Gallery
Chicago’s new immigrant destination: Gage Park
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The Southwest Side neighborhood has seen an influx of newcomers from Latin American countries.
Economic Development
On Chicago’s Southwest Side, immigrants have breathed new life into communities
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In Gage Park and Chicago Lawn, Latino immigrants have brought new commercial opportunities to the area despite setbacks caused by the Great Recession.
Criminal Justice
Report: Inspections at immigration detention centers conceal human rights abuses
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Inspections of immigration detention centers are designed to help the facilities pass so they can keep their contracts with the federal government, according to a new study.
Immigration
Finding a lawyer a huge obstacle for asylum seekers in Chicago
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In Chicago immigration court, which has seen almost 1,500 cases of women with children since last year, less than 14 percent are represented by a lawyer. That’s less than half the national rate for this group. Legal representation is critical. Women and children with an attorney are 16 times more likely to be allowed to stay in the U.S. than those without an attorney.
State Budget Watch
Funding for immigrant integration services: zero
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Services aimed at helping immigrants transition into their new lives are among the latest to be cut under Gov. Rauner’s 2016 budget proposal.
Gallery
Rally urges U.S. pressure over 43 missing Mexican students
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Three groups, known as “Caravana43,” are traveling to different cities in the United States — including Chicago this week — to demand transparency from Mexico’s government about 43 college students who were abducted last September from Mexico’s southern state of Guerrero.
immigration reform
Three faces of immigration
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President Obama recently announced a plan to offer administrative relief to some of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. The Chicago Reporter spoke to three Chicago residents who have at a lot at stake in the immigration debate.
Photo Gallery
Making it work: Life on minimum wage
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Maria Garcia, 37, came to the United States from Mexico when she was 16. She came, as she says, to work. Six years ago she left her husband and started supporting her six children on her own while earning a little more than minimum wage. Garcia’s story illustrates what it looks like to support a family on less than $10 an hour working more than full-time.
Immigration
Advocates urge more mental health services for unaccompanied immigrant children
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Unaccompanied minors face temporary displacement, language barriers and other challenges that can lead to anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other serious mental health problems, according to research. Advocates say more services, such as talk therapy and support groups, are needed to help them deal with the stress and trauma they have experienced.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Rebuilding Rahm
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The Chicago mayor’s political persona gets a rehab that would make ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ proud.