{"id":21965,"date":"2024-04-29T09:01:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=21965"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:26:31","slug":"chicago-negros-latinos-crisis-migratoria-tensiones-humanitarias-desinversion-vivienda-asequible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/04\/29\/chicago-black-latino-migrant-crisis-humanitarian-tensions-disinvestment-affordable-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tras d\u00e9cadas de desinversi\u00f3n, los l\u00edderes negros y latinos quieren una \"transformaci\u00f3n profunda\" en medio de la crisis migratoria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d6f113d8df5\"  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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just the mere mention of migrants ignited a fall town hall meeting hosted by Congressman Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) at South Shore Cultural Center. Agitated murmurs filled a packed room as residents took turns expressing a wide range of heated frustrations: They included perceptions of a Black community being passed over in favor of assistance for noncitizens; feelings that Black migrants are not getting as much help as migrants of other ethnic groups; and suspicions that a welcoming mat now will lead to diluted Black political power down the road.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The embittered mood mirrors many others in both Black and Brown communities throughout the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If fostering political division between and among Black and Brown communities was one of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s goals in his monthslong chaotic effort to offload asylum-seeking migrants to sanctuary cities like Chicago, it\u2019s working.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d6f113db249\"  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; 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 border_color_909090 border_style_solid \"  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<div id=\"fws_69d6f113dbf45\"  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 large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/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 padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid \"  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 id=\"fws_69d6f113dc717\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column 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<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUnfortunately, Black and Brown people are taking the bait,\u201d said the Rev. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kenneth Phelps, senior pastor of Concord Missionary Baptist Church in Woodlawn. \u201cIt\u2019s not just a feud; we\u2019re seeing it right before our very eyes. The tensions are real.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the city turned the former Wadsworth Elementary School into a migrant shelter \u2014<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalbnews.org\/chicago-black-latino-solidarity-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0instead of a job training center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 without community input, it stung. Community members felt overlooked and disrespected again when local businesses and organizations did not get the opportunity to bid for contracts tied to the response.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe, too, were a little bit angry with how the city was handling things,\u201d according to Phelps, who acknowledges the complexity of it all. \u201c But for us, [the migrants] were helpless. They were hungry, they were hurting, and they were human. So we decided to take another tack, as opposed to protesting their presence, we decided to welcome them and approached the city, you know, and said, \u2018How can we help?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residents in historically under-resourced communities have witnessed the power of local, state and the federal government respond decisively to the emergency caused by the arrival of asylum-seeking migrants. More than <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/sites\/texas-new-arrivals\/home\/Dashboard.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">39,000 migrants<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who largely hail from Venezuela, have been transported from Southern states by buses and planes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/sites\/texas-new-arrivals\/home.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">since August 31, 2022<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Many have no papers, no homes and no jobs \u2014 just the perilous vulnerability of life in limbo. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> City of Chicago has spent over <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/sites\/texas-new-arrivals\/home\/cost-dashboard.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$300 million since 2022<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for emergency shelters and other services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Black and Brown communities throughout the city, tensions have boiled over in response to these efforts to leverage available resources, particularly federal American Rescue Plan Funds allocated in 2021 to address the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. In public forums, social media and private spaces, when residents compare the assistance given to asylum seekers with yearslong requests for community investment, they are clear about one thing: They want their lives to be treated as an emergency, too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These emergencies include everything from food insecurity and life expectancy gaps linked to racial and ethnic segregation to access to affordable rents and fairness in home mortgages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several data points back this up:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A third of Chicago metro Black and Latino families with children experience food insecurity and hunger, twice as much as white families, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagosfoodbank.org\/news\/food-for-thought-summer-2023-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greater Chicago Food Depository<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago has the largest gap in life expectancy, 30.1 years, linked to racial and ethnic segregation, according to a 2019 report from researchers at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nyulangone.org\/news\/large-life-expectancy-gaps-us-cities-linked-racial-ethnic-segregation-neighborhood#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20analysis%2C%20Chicago,with%20gaps%20of%2025.8%20years.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NYU School of Medicine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pandemic left a mark: Black life expectancy dropped below 70 years old for the first time in decades, according to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor\/press_room\/press_releases\/2022\/april\/LifeExpectancyDrops.html#:~:text=In%20line%20with%20national%20trends,for%20Black%20and%20Latinx%20Chicagoans.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2022 City of Chicago report.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Latino residents experienced a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor\/press_room\/press_releases\/2022\/april\/LifeExpectancyDrops.html#:~:text=In%20line%20with%20national%20trends,for%20Black%20and%20Latinx%20Chicagoans\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seven-year life expectancy drop<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from 2012.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the first time in decades, life expectancy for Black residents of Chicago fell below 70 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The coronavirus pandemic put into stark contrast a lack of community investment, and before leaders had time to address those gaps, the migrant crisis arrived on Chicago\u2019s doorstep. After seeing the speed and focus applied to the migrant crisis, many residents in under-resourced areas are demanding action and attention like never before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is inhumane to not want to have compassion,\u201d said Lesl\u00e9 Honor\u00e9, CEO of Urban Gateways, a youth arts education organization and co-chair of Elevated Chicago, which promotes equitable development around public transit. \u201cBut it requires us to be thoughtful and understand who we are asking compassion from and where their capacity is to give that it is a conversation that we need to continue to explore. I wish that people would see that our oppression all comes from the same place and there&#8217;s power in unifying.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During a public comment period at a recent Chicago City Council Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, resident Anthony Hutt called on city officials to \u201cundergo a profound transformation\u201d that recognizes the dignity of everyone, regardless of background.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe must not continue to ignore the cries of those who are unjustly marginalized and disenfranchised,\u201d he said. \u201cWe must strive to create a city where every person has access to quality education, affordable housing and meaningful employment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not every sentiment about the crisis has been generous. Some of the negative opinions about migrants and the legality of them being here are powered by misinformation, such as the extent of the help migrants are getting. But amid false rumors is a universally felt truth among some people that they\u2019ve never gotten any help, so why are these people getting so much, according to Juliet de Jesus Alejandre, executive director of Palenque LSNA.\u00a0<\/span><\/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_69d6f113df1b6\"  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=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024_04_15_Field_Resources_Web_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024_04_15_Field_Resources_Web_02.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024_04_15_Field_Resources_Web_02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024_04_15_Field_Resources_Web_02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024_04_15_Field_Resources_Web_02-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024_04_15_Field_Resources_Web_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024_04_15_Field_Resources_Web_02-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024_04_15_Field_Resources_Web_02-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024_04_15_Field_Resources_Web_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024_04_15_Field_Resources_Web_02-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024_04_15_Field_Resources_Web_02-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024_04_15_Field_Resources_Web_02-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Juliet de Jesus Alejandre is the Executive Director of Palenque LSNA, a community organization where people can receive help renewing their Green Card, DACA, applying for citizenship among other services.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Max Herman\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d6f113e0318\"  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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are also the truths that hurt, including the fact that many asylum seekers are getting assistance to secure work permits when undocumented residents have long hoped for this opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe truth is some people [are] getting work permits,\u201d De Jesus Alejandre said. \u201d And for a lot of our leaders, a lot of them are Mexican women who&#8217;ve been here 20-30 years undocumented that is painful to think, \u201cDamn, they\u2019re gonna get a work permit? It\u2019s not citizenship; it&#8217;s not the thing they&#8217;ve been there for, but it is one step closer to [being] able to live more sustainably and with some stability with some peace of mind.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69d6f113e0d05\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   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<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\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-30892\" class=\"post-30892 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-labor category-resources tag-workpermits\">\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\/2025\/11\/11\/slugimmigration-dhs-ends-automatic-work-permit-trump-chicago\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025_11_10_ICE_EADWorkPermit_Featured-300x225.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\/2025\/11\/11\/slugimmigration-dhs-ends-automatic-work-permit-trump-chicago\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">New DHS Rule Leaves Immigrants At Risk of Losing Their Work Permits<\/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\/katrina\/\" title=\"View all posts by Katrina Pham, Aydali Campa\">Katrina Pham, Aydali Campa<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/11\/11\/slugimmigration-dhs-ends-automatic-work-permit-trump-chicago\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">noviembre 11, 2025<\/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\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De Jesus Alejandre also adds: \u201cLet&#8217;s do some myth-busting. Like what are people actually getting? Because they&#8217;re not getting $7,000 and new cars,\u201d as one Uber driver told her once.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"lesson-learned-you-cant-stop-organizing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lesson learned: \u2018You can\u2019t stop organizing\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sylvia Puente, president &amp; CEO of the Latino Policy Forum, acknowledged the tension between Black and Latino communities on this topic and the emerging tension between long-term undocumented residents and new migrants. But this crisis has also presented an opportunity for Black and Brown leaders to present a united front for their respective community needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, Chicago has always been an immigrant-friendly destination, according to Jaime Dominguez, an associate professor of political science at Northwestern University. Unlike other cities, immigrants have not been as radicalized or demonized as other places that don&#8217;t have that long history of immigrants being part of the governing apparatus, like Los Angeles or New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 1980s, Black and Brown communities came together on the issues of representation, according to Dominguez. Despite the growth in the Latino population, they didn&#8217;t have one representative whatsoever on any level of city government in 1980.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was actually the election of Harold Washington in<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chipublib.org\/mayor-harold-washington-biography\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201983 and in 1987 <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that really forced the communities to really come together,\u201d Dominguez said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The realization that collective effort can yield results or at least make communities heard by elected officials might be the ultimate takeaway from this crisis, according to several community leaders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On issues like housing, mental health care and food insecurity, the crisis has created \u201ca more proactive response\u201d to these issues, Puente said. She points to the City of Chicago\u2019s effort to integrate migrant and housing services, and overhaul tax increment financing (TIFs) and instead <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagobusiness.com\/politics\/chicago-aims-borrow-125-billion-fund-affordable-housing-development#\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">borrow more than $1 billion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to invest in affordable housing and other projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it\u2019s not lost on community leaders the inequity of extending work permits to recent migrants but not undocumented residents who still volunteer with organizations like The Resurrection Project to help migrants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat&#8217;s a whole other angle that we&#8217;re trying to navigate,\u201d said Puente, who said Latino community leaders are asking the mayor, the government and President Joe Biden\u2019s administration to do more than address short-term migrant issues but offer solutions for long-term migrants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the heart of this united front is community organizing, said De Jesus Alejandre, who notes that it\u2019s not enough to marshal voters to elect a progressive mayor like Brandon Johnson and then leave it to him to implement policies that bring equity to marginalized communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou can\u2019t stop organizing,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe&#8217;re just trying to figure out in community and in movement spaces and with our relationships with a mayor and all his affiliations, how do we continue to not only co-govern \u2026 when it even may feel very uncomfortable. Our job is to be organizers and to continue to say, \u2018But what about? And how? How do we do this?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"equity-is-the-only-side-to-be-taken\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equity is the only side to be taken<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community-based efforts and grassroots organizing showcase what happens when institutions focus on who needs help most. Public outcry over the handling of the migrant crisis demands that elected officials set the same intention in prioritizing residents who have been waiting to have their needs met comprehensively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat&#8217;s really at the heart of what equity is,\u201d Honor\u00e9 said. \u201cWhen it gets to community, we don&#8217;t care where the funds are coming from. We just want to know it&#8217;s coming and how it&#8217;s being used. And is it being used to really service the community? Is it being used equitably? Aren&#8217;t the people who need it the most getting it first?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Concord Missionary Baptist Church, Phelps\u2019 congregation cuts through the tension by making sure both community members and migrants get the help they need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the church\u2019s Home Away From Home Center, the church listened to the needs of people fleeing from the effects of war, violence, persecution and political disruption and the greater community to offer services that help both cohorts. That includes English as a Second Language classes (ESL), legal counseling, and support finding jobs. On Monday and Wednesday nights, anyone can take ESL classes and earn their GED in partnership with Kennedy-King College. 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ESL Classes have been held at the church since August 2023.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Max Herman\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d6f113f1df8\"  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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ve been pastoring here for 29 years, so I&#8217;ve been with the African American community. 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