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Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzer announced that he fully supports allowing refugees to resettle in Illinois, and he intends to sign a letter allowing refugee resettlement in Illinois. An executive order executed by the Trump administration requires that a written...

Asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border make their cases in improvised immigration tent courts, where they appear before judges via video. The video tent courts have raised due-process concerns among immigration advocates, reports the Wall Street Journal. In August, the...

Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) policy was implemented in January by the Trump administration directed at immigrants at the U.S. southern border. The new MPP program sends migrants who enter the U.S. illegally, or who appear at official places of entry...

Long a draw for Mexican immigrants, a new study shows fewer families of asylum seekers choose Chicago as their destination. A new Mexican border study said Chicago ranked 21st in destination choice for refugees, and only 76 families of asylum...

A new proposal by the Trump administration will deny thousands of asylum-seekers in the US the right to apply to legally work, and significantly delay the work permit application process for eligible candidates. According to a report from Buzzfeed, "The...