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May, 2013
Justo antes de la navidad, el arresto de Guillermo Monreal por robo lo llevó al Centro de Detenciones del Condado McHenry. Para cuando su esposa logró encontrar a un abogado, Moreal le había llamado con la mala noticia. “Me van a deportar esta noche”, le dijo. Su voz era vacilante—inclusive distante.Linda Hernández no entendía. Su esposo había estado en la cárcel tan sólo un par de días. “Ni...
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May, 2013
Just before Christmas, Guillermo Monreal’s arrest for shoplifting landed him in the McHenry County Detention Center. By the time his wife managed to find a lawyer, Monreal had called her with bad news. “They are deporting me tonight,” he told her. His voice was hesitant—even distant.Linda Hernandez didn’t understand. Her husband had been in the jail for only a couple of days. “He didn’t even go...
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January, 2013
A Chicago judge denied an immigration prosecutor’s request last week for an “administrative closure” of a deportation proceeding against Sebastian Pineda, a Mexican immigrant whose case was chronicled by The Chicago Reporter in August.The decision threw a wrench into the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s stuttering effort to carry out a 2011 directive by John Morton, the agency’s...
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January, 2012
Editor's note: To celebrate four decades of muckraking on issues of race and poverty, we kick off this 40th anniversary edition with a focus on four of The Chicago Reporter’s key beats--criminal justice, immigration, labor and housing.The history behind each issue has had its own trajectory since the Reporter’s founding in 1972. To illustrate that, we sat down with prominent figures whose...
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August, 2012
Sebastian Pineda sits quietly on the wooden bench, staring at the dingy white wall and at times glancing at the mother of his two boys. He’s patiently waiting, even hopeful. His wife sits inches away, sobbing uncontrollably. She too is waiting. It’s clear she’s less hopeful. The couple is in the administrative court in Chicago praying for the judge to call Pineda’s name. They’ve been here...
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September, 2012
Christopher Valdez se escondió debajo de una mesa aterrorizado. El niño debió haber sabido que no podía competir con el novio de su madre, César Ruíz quien lo estaba persiguiendo. En un ataque de ira, Ruíz destrozó el cuarto. Vidrios se hicieron pedazos. Un teléfono voló por el cuarto. La mamá del niño, Crystal, estaba sentada en el rincón llorando. Su hermana de cinco años, Christine, veía,...
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September, 2012
Christopher Valdez hid underneath a table in terror. The boy must have known that he was no match for his mother’s boyfriend, Cesar Ruiz, who was hunting after him. In a fit of rage, Ruiz thrashed the room. Glass shattered. A telephone flew across the room. The boy’s mother, Crystal, sat in the corner crying. His 5-year-old sister, Christine, watched, helpless.Later on that November day, Katrina...
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March, 2012
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