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Immigrant Justice Blog
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It is always perilous to predict a U.S. Supreme Court case outcome based...
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This week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Arizona v. United States and decide the constitutionality of Arizona SB 1070, the notorious “papers please” immigration law that allows local police officers to arrest and question residents simply...
In the public debate over immigration, it is easy to get caught up in the politics and complexity of the laws and to see immigrant rights as an “issue” rather than as the personal lived experience it is for so many people. But the Albany Park Theater Project (APTP), a Chicago-based award-winning youth theater ensemble, was created to tell personal stories. Its latest production, Home/Land,...
Michael* fled to the United States after the Eritrean government...
Raquel came to the United States as an asylum seeker fleeing...
Critics of Cook County politics often blame our elected officials for squandering taxpayer dollars. That this complaint is such a common refrain here is just one reason why recent efforts to roll back a county ordinance that saves residents from picking up the tab for federal immigration enforcement is perplexing.
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