ICIRR in the Press

Immigrant groups react to changes in Arizona law

Becky Schlikerman

Immigrant groups in Chicago rejoiced Wednesday after learning that the most controversial sections of Arizona's immigration law had been temporarily blocked. Read more…

Minuteman leader spews vile hatred

editorial
Alejandro Escalona

Food-stamp tally nears 40 million, sets record

Charles Abbott

(Reuters) - Nearly 40 million Americans received food stamps -- the latest in an ever-higher string of record enrollment that dates from December 2008 and the U.S. recession, according to a government update. Read more…

Obama Links Immigration Overhaul in 2010 to G.O.P. Backing

Julia Preston

Business owners push Obama on immigration reform

Mike Danahey

ELGIN -- While health care reform debate roils into its 16th month, a group of area business owners is part of a nationwide effort imploring Washington to tackle another hot button issue ASAP: compreh Read more…

Local business leaders call on Sen. Durbin to lead immigration reform

Larissa Chinwah

A group of business owners from the Northwest suburbs has called on Sen. Read more…

Chicago Immigrant Advocate Presses Obama

Chip Mitchell

A Chicago man who’s pushing for a federal immigration overhaul says a meeting Thursday afternoon with President Barack Obama encourages him. Read more…

Immigrant Youth To Durbin: "Take The Lead"

Angela Caputo

Illinois' immigrant rights activists are keeping the pressure on Congress and the White House to quickly take up comprehensive reforms, and it appears that they're making inroads. Read more…

Undocumented and unafraid

Mary Schmich

Her name is Tania, and she's undocumented.

"It's a radical act just to say it," she says, sitting in her workplace, which for this column she'd rather not identify. Read more…

Obama risks alienating Latinos with lack of immigration reform

op-ed
Joshua Hoyt

Obama risks alienating Latinos with lack of immigration reform

By Joshua Hoyt
Friday, March 5, 2010; A17 Read more…

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