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Work
How can I apply for a work permit?
The process of navigating work permits and immigration pathways in the United States can be daunting. With misinformation, scams on the rise and a rapidly immigration landscape, it’s critical to understand the options available and the importance of seeking trusted legal advice. Read more.
Health and education
Should I send my child to school? Can ICE go into the school?
With the threat by President Donald Trump’s administration to target Chicago for mass deportation, public school officials are telling parents without legal status that their children are safe from immigration agents inside their classrooms. Read more.
Can I visit the doctor? Do I qualify for health insurance?
The U.S. healthcare system is hard enough to navigate if you’re from here. If you’re not, it can feel overwhelming and intimidating — financially and in terms of safety and privacy. But both the mayor and the governor have called healthcare a human right, and Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois all offer some access to healthcare regardless of immigration status. Read more.
Housing
Do I qualify for rental assistance?
Lizette Carretero is the director of financial wellness at The Resurrection Project in Pilsen, a non-profit organization that assists Chicago residents with issues related to housing and immigration. She says that her organization generally discourages immigrants from seeking help from federal entities, especially if there is a fear of their information (including undocumented status) being put into a database that can later be accessed by immigration officials conducting raids. Read more.
How do I rent an apartment? What’s a credit score?
First, a person can find an apartment online at sites like Zillow, Apartments.com, or, as Carretero primarily suggests, as it's the most realistic way for undocumented people to find housing, is by word of mouth — especially with coworkers. Read more.
Legal
Can my local consulate help with legal or immigration processes?
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Do local sanctuary laws protect me?
Chicago and Illinois each have similar laws that prohibit local officials from helping federal immigration agents enforce immigration law. Both laws prevent local enforcement officers from asking for a person’s immigration status, detaining someone because of their immigration status or sharing information about immigrants with the federal government.
That means if you are an immigrant without legal status to be in the country, you won’t be stopped or detained by the Chicago Police Department just because of that status. And if you are arrested for some other reason, the law also bars the city or state from holding you for immigration enforcement, unless you face a federal criminal warrant.
Even with these rules against local cooperation, the federal government can enforce immigration law anywhere in the country, and city and state law enforcement officers can’t stop ICE agents from arresting noncitizens if the agents have a warrant signed by a judge ordering the arrest and deportation of an individual.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has taken aim at jurisdictions with sanctuary laws in an executive order that calls for withholding federal funding for any jurisdictions “which seek to interfere with the lawful exercise of Federal law enforcement operations.” A federal judge in Chicago blocked a similar attempt during the last Trump administration. — By Patrick Smith | WBEZ
How can I get my passport or consular card?
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