Housing Rights for Immigrant Tenants
A comprehensive guide for immigrant communities about their rights as tenants, accessible housing resources, and landlord responsibilities and obligations.
Statistics on Latinos: The Latino Electorate in Illinois – Demographics, Participation, and the Path to Greater Political Power
Latinos can influence and even determine electoral outcomes. But this will only happen if Latinos show up at the polls and vote. This brief offers a snapshot of Latino voters in Illinois. How many are there, how old are they, what is the rate of voter turnout, and what are…
Long-Term Socioeconomic Consequences of COVID in the Latino Community: Creating a Path Forward
Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic, including “long COVID,” has created extensive and profound negative impacts on populations across the US AND devastated the health landscape in many ways, including over 96 million diagnosed cases leading to over one million deaths in just two years. At the same time, COVID has created…
SOL: Immigration
The sense of fear in immigrant communities, particularly among undocumented immigrants, continues to rise now that Donald Trump is president. Throughout his campaign and into his first weeks in office, Trump consistently uses xenophobic rhetoric, which has given rise to an anti-immigrant climate not seen in the United States in…
PODER: Every Student Student Succeeds Act and Immigrant Parent Perspectives
The onset of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) presents a pivotal time in this nation’s history to support the quality education of students on their way to learning English. With the replacement of No Child Left Behind, states across the country have unprecedented flexibility in devising accountability systems. It…