Immigration Project

Law enforcement and immigration advocates gathered Thursday at Bloomington Public Library to address concerns about misinformation and rapid policy changes to federal immigration law.

The Immigration Project, a nonprofit based in Normal, is reminding immigrants of their rights in case they are approached by an immigration officer.

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.

People from many cultures celebrated National Immigrants Day on Monday at the Bloomington Public Library.

The presidential election will have significant implications for the nation's immigration policy.

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.

There are few issues that animate conservatives these days more than immigration and voter integrity. Bring those two issues together, and you have a bill proposed by a conservative lawmaker from Central Illinois.

Panelists were both immigrants and advocates helping new arrivals in the Bloomington-Normal. They spoke about he ways immigrants can and do support one another, and their biggest challenges living in the community.

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.

It's getting harder, not easier, to find housing in Bloomington-Normal, according to an updated report from the McLean County Housing Coalition on area housing and homelessness.