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Simone Peña Hernández usa una aspiradora de mochila mientras limpia una oficina con su familia, el 13 de junio de 2024, en Chicago. Simone, de 20 años, estudiante de tercer año de la Universidad de Harvard, emigró a Chicago desde México como indocumentada, espera encontrar un trabajo estable después de graduarse. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Aunque tiene beca completa en Harvard, como inmigrante indocumentada sin permiso de trabajo, su futuro es incierto

June 18, 2024 at 5:11 p.m.

Un día, tras regresar de la escuela y mientras se preparaba para ir a limpiar casas con sus padres, como lo hacía la mayoría de las noches y los fines...

Simone Peña Hernández uses a backpack vacuum while helping to clean an office with her family on June 13, 2024, in Chicago. An incoming junior at Harvard University who immigrated to Chicago from Mexico without documentation, Simone, 20, hopes to find stable work after graduation with a dual concentration in government and visual art while pursuing a master's or law degree. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

She may have a full ride to Harvard, but as an undocumented immigrant without a job permit, her future is uncertain

June 16, 2024 at 12:16 p.m.

Simone Peña found out she had been accepted to Harvard with a full scholarship after school one day while she was getting ready to go clean houses with her parents,...

Migrants board a Wilmette Metra train to Chicago after traveling by bus from El Paso, Texas, on April 3, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicago leaders react to Biden’s executive order ahead of convention limiting asylum-seekers at the US border

June 6, 2024 at 4:41 p.m.

The implications of Biden's order for Chicago are significant, given that it came less than three months before the arrival of the Democratic National Convention.

People cheer during a Mexico presidential election watch party at Mi Tierra En La Villita on June 2, 2024, in Chicago. Claudia Sheinbaum was elected president. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Ciudadanos mexicanos en Chicago celebran a la primera mujer presidenta después de algunas horas de espera para votar

June 4, 2024 at 3:41 p.m.

Para algunos ciudadanos mexicanos en Chicago, la histórica victoria aplastante significa otros seis años de “un gobierno que prioriza a los pobres y a la clase trabajadora.”

Mexican nationals in Chicago celebrate first woman president after some waited hours to vote

June 4, 2024 at 3:41 p.m.

At a gathering in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood Sunday night, Mexican nationals celebrated the then-projected winner, Claudia Sheinbaum, as the country’s first woman president. Some had waited over 10 hours...

Monochrome Brewing co-owner Enrique Rivera looks out over the patio at guests who came to the soft opening of the brewery on May 1, 2024, in the Pilsen neighborhood. The brewery, which is owned and operated by four friends who all have connections to Pilsen, is inspired by the Latino community in the neighborhood. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

A new Pilsen brewery highlights the growing economic power of Latinos, celebrates community, culture and craft beer

June 3, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Enrique Rivera lived in Pilsen long before Time Out magazine named 18th Street one of the “Coolest Streets in the World” earlier this year. He was there decades before the...

Silbia de Leon cheers outside of the Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago after voting in the Mexican presidential election on June 2, 2024. Mexico’s projected winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first female president in the country’s 200-year history. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Thousands of Mexican nationals in Chicago turn out to vote, some waiting over 10 hours

June 3, 2024 at 4:12 p.m.

For some Mexican immigrants, the opportunity to vote in person from Chicago encouraged them to vote, many for the first time ever. Others said electing the first female president inspired...

People walk west on Balbo Drive after the Sueños Festival was cut short due to inclement weather on May 26, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

After abrupt end to Sueños Music Festival, fans to be refunded a portion of ticket price

May 31, 2024 at 1:33 p.m.

Heavy downpours forced organizers of the Latino fest in Grant Park to cancel the event Sunday evening just before the world-renowned headliner, Grammy-winner Peso Pluma, was set to perform.

La candidata presidencial mexicana Claudia Sheinbaum llega a su mitin de cierre de campaña en el Zócalo de la Ciudad de México el 29 de mayo de 2024. Las elecciones generales de México están programadas para el domingo. (Marco Ugarte/AP)

Es probable que México elija a su primera mujer presidenta el domingo. Aquí es donde los ciudadanos mexicanos pueden votar en Chicago

May 31, 2024 at 9:05 a.m.

Los ciudadanos mexicanos que viven en Illinois y el norte de Indiana pueden votar en persona en el Consulado General de México en Chicago para decidir quién sucederá al presidente...

Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum arrives at her closing campaign rally at the Zocalo in Mexico City on May 29, 2024. Mexico's general election is set for Sunday. (Marco Ugarte/AP)

Mexico likely to elect its first woman president Sunday. Here’s where Mexican nationals can vote in Chicago.

June 1, 2024 at 5:44 p.m.

Mexico will elect its first woman president Sunday in the election between center-left Xóchitl Gálvez and progressive Claudia Sheinbaum.

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