SPRINGFIELD — Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he fully supports allowing refugees to resettle in Illinois and he is expected to sign a letter to the Trump administration to that…
After attending a recent protest vigil outside a rural Illinois jail housing asylum seekers and other aliens awaiting adjudication, a question occurred to me. What did these people…
What started out as a fellowship organization for University of Chicago students has grown into a powerful, all-encompassing service agency for the Chinese-American community. Esther…
Protests against the Trump administration’s immigration policies are being planned in a dozen Illinois cities. The protests will take place Saturday (June 30) as part of 463 rallies…
Chicago and other cities will continue to get access to federal grant money without having to help in federal immigration enforcement. The ruling of a federal judge last week stopped…
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will get no support from the city in any planned raids. “We are all aware of the threat from…
Sometimes, when I listen to people worrying over the hordes of criminals pouring over the southern border, I hear the strains of Elmer Bernstein’s great “Magnificent Seven” theme…
Dima Ali is fearful that history is repeating itself. “I lived under Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship and tyranny,” said the Oak Park activist who immigrated to the United States…
