FYI: This weekend are the final two performances in this run of “My Name is Renny Edward Milano Salgado,” a collaboration between local playwright/mutual aid volunteer Fran Zell, and Venezuelan migrant Renny Edward Milano Salgado. This is an incredibly powerful story and performance, so do check it out if you’re in the Chicago area!
Find out more details here, and read about the performance in WBEZ here. The performances are at 7 P.M. on Saturday, September 28 at Beverly Unitarian Church, 10244 S Longwood Dr, Chicago, IL, and at 7 P.M. on Sunday September 29 at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago IL.
WBEZ Chicago: One Venezuelan migrant shares his story, from a tent city to the stage
WTTW’s Latino Voices: As City Prepares to Close 3 Shelters, Advocates See Shifts in Migrants’ Needs
Chicago Sun-Times columns by Neil Steinberg, featuring reader comments in response to his earlier column, “Show me where the immigrants hurt you”
The reality about immigrants: They’re hardworking, they’re Samaritans, and they’re not the enemy
Readers offload bad feelings about immigrants
Chicago Tribune op-ed by Isabel Skinner, assistant professor at the University of Illinois Springfield : Chicago needs a shelter plan for migrants before temperatures drop (share link)
WTTW Chicago: Chicago Expects to Spend Less Than $141M to Care for Migrants in 2024: Officials
New York Post: Chicago gangbangers rage against newly arrived Venezuelan migrants as Tren de Aragua moves in: ‘City is going to go up in flames’
National News
Politico: Harris to accuse Trump of ‘playing political games’ with immigration in border visit
Associated Press: Trump warns he’ll expel migrants under key Biden immigration programs
NPR/All Things Considered: Migrants from around the world are trying to reach the U.S. via charter planes