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Buying a Home is Hard. It’s Even More Difficult When You’re Undocumented.
Several times throughout the home-buying process, Jorge wanted to throw in the towel. The journey of owning a home was longer and more complicated than he imagined. He was buried under a mountain of paperwork and endless requests for financial statements and records. Qualifying for a loan became progressively overwhelming, especially when juggling work and other responsibilities. “I was starting to regret it,” Jorge said. “I got tired.”
How to Apply for Financial Assistance as an Undocumented Student
Harry S Truman College, one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago, on Dec. 9, 2021 in Chicago, Ill. Access to higher education can be difficult, especially for noncitizens who are not eligible for financial aid from the federal government. Politicians, local colleges and community groups have worked to expand...
What You Need To Know About The New Protections For Undocumented Spouses of U.S. Citizens
President Joe Biden, seen on January 5, 2003, recently announced a plan to protect undocumented spouses. President Joe Biden unveiled a plan Tuesday that aims to keep mixed-status families together. The program, known as “Parole in Place,” protects undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens, allowing eligible noncitizens to remain with their...
Where to Find Cooling Centers During Chicago’s Heatwave
A vendor standing near Cermak Road in Pilsen protects themselves from the sun on a day when temperatures reached as high as 91 degrees, July 28, 2023. A “heat dome” is driving temperatures up in Chicago and across the Midwest this week. Temperatures are expected to reach over 90 degrees all week.
What You Need to Know If You’re Hurt While Working on a Wisconsin Dairy Farm
This story was originally published by ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism. Sign up for ProPublica Illinois’ newsletter to get weekly updates written by its journalists. This guide will be released in Spanish in several formats to make this information more widely accessible. If you want...
How to Get Free Birth Control Regardless of Immigration Status in Illinois
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, Illinois has seen a surge in patients coming for abortions from neighboring states. Nearly 17,000 patients came from out of state to receive abortions in 2022, according to the Department of Public Health. Illinois implemented programs like the HFS...
What You Need to Know About the New Border Restrictions
More than a hundred migrants from all over the world hunkered down near the community of Jacumba, California in far east San Diego County on Dec. 12, 2023. The migrants walked through gaps in the border wall from Mexico looking for American officials to make asylum claims. President Joe Biden...
Ana: A Ukrainian Refugee’s Story on the Trauma of War
Ana is a 33-year-old Ukrainian refugee living on humanitarian parole in Chicago’s suburbs. Over 30 million Ukrainian refugees fled their homes since Russia invaded the country over two years ago. More than 30,000 Ukrainians have sought asylum in Chicago. Ukrainians displaced by the ongoing war face a precarious future....
ICYMI: Borderless Magazine’s feature stories all in one place [May 2024]
Navigating immigration court alone, a refugee’s escape from Afghanistan and more immigrant stories from Chicago. Nekbahkt is a double amputee who was forced to flee Afghanistan and is now living in Chicago. From inside Immigration court to a woman’s escape from Afghanistan, here is a look at our featured...
What You Need to Know About Immigration News This Week
Welcome to our weekly roundup of local, state and national immigration news, curated by our Borderless team. Sign up for our newsletters to keep updated with our latest stories, immigration news roundup and events. This week in the news:. Afghan Refugee Recalls Surviving A Bomb And Fleeing Afghanistan: Nekbahkt, a...
Afghan Refugee Recalls Surviving a Bomb and Fleeing Afghanistan
Nekbahkt is a double amputee who was forced to flee Afghanistan and is now living in Chicago. This story contains a reference to suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988. You can find local providers offering free or low-cost mental health services here.
This Chicago Author Wants You to Know that Immigrant Voices Matter
Literature is Borderless launch event takes place at RoscoeBooks, located at 2142 W. Roscoe St., at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22. Arsenic and Adobo follows Lila Macapagal, a young 25-year-old who has moved back home and is tasked with saving her Tita Rosie’s restaurant. After Lila confronts a notorious food critic at her family’s restaurant, the critic drops dead. Arsenic and Adobo is a lighthearted cozy mystery that is full of delicious Filipino dishes, meddling aunties, and more. Her forthcoming novel in the Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series, Guilt and Ginataan will be released later this year.
Lost in translation: Migrant kids struggle in segregated Chicago schools
Yennifer Ruiz walks her daughter Gabriela, 12, — both from Venezuela — to school most days in their South Shore neighborhood, as seen on April 10, 2024. This story was a collaboration produced by Chalkbeat Chicago, a nonprofit newsroom covering Chicago Public Schools and Block Club Chicago, a nonprofit newsroom focused on Chicago’s neighborhoods.
5 Things to Know When Preparing For Immigration Court Without a Lawyer
This story is for information purposes only. Borderless Magazine does not provide legal assistance or legal advice. Immigration court is a crucial step in the journey for many immigrants in the United States. In many cases, it’s where a judge decides whether people should be ordered removed or allowed to remain in the country.
Life in Legal Limbo: Navigating Chicago’s Immigration Court Alone
With a pile of documents spread out in front of her, Auscena Rodriguez begins to explain why death awaits her in Honduras. And because she doesn’t have a lawyer and time is not on her side, she will be her own lawyer, she tells a judge in Chicago’s Immigration Court.
We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century
WE ARE HOME by Ray Suarez. Copyright © Ray Suarez 2024. Used with permission from Little, Brown and Company, an imprint of Hachette Book Group. All rights reserved. Veteran journalist and author Ray Suarez traversed the country for his new book, speaking with new immigrants creating a new life in the United States.
After Decades of Disinvestment, Black and Latino Leaders Want ‘Profound Transformation’ Amid Migrant Crisis
Rev. Kenneth Phelps has helped welcome migrants at Concord Missionary Baptist Church in Woodlawn with ESL classes, bilingual masses, and other efforts. Just the mere mention of migrants ignited a fall town hall meeting hosted by Congressman Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) at South Shore Cultural Center. Agitated murmurs filled a packed room as residents took turns expressing a wide range of heated frustrations: They included perceptions of a Black community being passed over in favor of assistance for noncitizens; feelings that Black migrants are not getting as much help as migrants of other ethnic groups; and suspicions that a welcoming mat now will lead to diluted Black political power down the road.
Chicago’s Longtime Undocumented Immigrants Push Feds for Work Permits: ‘Why Not Us?’
Outside Arturo Velazquez Institute, demonstrators rallied to voice their support of work permits for all on March 9, 2024. Estela Gamino watched over her children as they bounced around their gray couches inside their apartment on Chicago’s North Side. “He just joined sports. My other daughter, she stays for…band,”...
Federal Judge Approves $12 Million Settlement Over Botched Hilco Implosion
Alexandra Perez, 48, poses in front of the railroad separating her neighborhood from the Hilco implosion site. Perez, who filed a claim, lives a block down from where the botched smokestack implosion happened in April 2020. Some Little Village residents can expect to receive part of a $12.25 million settlement...
Chicago Approves Weekly Reports On Migrant Shelter Evictions
14th Ward Alderperson Jeylú Gutiérrez, at right, asks a question about a new ordinance to increase transparency regarding migrant shelter stays during a meeting with The Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights at City Hall on March 28, 2024. Chicago approved a new measure requiring departments to publish...
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