Trump has expanded and escalated the most punitive policies he inherited from his predecessors.
Employment and Labor
Chicago is the fastest shrinking major metro area
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Black and low-income residents continue to move out, but unlike other groups, a majority of African-Americans exiting the Chicago area didn’t have a job when they left.
Education
In wake of Chicago charter strikes, a movement to advance ‘sanctuary schools’
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New contracts at Acero and the Chicago International Charter School network enshrine protections for undocumented students and take steps toward stronger bilingual services and increasing teacher diversity.
Perspectives
Rasmea Odeh, deported but not defeated
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Pushed out of both Palestine and her adopted home in Chicago, the longtime activist starts over in Jordan after a lifetime of experiencing displacement.
Perspectives
Supreme Court validates Trump’s ‘fake news’ justification for travel ban
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The Muslim ban was never about national security. It’s another way immigration policy is being used as a weapon against people of color.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Entangled by destructive policies, a veteran gets deported
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As one of thousands of “green card veterans,” Miguel Perez Jr. fell victim to inadequate veteran services, a harmful war on drugs, and brutal immigration policies.
Perspectives
Fear and insecurity shape the lives of children whose parents are undocumented
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A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation details the high toll of “crimmigration,” the intersection of criminal and immigration law.
Perspectives
Is this what a legal Muslim ban looks like?
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The Trump administration’s latest executive order restricting immigration may be much harder to challenge as unconstitutional in court, an immigration lawyer argues.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Gang database compromises Chicago’s sanctuary city protections
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With the police department’s discriminatory database allegedly sparking deportations, immigrant and African-American groups are teaming up to challenge it.
Perspectives
Evaporating dreams: Ending DACA puts whole communities at stake
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Creating policies that help Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients thrive would benefit us all, not just the undocumented.
Perspectives
Don’t use the good vs. bad immigrant narrative to save DACA
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Fighting only for the ‘deserving’ immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is divisive and dehumanizing.