Chicago has become ground zero of the federal government’s immigration raids. For much of the past few months, federal agents have waited outside schools, arrested individuals outside courthouses, and swept through workplaces. Festivals have adjusted their plans. Some churches have stopped holding services. U.S. citizens are being detained as Operation Midway Blitz unfolds across the city.

National outlets cover the tear gas and heated protests — the chaos that makes headlines. We cover what happens after the cameras leave.

That’s why your gift matters right now.

When Borderless received tips about ICE raids on the eve of Trump’s inauguration, our reporters published a Know Your Rights guide in English and Spanish. The story was republished and printed by several local newsrooms across Chicago. 

When ICE arrested workers at a Pilsen restaurant, Borderless reporters spent weeks learning how the community was resisting the federal government’s military tactics..

That’s what your donation funds — coverage with and for immigrants by journalists who speak the languages, know the neighborhoods, and have earned the trust of their communities over the years.

When a politician claims that immigrants take jobs, we profile immigrant entrepreneurs who are creating jobs in Chicago neighborhoods. When national media outlets focus solely on border crossings, we document why people flee and what they contribute here. When immigrants are portrayed as a threat, we publish stories in their own words that prove otherwise.

Your gift — doubled through NewsMatch — puts more reporters in immigrant communities as fear and misinformation spread faster than facts.

It’s accurate, fact-based journalism that fills critical gaps in public understanding.

Here’s what your doubled gift funds:

• $50 becomes $100 — two hours of reporter time in the field, building trust and verifying facts.
• $100 becomes $200 — translating and publishing one story in both English and Spanish.
• $250 becomes $500 — a full As-Told-To story where someone tells their experience in their own words.
• $500 becomes $1,000 — printing and distributing 2,000 Know Your Rights guides across Chicago.

Right now, we face impossible choices about which stories to pursue. When government agencies operate without accountability, when detention conditions go unmonitored, when families disappear into an enforcement system designed to be opaque — we can’t cover everything.

You deserve more. Help us tell the stories that go untold. 

Your gift today is doubled. Will you join us?

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