During tough economic times, immigrants need extra help getting necessary information important services and opportunities that could benefit their families. Read more…
The Brookings Institution just released a report entitled “Breaking the Immigration Stalemate: From Deep Disagreements to Constructive Proposals”. The report includes a section on recommendations for immigrant integration in the United States. Read more…
The House of Representatives is working on the final health care reform bill that currently excludes legal immigrants from Medicaid health care services for 5 years. Tell Speaker Pelosi... Read more…
On September 2, 2009, the Illinois Adult and Continuing Educators Association (IACEA), the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), and the Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition hosted a celebration of adult education in Chinatown’s Pui Tak Center. Read more…
As women immigrate and adjust to the US, they take on new roles as decision makers and becoming increasingly active in civic and public life. Read more…
Our state’s English education system is broken. ESL enrollments are falling, funding is shrinking, and students are not gaining the English skills they need to fully contribute to our economy and society. ICIRR’s new report, Empty Promises: The Unmet Need for English Instruction Across Illinois, documents these failures, but also points to successful community initiatives that are helping immigrant learners move forward. Read more…
It is important for those of us in the U.S. to remember honestly that, as Nazi Germany tightened its stranglehold on an increasingly desperate Jewish population, the United States kept our borders closed to Jewish refugees because of anti-Semitism. The results were absolutely tragic. Read more…
