Immigrant Justice Blog

Submitted by Julia Toepfer on May 16, 2012 - 11:29am
Submitted by Lisa Koop on May 2, 2012 - 10:17am

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Submitted by Julia Toepfer on April 26, 2012 - 5:03pm

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Submitted by Chuck Roth on April 25, 2012 - 5:41pm

It is always perilous to predict a U.S. Supreme Court case outcome based...

Submitted by Mony Ruiz-Velasco on April 25, 2012 - 12:28pm
 

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Submitted by Tara Tidwell Cullen on April 23, 2012 - 10:07pm

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...

Submitted by Julia Toepfer on April 2, 2012 - 3:58pm

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,...

Submitted by Ashley Huebner on March 13, 2012 - 10:34am
 

Michael* fled to the United States after the Eritrean government...

Submitted by Tara Tidwell Cullen on March 8, 2012 - 3:49pm
 

Raquel came to the United States as an asylum seeker fleeing...

Submitted by Tara Tidwell Cullen on February 8, 2012 - 11:31am

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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