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Immigrant groups tout election triumphs
Rep. Villa replaces Oberweis in state Senate; Avelar first former undocumented immigrant to be seated in General Assembly
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Ted CoxICIRR, ICIRR Action, Lawrence Benito, Kim Foxx, Karina Villa, Jim Oberweis, Dagmara Avelar, Black Lives Matter, ICE, Won Joon Kevin Lee, HANA Center, Javier Cruz, Lauren Underwood, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, DACA
ICE cracks on Dwight detention center
Rep. Cassidy, Sen. Peters credited with enforcing new state law banning private prisons
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Chicago activists plot response to ICE academy
‘Coordinated attack … requires coordinated political response,’ say immigration protesters
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Ted CoxICE, ICE Citizens Academy, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Sandra Diaz, Mano a Mano Family Resource Center, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Maggie Lugo, Casa Michoacan, Sara Zaleta, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos, Adrienne Davis, Southwest Suburban Immigrant Project, Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation, Ana Guillen, Fasika Alem, United African Organization, Estephany Hernandez, ICIRR
Rep. Garcia calls public-charge rule a 'wealth tax'
New restriction takes effect as immigrant groups gird for Border Patrol deployment to sanctuary cities
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Ted CoxJesus "Chuy" Garcia, Trump Public Charge Rule, Lawrence Benito, Nathaniel Booker, Celina Villanueva, Border Patrol, PASO West Suburban Action Project, 2020 U.S. Census, 2020 Presidential Election, ICIRR, Mony Ruiz-Velasco
Hold the hypocrisy on voting rights
Yes, motor-voter snafu should be investigated, but let’s also halt more widespread practice of removing legal voters from rolls
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Ted CoxJesse White, Illinois Motor Voter, Voting Rights, Illinois Automatic Voter Registration, Bruce Rauner, Matt Dietrich, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Andy Manar, Hannah Meisel, The Daily Line, Just Democracy Coalition, Lawrence Benito, ICIRR, Timothy Schneider, Stacey Abrams, Brian Kemp, Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Robert Mueller, Gerrymandering
Cook County, immigrant group sue Trump
‘Public charge’ rule would increase costs of health care, say Preckwinkle, Foxx
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Toni Preckwinkle, Kim Foxx, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, ICIRR, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Obamacare, Carrie Chapman, Legal Council for Health Justice, Kate Walz
Threatened ICE raids breed fear, sap economy
Chicago aldermen join to protect communities, decry ‘political calculation by a failed racist president’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Immigration, ICE Raids, ICE, Trump ICE Raids, Trump Racist, Michael Rodriguez, Rossana Rodriguez, Andres Vazquez, Matt Martin, Alex Han, SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Byron Sigcho-Lopez, ICIRR
Immigrant groups ask Lightfoot to nix CPD-ICE teamwork
Alderman Ramirez-Rosa asks mayor to issue executive order
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Immigration, Trump Census, Trump Citizenship Question, Mony Ruiz-Velasco, ICIRR, Rey Wences, Chicago Immigration Policy Working Group, Lori Lightfoot, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Evelyn Venegas Cuzco, Ruth Lopez-McCarthy, National Immigrant Justice Center, Justin Valas, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Individualists unite! New video
Progressive groups join together under an agenda of interrelated issues they say are ‘overwhelmingly popular with the broader electorate’
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Ted CoxForward Illinois, Jack Darin, Sierra Club, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Jennifer Welch, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, Yolanda Piper, SEIU, Mike Ziri, Equality Illinois, Bindu Poroori, ICIRR, Zach Koutsky, UFCW Local 881, Mark Walsh, Illinois Council Agains Handgun Violence, William McNary, Citizen Action Illinois, Working Families, Health Care, Minimum Wage, Unions, Gun Control, Illinois Gun Control, Immigration, Immigrants
Rauner flip-flops on immigration, groups charge
The governor's vetoes late Friday drew flak from immigration groups and legislators
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Illinois Immigration, Immigration, Donald Trump, Fred Tsao, ICIRR, Dreamers, DACA, Chris Welch, Theresa Mah, Andy Kang