Chicago's immigrant stories – Borderless Magazine NFP
Nov 1, 2024 · The time is now. Help Borderless Magazine hold Trump and those in power accountable by supporting our nonpartisan reporting. By Nissa Rhee November 8, 2024. With Trump’s Win, Chicago Immigrants Vow to “Fight Back”. Despite fears about Trump’s immigration policies, immigrant community leaders gathered in Chicago on Wednesday to call for ...
Borderless Magazine’s Favorite Stories of 2023
Dec 26, 2023 · The alley behind Juan Jose Avila's home is full of garbage bags of clothes and torn-up couches damaged by flooding in Cicero, Ill., July 3, 2023. Avila says this photo represents a fraction of the estimated $10,000 in damages in the family’s house caused by the flooding. Efrain Soriano/Borderless Magazine.
About – Borderless Magazine NFP
With the support of Chicagoans who demanded more and better local reporting on immigration, we incorporated as a nonprofit and launched Borderless Magazine in October 2019. As a nonprofit and multilingual news outlet, we: Report and publish stories in our online magazine. Mentor emerging immigrant and BIPOC journalists in our Pathways program.
What is at Stake for Immigrant Communities This Election? – …
Nov 5, 2024 · Maria del Refugio Zavala, an immigrant from Mexico, has been a citizen for nearly a year and is excited to vote for the first time in a U.S. presidential election. “I want to vote for the person who I see is willing to help my community, our schools and kids during the school year in high-need neighborhoods,” said Zavala, a Back of the Yards resident.
The time is now – Borderless Magazine NFP
5 days ago · Borderless was born during Trump’s first presidency. We need your help to hold Donald Trump accountable in his second term. On Jan. 27, 2017, just days after Trump took office for the first time, he enacted the Muslim Ban. The executive order barred people from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States for 90 days.
Our Favorite Stories of 2022 – Borderless Magazine NFP
Jan 12, 2023 · Sandra and Jesse Arzola in front of Sandra's family’s house in West Chicago, Ill., Saturday, June 25, 2022. The couple lived with Sandra’s family in West Chicago during the 1990s when the city was cleaning up radioactive waste left behind by an old factory last owned by the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation. Jonathan Aguilar/Borderless Magazine.
Life in Limbo: Navigating Chicago’s Immigration Court Alone ...
May 14, 2024 · In most of those cases, people are fighting on their own to stay in the U.S. Only one out of four immigrants had a lawyer among the 211,096 persons whose cases were backlogged in Chicago as of Dec. 2023, according to research done by the Transactional Records Analysis Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University.. That put the Chicago court among those with lower rates of representation.
Our Favorite As-Told-To Stories of 2021 – Borderless Magazine …
Dec 29, 2021 · Photo by Michelle Kanaar/Borderless Magazine. Emma Lozano in Lincoln United Methodist Church, where she is a pastor, on Saturday Nov. 20, 2021 in Chicago, Ill. The mural behind her depicts Chicago mayor Harold Washington and Lozano’s brother, Rudy Lozano, who was a well known community organizer in Chicago. As told to Borderless Magazine ...
How We Told the Stories of the Migrants at the Center of Texas ...
Dec 15, 2022 · Last week we published our series, After the Buses, a three-month-long project where Borderless Magazine and Block Club Chicago reporters followed 10 out of the more than 3,700 migrants who arrived in Chicago from Texas as part of Texas’ Operation Lone Star campaign. This series emerged from months of interviews and conversations with migrants, lawyers and community organizers.
Our Mission – Borderless Magazine NFP
Borderless Magazine NFP is a nonprofit news outlet that is reimagining immigration journalism for a more just and equitable future. The nonprofit’s work focuses on: Reporting: Borderless covers labor, justice and advocacy issues impacting Midwestern immigrant communities through a lens of equity and resilience.