Life In Legal Limbo: Navigating Chicago's Immigration Court Alone
Fighting for a chance to stay, many immigrants wade alone through backlogs and attorney shortages that plague the immigration court system.
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Fighting for a chance to stay, many immigrants wade alone through backlogs and attorney shortages that plague the immigration court system.
The recent announcement around status for Venezuelans in Chicago is a step forward but legal hurdles remain.
CHICAGO — For as long as she can remember, Martha Armenta felt invisible in the only country she knew as home. She grew up in Little Village, where her parents settled after moving to Chicago from Sinaloa, Mexico, escaping poverty and violence, she said. When she learned in high school she was in the U.S. without legal permission, she acknowledged that the dreams her parents sacrificed for ...
For as long as she can remember, Martha Armenta felt invisible in the only country she knew as home. She grew up in Little Village, where her parents settled after moving to Chicago from Sinaloa, Mexico, escaping poverty and violence, she said. When she learned in high school she was in the U.S. without legal permission, she acknowledged that the dreams her parents sacrificed for were going to ...
Frank Sandoval had to leave Venezuela to save his life. After a five-year asylum process, he reunited with his wife and daughter in Chicago.