Cindy Alcazar

Los inmigrantes con casos de asilo están faltando cada vez más a sus audiencias judiciales, lo que está provocando un aumento de las órdenes de deportación. En el Condado de McLean, miembros de la comunidad con casos de inmigración en curso dijeron que los titulares de las noticias y las publicaciones en las redes sociales están alimentando el miedo y la desconfianza en el sistema de inmigración legal.

Some asylees in McLean County fear the legal pathway for remaining in the country is a trap for detention and deportation.

Members of a South Asian association in McLean County gathered Saturday to celebrate India's 77th year as a republic, featuring a keynote address by U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who is running for U.S. Senate from Illinois.

Un refugio para personas sin hogar en Bloomington dedicó el martes la primera villa de refugio no congregada en el McLean County.

A 48-cabin shelter village was dedicated Tuesday during a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by the McLean County Chamber of Commerce.

Sharee Conely applied for the Habitat for Humanity program in 2022 and waited two years before being selected. She said her motivation to stay the course was her children.

Health care systems nationwide are bracing for how the Trump administration's price increase to a visa program used to hire skilled foreign workers will negatively affect their ability hire clinicians. OSF HealthCare is among several Bloomington-Normal employers who hire H-1B visa holders.

Feligreses de la iglesia católica St. Mary’s celebran a la Virgen de Guadalupe cada 12 de diciembre en honor a su cumpleaños. Este año celebraran con mariachi por la mañana.

Parishioners of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bloomington celebrate the Virgen of Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe) every Dec. 12. This year that includes mariachi music in the morning.

Members of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Bloomington hosted the first of several listening sessions to galvanize support for single-payer health insurance. The nonprofit One People's Campaign led the session.