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Amy Colucio stands by her tent in Uptown on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Colucio and her sister have been living in a tent community since September 2024, after they were evicted from their apartment.

Chicago’s ‘One System Initiative’: A bold reform or a band-aid solution for unhoused communities?

Sarah Hendry, LiLi Jarvenpa, Mia Abraham, and Luis Caro / March 3, 2025

Amy Colucio’s cat, Little Man, struts around the quiet tent community in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood next to the bustling Lakeshore Drive. But he never strays very far from his owner as the frigid...

Illinois Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia speaks at a press conference during a Day of Love and Resistance in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. Protestors gathered at the Little Village Arch to distribute signs that educate people about their rights.

‘These kids have dreams too’: Chicago educators resist fear, despite ICE concerns

Chicago teachers, counselors and community members unite to promote strength and perseverance amid deportation threats.
Sofia Joseph, Jenna Muehleck, Lydia Nugent, Agustin Alamo, and Zoe Alpert / March 3, 2025

Immigrant communities in Chicago are facing fear and uncertainty as President Trump’s administration ramps up mass deportations across the nation. At the end of January, the U.S. Immigration and Customs...

President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on deregulation in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Washington.

Trump reshapes policy with flurry of executive orders

LiLi Jarvenpa, Editor-in-Chief / February 3, 2025

President Trump has had a busy couple weeks back in office, signing dozens of executive orders impacting everything from immigration and citizenship to climate change and health care.  Prior to taking...

Protesters gather outside Trump Tower in the Loop to demonstrate against the inauguration of President Trump on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. DePaul public safety are instructed to not ask students about immigration status.

Know your rights: How DePaul plans to respond to ‘immigration raids’

Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor / January 27, 2025

Wasting no time fulfilling President Trump’s campaign promises of sweeping raids on undocumented immigrants, Tom Homan —  Trump’s new ‘border czar’ — made plans for “immigrant raids” in...

Members of the church stand as they listen to Rev. Kenneth Phelps at the Concord Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. Phelps offers bilingual sermons, where Spanish-speaking church-goers can hear the sermon in Spanish through their headphones.

As Chicago closes migrant shelters, community leaders step up to help those already here

Gia Clarke, Contributing Writer / October 7, 2024

The city of Chicago is set to close three migrant shelters this month as the number of buses coming from Texas decrease due to President Joe Biden’s executive order limiting newcomers from entering the...

File - A temporary encampment sits outside the 19th District police station on Chicago’s North Side on Oct. 21, 2023. Police stations have been housing migrants as the government continues to find permanent solutions.

‘A perfect storm’: Migrants face legal barriers, paused services and a 60-day limit at shelters as the city’s budget rapidly dwindles

Delauney Krauter, Contributing Writer / February 11, 2024
About 13,000 migrants are currently staying across Chicago’s 28 shelters, but the demand for more space has put pressure on city and state officials to find solutions.
Hot dogs are served to migrants, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, outside a Northside police station where they live in a small tent community in Chicago.

‘Please support us as human beings’: Chicago’s escalating migrant crisis prompts short-term remedies

Nadine DeCero, Social Media Editor / November 10, 2023
Jose Bayona, a migrant from Venezuela, has been in Chicago for only a few days since we spoke to him on October 13th
A temporary encampment sits outside the 19th District police station on Chicago’s North Side on Oct. 21, 2023. Several police stations are helping provide space for migrants and asylum-seekers, until more permanent solutions can be found.

New York City and Chicago’s competing migrant crisis approaches

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief / October 22, 2023
As two of America’s largest cities take in vast numbers of newly arrived migrants every day
Lena Charles and Rogelio Silva teach English as a second language classes at Friendship Community Place on Thursday Oct. 12. These classes help migrants learn phrases they need to advocate for themselves.

Jefferson Park volunteers host English classes and provide resources to migrants

Volunteers at a Friendship Community Place, a non-profit organization connected to Friendship Presbyterian Church in Jefferson Park, work together to provide asylum seekers with the resources they need as they settle in Chicago.
Alyssa N. Salcedo, La DePaulia Former Editor-in-Chief / October 15, 2023

A Northwest side non-profit community organization expanded their mutual aid efforts to migrants by creating English language courses for the new arrivals. Jefferson Park community members have been...

Venezuelan migrants selling food in downtown Chicago.

Some Venezuelan migrants sell traditional food downtown to support themselves

As thousands of asylum seekers await work permits, some have found creative ways to earn money in hopes to find a permanent place to live.
Alyssa N. Salcedo, La DePaulia Former Editor-in-Chief / September 30, 2023

A migrant family has started selling foods from their home country in the streets of downtown Chicago as a way to make money to be able to rent an apartment while they wait for work permits.  Daniela,...

Una niña y su papá están entre los miles de migrantes que han llegado a Chicago desde agosto.

Abandonan plan de albergar a migrantes en antigua tienda Kmart en el suroeste de Chicago

Olivia Zimmermann and Santiago Posada-Jaramillo / April 2, 2023

El Departamento de Servicios Humanos de Illinois (IDHS) abandonó su plan de utilizar un edificio de una antigua tienda Kmart en el vecindario West Lawn en Chicago para albergar a más de 600 inmigrantes. El...

Afuera de la Iglesia Metodista Unida Adalberto en Humboldt Park, en la Division Street.

Chicago, una ciudad santuario para migrantes ‘solo en el papel’

A medida que continúan llegando solicitantes de asilo, la ciudad exhausta recursos, y hacen falta soluciones integrales, dicen líderes políticos de la ciudad
Kevin Luna, Anjolie Towle, Sarina Singh, and Jacqueline Cardenas / March 12, 2023

En la parte de atrás de la Iglesia Metodista Unida Adalberto en Humboldt Park, un hombre de 29 años, su esposa y su hija viven en una habitación pequeña en una nueva ciudad donde esperan tener un futuro...

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