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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Con la comunidad indocumentada pagando más impuestos que Trump, organizaciones de Chicago luchan por informar sobre el impuesto justo

Con la comunidad indocumentada pagando más impuestos que Trump, organizaciones de Chicago luchan por informar sobre el impuesto justo

Citlali Pérez November 3, 2020

$750 es la cantidad de dinero que el presidente Donald Trump pagó en impuestos federales. Una cantidad que algunos dicen puede parecer baja, pero para otros contribuyentes, es un peso sobre sus hombros.  Según...

Michelle Lainez, 17, originally from El Salvador but now living in Gaithersburg, Md., speaks during a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. The Supreme Court on Tuesday takes up the Trump administration’s plan to end legal protections that shield nearly 700,000 immigrants from deportation, in a case with strong political overtones amid the 2020 presidential election campaign.

Undocumented immigrants will be excluded from the 2020 census

Hillary Flores and María Marta Guzmán July 23, 2020

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday excluding undocumented immigrants from being counted in the 2020 census in an effort to reapportion Representatives among the states.  Trump said...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot signs an executive order to ensure coronavirus-related benefits offered by the city of Chicago are available to immigrants and refugees, Tuesday morning, April 7, 2020.

‘She’s doing what is humane’: Undocumented college students express relief over Lori Lightfoot’s order ensuring benefits to undocumented

Hillary Flores, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief April 14, 2020

Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for the federal government’s $2 trillion stimulus package, leading those that identify as undocumented during this pandemic crisis toward desperation.  But...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot signs an executive order to ensure coronavirus-related benefits offered by the city of Chicago are available to immigrants and refugees, Tuesday morning, April 7, 2020.

Lori Lightfoot’s order gives immigrants access to Chicago’s virus relief

Associated Press April 7, 2020

Chicago immigrants who do not have legal status in the U.S. are eligible for all relief programs run by the city amid the coronavirus outbreak, Mayor Lori Lightfoot ordered Tuesday. Lightfoot said that...

Undocumented families struggle to receive financial relief during COVID-19 pandemic

Undocumented families struggle to receive financial relief during COVID-19 pandemic

Citlali Pérez April 7, 2020

Chicago nonprofits are raising funds to help undocumented families and individuals financially struggling because of the coronavirus.  President Donald Trump signed a stimulus package on March 27 that...

DePaul’s third annual President’s Lecture series featured Jose Antonio Vargas, an immigrant from the Phillippines and founder of the nonprofit Define America.

Immigrant organization founder spoke about misconception of undocumented citizens

Veronica Schoonover, Contributing Writer November 18, 2019

Define American, a nonprofit media organization, seeks to use storytelling to shift the conversation on immigration and citizenship. Jose Antonio Vargas, founder of the organization, appeared to speak...

Journalist and immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas  discussed his experiences as an undocumented immigrant Thursday. (Somos Chismosos | Creative Commons)

Undocumented: Immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas visits DePaul

Luisa Fuentes March 1, 2015

Jose Antonio Vargas covered some of the biggest breaking news stories of the decade. Fresh out of college, he covered the video-game boom in 2004, and in 2007 his coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings...

Colombian-born writer and activist Jennifer Tamayo. (Photo courtesy of Poetry Foundation)

Artist Jennifer Tamayo talks Dora the Explorer and Dreamers

Jordan Sarti February 9, 2015

Jennifer Tamayo sat with a long white sheet draped over her front and neatly spread in front of her.  As audience members filled the Poetry Foundation’s reading room, she scribbled the Gloria Anzaldua...

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