CBS Chicago: Chicago official says city has plan in event of another influx of migrants this summer
Borderless/Block Club Chicago: Life In Legal Limbo: Navigating Chicago’s Immigration Court Alone
WTTW: Chicago Teachers Union, CPS Leaders Travel to Springfield to Lobby State Lawmakers for More Funding
“Martinez said he also advocated for $180 million in money specifically for migrant students statewide, of which CPS would receive approximately $55 million — a line item not included in Pritzker’s plan — as well as the restoration of $51 million in the funding of the 21st Century after-school learning program, which would net CPS another $15 million.”
Crain’s Chicago Business: CPS meeting with Pritzker marked by tension over migrant funding (paywall)
National News
MSNBC op-ed by Ali Velshi: The way we talk about immigrants has changed. Now the country could too.
“In a fast-developing, fast-urbanizing world in which a fierce global battle for labor and talent is well underway, America is already underperforming. We have one thing going for us, though: robust immigration rates. And we’re about to give it up.”
Time Magazine: Eric Adams Calling Immigrants ‘Excellent Swimmers’ Sparks Outrage and Confusion