Rush to Host Immigration Resource Fair at Leo High School (Chicago, IL) - Next Saturday, August 28th from 10:00 AM CT to 2:00 PM CT, the office of U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D‑Ill.) will host an Immigration Resource Fair at Leo High School.
Speaker Welch, Health Advocates Celebrate Historic Health Care Expansion for Undocumented Seniors (Chicago, IL) - House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, Majority Leader Greg Harris (D-Chicago) and Assistant Majority Leader Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago) joined advocates to celebrate Illinois being the first state in the nation to offer health care coverage to seniors regardless of their immigration status.
Bill would let non-citizen parents vote for school board, but immigration activist Tsao asks what about non-parents? (Chicago, IL) - Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) senior policy counsel member Fred Tsao has questions about a bill that would allow non-citizens to cast votes in school board elections.
The Biden administration shuttered a migrant tent camp in Mexico that was created under a Trump policy. Immigration advocates praised the move, but the closure adds to growing confusion over which migrants are let in or left out.
Thousands of Venezuelan and Burmese immigrants just got to apply for temporary protected status. But as congressional Democrats work on a path to citizenship for immigrants who’ve had the status for decades, new grantees could be left out.