Laura Rodríguez Presa

“Pedro” a laborer stands outside and waits outside the Home Depot looking for work in Cicero on Jan. 21, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘People are hiding.’ Chicago immigrants stay home from work to avoid potential ICE arrests.

January 22, 2025 at 9:47 a.m.

Amid President Donald Trump's threats of sweeping arrests and mass deportations, undocumented workers in Chicago skipped work in order to avoid being caught by ICE agents.

Sam Sanchez, owner of Moe's Cantina, sits at his River North restaurant on Jan. 16, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Pro-Trump Latino business leaders launch campaign for border security and legal status for ‘Dreamers’ and essential workers

January 17, 2025 at 12:42 p.m.

Comité de 100, mostly made up of Mexican American business owners, will advocate for a pathway to legalization for long-standing members of the Mexican immigrant community.

Pastor and community activist Emma Lozano helps lead a virtual service online from the empty sanctuary at Lincoln Methodist Church in Pilsen on Dec. 29, 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago church stops hosting in-person Spanish services amid fears of mass deportations from Trump administration

January 2, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Lincoln Methodist Church moved its Spanish services online after the threats of mass deportations from the incoming Trump administration.

Jose Carmen Rodríguez is seen in his early 20s while living in Guanajuato, Mexico, right before becoming a father to Tribune reporter Laura Rodríguez Presa. (Family photo)

What do you do with a heartbreak at the holidays? Forgive the father you never had

December 23, 2024 at 9:11 a.m.

I will forever carry my father's wound and that makes me stronger; it's a heavy truth that took me a while to accept, writes Laura Rodríguez Presa.

Jeff Smith, de 47 años, a la izquierda, y Milton Olivares, de 28, conversan afuera del Café Jumping Bean en el vecindario de Pilsen en Chicago el 6 de noviembre de 2024. Ambos votaron por Kamala Harris en las elecciones presidenciales. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

La comunidad latina de Chicago dividida por Trump

November 8, 2024 at 3:59 p.m.

Sentado en la esquina de una cantina de Pilsen, con una copa de brandy en la mano, Miguel Barajas sonreía mientras miraba la pantalla de televisión que mostraba las noticias...

Jeff Smith, 47, left, and Milton Olivares, 28, talk outside Cafe Jumping Bean in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago on Nov. 6, 2024. Both voted for Kamala Harris in the presidential election. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Latino community in Chicago divided by support for Trump

November 8, 2024 at 11:08 a.m.

In the five wards with the highest rate of Latinos, Trump got from 27% to 41% of the vote in this fall’s election, according to a Tribune analysis of voting...

Padres y estudiantes se manifiestan frente a la escuela primaria Sandra Cisneros en Chicago el 23 de octubre de 2024. Cisneros es una de las siete escuelas Acero que los administradores han votado para cerrar. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Un futuro incierto para los estudiantes latinos de Chicago: ¿Cuál ha sido su experiencia en medio de la confusión de CPS?

November 1, 2024 at 11:05 a.m.

La semana pasada, en las ventanas de la escuela primaria Sandra Cisneros, en Brighton Park, había carteles con el lema “Salvemos nuestras escuelas”.

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