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Trump’s COVID-19 visa bans may alter the face of American immigration beyond the pandemic

By Sruthi Darbhamulla | July 8, 2020

The president’s executive orders barring several types of visas and green cards will most affect immigrant hopefuls from Asian, African and Latino countries.

Cómo LATINEXT abordará las necesidades de noticias de la comunidad Latinx de Chicagoland

How LATINEXT will address the news needs of Chicagoland’s Latinx community

Miguel Perez Jr. is back but thousands of deported veterans remain ‘in exile’

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in Chicago at 101 W. Congress Parkway.

Rocket Dockets: How an effort to speed immigration cases is causing havoc for countless families

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The long, bipartisan history of dealing with immigrants harshly

By Anthony W. Fontes | July 11, 2019

Trump has expanded and escalated the most punitive policies he inherited from his predecessors.

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Half a million American minors now live in Mexico

By Claudia Masferrer, Erin R. Hamilton and Nicole Denier | July 11, 2019

Between 2000 and 2015, the population of U.S. citizen minors living in Mexico more than doubled. Who are the kids living on the other side of the border?

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Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children

Detaining refugee children at military bases may sound un-American, but it’s been done before

By Jana Lipman | June 20, 2019

Fort Sill, a military base in Oklahoma, will soon house 1,400 Central American children, the Trump administration says. It’s not the first time the US has used army bases to house refugees.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

To protect undocumented tenants from ICE, local changes needed

By Curtis Black | June 20, 2019

Mandatory apartment inspections, as proposed in a new ordinance, could help address gaps in Illinois’ Immigrant Tenant Protection Act.

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Charging asylum application fees is the latest way the US could make immigrants pay for its red tape

By Sarah R. Sherman-Stokes | May 16, 2019

Only two countries charge people who seek asylum fees. The rationale for not doing that is clear.

Employment and Labor

Chicago is the fastest shrinking major metro area

By Matt Kiefer | April 26, 2019

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’

By Camille Erickson | April 2, 2019

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.

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Rasmea Odeh, deported but not defeated

By Asraa Mustufa | October 1, 2018

Pushed out of both Palestine and her adopted home in Chicago, the longtime activist starts over in Jordan after a lifetime of experiencing displacement.

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Supreme Court validates Trump’s ‘fake news’ justification for travel ban

By Kanu Iheukumere | June 28, 2018

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

By Curtis Black | March 28, 2018

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.

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