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The Illinois Attorney General is investigating the Chicago Police Department. There are reports that they routinely denied certifications to over 800 undocumented victims of qualifying crimes, such as domestic battery and assault, over the past 2 years. Victims of qualifying...

The “Wings of Mexico” is on display at the Plaza of The Americas on Chicago's Magnificent Mile. The sculpture is a symbol of the immigrant journey and celebrates Chicago as a sanctuary city that is at the forefront of the...

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services launched the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults Program to provide free health care coverage to undocumented immigrant adults and certain legal permanent residents aged 55 to 64. The Health Benefits for Immigrant...

McHenry County Jail was finally forced to put the Illinois Forward Act into effect on January 13 after a federal appellate court ruling that McHenry and Kankakee counties in Illinois must stop housing federal immigration detainees. Effective January 14, ICE...

New York City passed new laws that allow noncitizens to vote in local elections. Effective 2023, the NYC noncitizen voter laws mean that approximately 800,000 local residents will be able to vote in local New York City elections if they...

Hundreds of new laws go into effect in Illinois in 2022, including 3 new immigration laws that protect the rights of immigrants. Here are the new 2022 Illinois immigration laws you should know about. 3 New Illinois Immigration Laws Hate...

A December 7 ruling by a federal judge upheld a new law to outlaw for-profit detention centers in Illinois. U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard of the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Illinois counties hoping...

The United States of America is known around the globe as the world's melting pot, and every year on October 28, we celebrate National Immigrants Day 2021. October 28 is the anniversary of the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty,...

Illinois' program that provides healthcare coverage for undocumented low-income seniors who are residents of Illinois. Medicaid qualifications have been expanded to include undocumented adult immigrants ages 55 to 64 who are living at or below the federal poverty level. The...

The new data from the 2020 census is in, and it will influence how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is distributed to each state for the next 10 years. The United States Census Bureau released the data on August 12...