Laura Rodríguez Presa

Mayte Vera Lopez (cq) is introduced to the crowd during her quinceañera in Chicago on Saturday, June 17, 2023. Mayte's mother, Rebeca Lopez (cq), was unable to afford the cost of the celebration and her co-workers at a Pilsen restaurant came together to help pay for the cost of the dress. Food was donated for the party, and the restaurant owners donated event space. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

‘Ella recordará esto para siempre’: el sueño de una madre de una quinceañera para su hija se hace realidad gracias a los compañeros de trabajo

April 15, 2024 at 3:46 p.m.

Incluso en los días más difíciles, cuando Rebeca López siente que no puede más, las sonrisas de sus tres hijos la animan. "Me dan fuerza", dijo. El sábado por la...

Mayte Vera Lopez dances with her friend Fernanda Sabogal, 14, during Lopez's quinceañera in Chicago on June 17, 2023. Mayte's mother, Rebeca Lopez, was unable to afford the cost of the celebration and her co-workers at the Pilsen restaurant 5 Rabanitos came together to help pay for the cost of the dress. Food was donated for the party, and the restaurant owners donated event space.

‘She will remember this forever’: A mother’s dream of a quinceañera for daughter comes true thanks to co-workers

June 20, 2023 at 9:33 p.m.

Even on the most difficult days, when Rebeca Lopez feels like she can't keep going anymore, the smiles of her three children cheer her up. "They give me strength," she...

Migrants look out the window as they ride a CTA bus leaving the High Ridge YMCA shelter to transfer to Daley College in Chicago on June 13, 2023.

Chicago migrant arrivals: Mayor Brandon Johnson aims to resettle asylum-seekers from shelters, but it won’t be immediate

March 11, 2024 at 12:57 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration is turning its focus to resettling asylum-seekers amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis that's seen thousands of new arrivals since last August. As it looks to...

A group of migrants chat while eating food delivered by volunteers outside a shelter at Western and Touhy avenues in Chicago on June 16, 2023.

City-contracted security calls police on volunteers handing out food to migrants at YMCA in West Ridge

March 11, 2024 at 12:57 p.m.

The city is investigating after police were called Thursday night on volunteers serving food to asylum-seekers outside a temporary shelter at the YMCA in West Ridge. The three volunteers said...

A Venezuelan migrant steps for some fresh air, outside a designated shelter at Daley College in Chicago on June 13, 2023.

Volunteers feel shut out of city meeting on migrants, meanwhile move is made to new shelter at Daley College

March 11, 2024 at 12:57 p.m.

Volunteers were disappointed by a lackluster city response at a meeting Monday night to their request to enter temporary city-run shelters starting this week, following months of not being able...

David Flores listens in with other Colibri fellows while attending a retreat at Legal Aid Chicago on Feb. 24, 2023.

Fellowship equips community members as nonlegal representatives in immigration cases

March 11, 2024 at 12:58 p.m.

For as long as she can remember, Martha Armenta felt invisible in the only country she knew as home. She grew up in Little Village, where her parents settled after...

El migrante y graduado venezolano Adrián Dávila recibe un beso y se toma una selfie con su madre Marisela Adames, después de la ceremonia de graduación de octavo grado de los estudiantes de la Primaria John A. Walsh celebrada en la Academia Comunitaria Benito Juárez en Chicago, el viernes 2 de junio de 2023.

Algunos estudiantes migrantes celebran su ingreso y salida de clases con solo unas semanas de diferencia mientras CPS se esfuerza por inscribirlos

April 15, 2024 at 3:46 p.m.

Vestido con una toga de graduación roja y una camisa formal, Adrián Dávila sonrió ampliamente cuando su madre le dio un beso en la mejilla, mientras la familia celebraba su...

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‘Ella recordará esto para siempre’: el sueño de una madre de una quinceañera para su hija se hace realidad gracias a los compañeros de trabajo

‘She will remember this forever’: A mother’s dream of a quinceañera for daughter comes true thanks to co-workers

Chicago migrant arrivals: Mayor Brandon Johnson aims to resettle asylum-seekers from shelters, but it won’t be immediate

City-contracted security calls police on volunteers handing out food to migrants at YMCA in West Ridge

Volunteers feel shut out of city meeting on migrants, meanwhile move is made to new shelter at Daley College

Fellowship equips community members as nonlegal representatives in immigration cases

Algunos estudiantes migrantes celebran su ingreso y salida de clases con solo unas semanas de diferencia mientras CPS se esfuerza por inscribirlos

Some migrant students celebrate first — and last — days of school only weeks apart as CPS scrambles to enroll them

Faces of volunteers: They provide more than donations and shelter to migrants in Chicago. They give love.

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