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Padres del sur de Chicago batallan para inscribir a sus hijos en programas de verano en los parques

Read in English os padres de familia esperaron en fila durante horas. Algunos habían traído sillas plegables y otros colocaron a sus hijos en carritos, dándoles agua y golosinas para aguantar la larga espera. Unos vinieron solos o en grupos de amigos, hablando español, inglés y mandarín entre sí. Algunos padres madrugaron desde las 4:30 […]

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South Side Man is Freed After Violation of the Immigration Detention Ban

Leer en español n Wednesday, March 23, Norberto Navarro was released from the Will County Adult Detention Facility after being detained since January. Navarro was released because his detention was against state law. The Illinois Way Forward Act, which came into effect on January 1, prohibits local law enforcement from carrying out immigration operations, making […]

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Intentó ayudar a las víctimas de un mortal accidente de tráfico. Ahora está detenido ilegalmente

Read in English ás de veinte funcionarios electos de Illinois le exigen al Fiscal General de Illinois, Kwame Raoul, que siga la ley Illinois Way Forward Act/TRUST Act, que prohíbe la detención de inmigrantes en el estado. Norberto Navarro, de treinta años y residente permanente de EE.UU., está detenido ilegalmente en el Centro de Detención […]

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He Tried to Help Victims of a Deadly Car Accident. Now He’s Being Illegally Detained

Leer en español ore than twenty Illinois elected officials call on Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul to enforce the Illinois Way Forward Act/TRUST Act, that bans immigration detention in the state, on behalf of thirty-year-old Norberto Navarro. Navarro, who partly grew up in South Chicago, is a U.S. permanent resident being detained at the Will […]

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The Structures That Divide Us

This is post 4 of 6 in the series “FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION” This series was produced for WTTW’S FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION, an award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the firsthand perspectives of people facing critical issues in Chicago. South Side Weekly partnered with WTTW and the Invisible Institute to co-publish text and visual reporting and analysis […]