1s\", dijo. \"Y no son capaces de ponerse al d\u00eda a los 65 o 70 a\u00f1os\".<\/p>\n<p>Y las investigaciones demuestran que, a medida que los inmigrantes indocumentados envejecen, empiezan a depender m\u00e1s de sus hijos para cubrir necesidades b\u00e1sicas como la alimentaci\u00f3n y la vivienda, lo que supone una carga para la siguiente generaci\u00f3n. Rob Paral, un dem\u00f3grafo de Chicago y experto en las tendencias de la poblaci\u00f3n inmigrante del estado cuya investigaci\u00f3n se utiliz\u00f3 en el informe de Rush, estima que 70% de los inmigrantes indocumentados de 55 a\u00f1os o m\u00e1s en Illinois viven en hogares multigeneracionales, en comparaci\u00f3n con 28% de los adultos mayores nacidos en el estado.<\/p>\n<p>Roc\u00edo vivi\u00f3 con sus padres hasta bien entrada la treintena, mud\u00e1ndose con ellos del piso de dos plantas de Back of the Yards a su estrecho apartamento en el s\u00f3tano de West Lawn. Aplaz\u00f3 su sue\u00f1o de comprarse una casa para seguir cuidando de ellos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_433120\" class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants10-771x541.jpg.webp 771w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants10-336x236.jpg.webp 336w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants10-768x539.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants10-1536x1078.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants10-2048x1437.jpg.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants10-1170x821.jpg.webp 1170w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_433119\" class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants12-771x492.jpg.webp 771w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants12-336x214.jpg.webp 336w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants12-768x490.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants12-1536x979.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants12-2048x1306.jpg.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants12-1170x746.jpg.webp 1170w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_433118\" class=\"wp-caption module image aligncenter\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-771x548.jpg.webp 771w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-336x239.jpg.webp 336w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-768x546.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-1536x1091.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-2048x1455.jpg.webp 2048w, https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/uploads\/aging_undocumented_immigrants05-1170x831.jpg.webp 1170w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379b0e0f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>Cuando finalmente se mud\u00f3 a su propio apartamento con su pareja de toda la vida en noviembre, alquilaron un lugar a poca distancia en coche de la unidad de s\u00f3tano de sus padres. \"Sent\u00eda que necesitaba empezar a construir mi propia vida. S\u00e9 que ellos me necesitan, pero yo tambi\u00e9n necesitaba empezar a hacer cosas por mi cuenta\", afirma.<\/p>\n<p>Pero Roc\u00edo sigue siendo la principal cuidadora de sus padres. Les lleva la compra, les ayuda a pagar las facturas y se toma d\u00edas libres para llevarles al m\u00e9dico. Esos viajes, cada vez m\u00e1s frecuentes en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, acabaron cost\u00e1ndole un empleo en un almac\u00e9n.<\/p>\n<p>Roc\u00edo no tard\u00f3 mucho en encontrar un nuevo trabajo. Pero no tarda en darse cuenta de que, en alg\u00fan momento, sus padres ya no podr\u00e1n trabajar, y que ella es su \u00fanico salvavidas.<\/p>\n<p>Al igual que sus padres, Roc\u00edo sue\u00f1a con tener una casa propia, lo bastante grande para que quepan ella y sus padres. Pero no sabe cu\u00e1nto tardar\u00e1 en materializar su sue\u00f1o; gana menos de $20 la hora y no puede ahorrar mucho a fin de mes. Roc\u00edo espera que el Congreso les proporcione a ella y a sus padres una v\u00eda viable hacia la ciudadan\u00eda. Pero incluso entonces, pone a sus padres por delante de s\u00ed misma.\u00a0<i>\"Si a mi me pusieran a escoger entre ellos y yo,\"<\/i>\u00a0Si tuviera que elegir entre dar la nacionalidad a mis padres o a m\u00ed, me dir\u00eda,\u00a0<i>\"yo dir\u00eda ellos\".<\/i>\u00a0Yo les dir\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>Por ahora, el plan de la familia es que Pillado siga trabajando y que Alonso vuelva a cocinar, si se recupera. Y si Pillado pierde su trabajo,\u00a0<i>\"pues a hacer lucha con los nopales,\"<\/i>\u00a0dijo Alonso con una media sonrisa. Vender nopales, supongo, dijo ella.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379b28fe\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e1b379b317c\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex bottom-links\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_widgetised_column wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t<div id=\"sidebar\" data-nectar-ss=\"\" class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 id=\"related-stories\" class=\"wpb_heading wpb_widgetised_column_heading\">Historias relacionadas<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_widgetised_column wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t<div id=\"sidebar\" data-nectar-ss=\"\" class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 id=\"recent-stories\" class=\"wpb_heading wpb_widgetised_column_heading\">Historias recientes<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El n\u00famero de inmigrantes indocumentados mayores de 65 a\u00f1os en Illinois va a crecer exponencialmente. Los defensores dicen que es una crisis en ciernes. Injustice Watch y el Chicago Tribune se unieron para informar sobre los desaf\u00edos que enfrenta la poblaci\u00f3n indocumentada que envejece en Illinois.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[325,66],"tags":[],"coauthors":[245,340],"class_list":{"0":"post-10867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environmentandhealth","8":"category-investigation"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Crisis of Undocumented Seniors Awaits Illinois &#8211; Borderless Magazine NFP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The number of undocumented immigrants ages 65 and over in Illinois is set to grow exponentially. 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