Immigration

The Immigration Project's fall luncheon was framed around Tuesday's election results. Demian Kogan of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights was the keynote speaker.

A message of sadness and resistance was echoed by more than a dozen Democratic state lawmakers who voted to keep Illinois one of the most welcoming states for immigrants.

Most have one year from the date of their arrival to apply, creating an invisible yet urgent need for services.

A recent event at a Chicago charter school showed students that, regardless of their immigration status, college is within reach.

The Immigration Project and Home Sweet Home Ministries shelter are teaming up to put roughly $700,000 to use in helping recent arrivals in Bloomington-Normal and the unhoused.

The Immigration Project started a support group in July centered on healing migratory grief for Spanish-speakers in the region. There are currently around eight people in the closed group.

The Woodford County Board on Tuesday passed a resolution declaring the county a "non-sanctuary" for migrants in the country illegally.

Immigrant rights advocates on Friday continued to push for one of their top budget priorities: full funding for state-run health care programs that benefit noncitizens, regardless of their immigration status.

This time could be different on immigration. That's the hope Democratic Congressman Eric Sorensen has for a trip to the Arizona border.

The recent surge of international migrants arriving in Illinois has brought with it a host of new challenges for state and local officials. Those range from filling their most basic needs like emergency food, clothing and shelter, to more complex issues like lining them up with basic health care, financial assistance and other social services.