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Angel Cardena, 25, holds his 3-year-old son Yulian Cardena outside a migrant shelter on the Lower West Side on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Migrants report reusing soiled diapers on babies amid essential goods shortages in Chicago shelters

March 11, 2024 at 11:54 a.m.

Migrant families are reporting a shortage of diapers in the city's shelters, forcing some parents to reuse dirty diapers on their babies, according to migrants and a network of volunteers...

Luis Cedeno, right, with the Community Affairs Department at the Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago, provides information on Feb. 13, 2024, to Chicago resident and Mexican citizen Salvador Hernandez, 64, about how to vote in person at the consulate for the Mexican presidential elections in June. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Mexicans prepare to vote in Chicago for their homeland’s president, with a woman as a front-runner

March 11, 2024 at 11:55 a.m.

The historical election on June 2, along with the move by the National Electoral Institute to provide in-person voting for Mexicans at consulates in the U.S., has inspired thousands to...

Illinois workers and organizations rally outside the Federal Plaza in Chicago, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, during a national week of action, demanding that the Department of Homeland Security release renewal guidelines and process for the immigrant worker protection program known as DALE (Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement). Approx. 200 workers and their supporters took part in the rally. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Los defensores del permiso de trabajo para inmigrantes que denuncian abusos laborales temen por el futuro del programa

April 15, 2024 at 3:36 p.m.

Durante la mayor parte de su vida en Estados Unidos, Pedro Manzanares, de 53 años, había llevado una vida discreta en La Villita de Chicago

Dayly Puche, center, who looks for her missing daughter, Chiquinquira, 16, asks a store employee for help and to look at their store security camera for signs of her daughter, a block from the migrant shelter in the 1600 block of west Walnut Street on Jan. 29, 2024.

Migrant girl, 16, reported missing: CPD

March 11, 2024 at 11:59 a.m.

Chiquinquira Iwa-Ruiz was reported missing after last seen Sunday on a CTA bus on Ashland Avenue near Lake Street

A rally took place at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Jan. 11, 2024, during a national week of action demanding that the Department of Homeland Security release renewal guidelines for the immigrant worker protection program known as DALE, or Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement. Approximately 200 workers and their supporters took part in the rally.

Advocates champion job permits for immigrant workers who report labor abuse but worry about program’s future

March 11, 2024 at 11:59 a.m.

For most of his life in the United States, Pedro Manzanares, 53, had lived a discreet life in Chicago's Little Village, one of the city's vibrant Mexican immigrant neighborhoods. He...

Bryan Figueroa cooks steak at the tent encampment in the field next to the 12th District Police Station in the Little Italy neighborhood on Dec. 8, 2023. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Muchos migrantes prefieren asentarse al aire libre que vivir en refugios, culturalmente están familiarizados a eso

April 15, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

Incluso después de que le ofrecieran una cama en un refugio administrado por la ciudad varias veces desde que llegó a Chicago desde Ecuador en septiembre, Jeancarlos Bosquez se negó...

Los inmigrantes venezolanos Juan Moreno (izquierda), de 18 años, y su hermano, Isaac Moreno de 11 años, trabajan en su tarea en su apartamento del lado oeste el miércoles 18 de octubre de 2023. Yohana María Moreno Muñoz y sus hijos comenzaron a alquilar la unidad en agosto a través del Fondo Fiduciario de Vivienda para Personas de Bajos Ingresos de Chicago, un programa de subsidio de alquiler.

Una Navidad para recordar: Madre soltera migrante logra un hogar en el cual celebrar gracias a la ayuda de mujeres de Chicago

April 15, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

Diciembre nunca fue alegórico para Yohana Moreno y sus dos hijos a pesar de las luces brillantes y coloridas que adornaban las calles y los árboles de Navidad a su...

Juan Angelo Yosander Lugo Moreno, left, 18, and his brother, Ali Isaac Moreno Yousef, 11, work on homework at their West side apartment on Oct. 18, 2023. Yohana Moreno and her sons, who are migrants from Venezuela, started renting the unit in August through the Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund, a subsidy rental program.

A Christmas to remember: How a single migrant mom built a home for the holidays with the help of these Chicago women

March 11, 2024 at 12:10 p.m.

December had never felt jovial for Yohana Moreno and her two sons despite the colorful bright lights adorning the streets and Christmas trees all around them. The single mother first...

Bryan Figueroa cooks steak at a tent encampment in a field next to the Near West District (12th) police station in the Little Italy neighborhood on Dec. 8, 2023.

For many migrants, outdoor settlements offer more cultural familiarity than shelters

March 11, 2024 at 12:10 p.m.

Even after being offered a bed in a city-run shelter multiple times since getting to Chicago from Ecuador in September, Jeancarlos Bosquez refused to take it. Instead, the 25-year-old and...

Una ambulancia afuera de un refugio para inmigrantes cerca de la cuadra 2300 de South Halsted Street donde vivía Jean Carlos Martínez Rivero, de 5 años, el 19 de diciembre de 2023. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Las autoridades investigan la muerte de un niño inmigrante de 5 años mientras el pastor dice que los padres siguen devastados

April 15, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

Las autoridades investigan la muerte el domingo de un niño de 5 años que había permanecido en el interior de un almacén del Lower West Side que albergaba a varios...

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