Elvia Malagón
Reporter
Elvia Malagón reports on social justice, immigration and income inequality under a grant from The Chicago Community Trust. She previously worked for the Chicago Tribune, The Times of Northwest Indiana and The Ledger in Lakeland, Fla. A native of East Chicago, Indiana, she is a graduate of Indiana University’s journalism school.
More than 13,000 immigrants have arrived since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott started sending them away on buses — so far 197 of them coming to the Chicago area.
It’s growing, expanding into nearby neighborhoods even as traditional Chinese American communities in other cities face pressures from development.
Una escuela secundaria, en 1147 al norte de Western Avenue, está transformando cuatro salones de clases en un centro de bienvenida para las familias migrantes que los orientará.
Andrea Kersten said ‘an unprecedented amount of media attention and public scrutiny’ prompted her to take the unusual step of briefing the media on the investigation.
A new pilot program from Chicago Public Schools will provide additional support to newly arrived immigrant families while enrolling their children in classes.
The Albany Park Theater Project and Third Rail Projects have transformed a Northwest Side commercial building to tell the stories of four immigrant families creating a community in Albany Park.
Los miembros de la familia dicen que Toledo era un gran trabajador que se dedicó a ayudar a sus hijos y nietos a lograr el sueño americano.
A year later, Zoe Pawelczak and her father, Scott Vanden-Heuvel, are still trying to figure out how to live with what happened the day they ran for their lives.
“We’re all still a little bit scared knowing that the Fourth of July is coming up,” his granddaughter Kimberly Rangel says. “We don’t know how we’re going to feel in the moment.”