Chicago
Chicago strengthens its defense of immigrants amid raids
February 23, 2017Chicago neighborhoods have held training events in preparation for Trump’s promised deportation raids.
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Workers who participated in “Day Without Immigrants” face backlash
February 23, 2017“If you’re going to be in a community of the immigrants then you need to help them instead of pushing them out."
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The president’s tough talk won’t fix Chicago
February 22, 2017Trump is fixated on the “carnage” going on in Chicago, saying he’ll “send in the feds.” Jobs and opportunity, not force, are the recipe for fixing the city’s problems.
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Community leaders unite to fight Trump’s deportation, Muslim registry plans
January 17, 2017The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights sponsored one of 50 nationwide actions to build unity and protect those vulnerable under Trump.
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Defying Trumpism, biggest U.S. cities remain immigrant sanctuaries
November 14, 2016Mayors of some of the nation’s most populous cities, including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, have defied threats of loss of federal funding to stand with immigrant communities fearful of President-elect Trump’s continued promise of...
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