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Coronavirus leaves immigrants trapped in a byzantine court system

by Jack Doppelt | Apr 24, 2020 | Fearing the Law, Problems with Papers

By By Stephen Franklin, Steve Bey, Catherine Kim, Areeba Shah, Shreya Bansal, LaTesha Harris, Wanying Zhao and Kari Lydersen [Story originally published on April 22, 2020, in The Reader. Click here to go to the original story.] In a small courtroom on the third floor...

One woman’s personal sanctuary movement holds fast for a change in the law

by hannahgonzalez | Dec 9, 2019 | Fearing the Law

By Hannah Gonzalez, Medill, Immigrant Connect It’s Saturday in late Sept. 2019, in Pilsen, and Francisca Lino is making a sign with a marker and paper in the front hallway of the Lincoln United Methodist Church (LUMC). “No use esta puerta use la del jardín,” the sign...

The drum accompanies him everywhere

by nathanansell | Dec 7, 2019 | Fearing the Law, Problems with Papers

By Nathan Ansell, Medill, Immigrant Connect It’s another Sunday service at the Lincoln United Methodist Church. Between readings from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, lively musical interludes fill the pews with rhythm. Many of the church-goers play instruments or...

Chicago’s Welcoming Ordinance is welcoming…to a point

by nathanansell | Dec 7, 2019 | Fearing the Law

By Nathan Ansell, Medill, Immigrant Connect “There’s a lot of comments from people. They’re being taken, anywhere, everywhere, anywhere you go,” said one Chicago resident* about the fears of arrests and deportations in Chicago, a city known to be a welcoming or...
Palestinian-Americans describe being mistreated and denied entry into Israel

Palestinian-Americans describe being mistreated and denied entry into Israel

by aqilahallaudeen | Dec 31, 2018 | Fearing the Law, Problems with Papers

By Aqilah Allaudeen, Medill, Immigrant Connect Marian Aldisi recalls the incident with horror and indignation. Last summer, on July 21, she was forced to remove her clothes and was strip-searched. She remembers the settings; three different interrogation rooms in...
There are 5,000 visas available for survivors of human trafficking each year. Why are 75 percent not being given out?

There are 5,000 visas available for survivors of human trafficking each year. Why are 75 percent not being given out?

by maryhall | Dec 14, 2018 | Fearing the Law, Good Question

By Mary Hall, Medill, Immigrant Connect When Estela De Los Rios and an FBI agent came to Santiago Perez Navarro’s door, he didn’t realize his “employer” — a woman named Betty — was acting illegally by withholding his salary and immigration documents, threatening him...
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