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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
