‘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 last Tuesday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot signed an executive order ensuring benefits to all Chicago residents, ...
Lori Lightfoot’s order gives immigrants access to Chicago’s virus relief
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 includes programs for housing assistance and low-interest small business loans administered by the...
Undocumented families struggle to receive financial relief during COVID-19 pandemic
Citlali Pérez, Staff Writer
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 will provide financial relief to individuals and businesses financially struggling from the COVID-19...
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 at DePaul’s third annual President’s Lecture Series on his life and experience as an undocument...
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 earned the Washington Post staff the highest of journalistic honors, a Pulitzer Prize. Read More »...
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 quote “THE WORLD IS NOT A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE” across her chest. Read More »...
