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WEBWhat Immigrants Should Know About Buying a Home in Chicago. Immigration status can complicate a person's path to homeownership. Still, there are ways to prepare for home-buying, such as improving your credit and getting an ITIN number. Photo illustration by Max Herman/Borderless Magazine. Source image: Maxim Gertsen / Alamy Stock.
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WEBWith the support of Chicagoans who demanded more and better local reporting on immigration, we incorporated as a nonprofit and launched Borderless Magazine in October 2019. As a nonprofit and multilingual news outlet, we: Report and publish stories in our online magazine. Mentor emerging immigrant and BIPOC journalists in …
Borderless Magazine’s Favorite Stories of 2023
WEBDec 26, 2023 · The alley behind Juan Jose Avila's home is full of garbage bags of clothes and torn-up couches damaged by flooding in Cicero, Ill., July 3, 2023. Avila says this photo represents a fraction of the estimated $10,000 in damages in the family’s house caused by the flooding. Efrain Soriano/Borderless Magazine.
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WEBImmigration Policy Staff pick Top Stories Trending. Buying a Home is Hard. It’s Even More Difficult When You’re Undocumented. Undocumented immigrants have long faced a narrow path to homeownership, but in recent years, some local community banks are slowly expanding lending options to help noncitizens realize their dream of owning a home.
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The Mental Health of Migrants Simmers Below the Surface as the …
WEBJan 18, 2024 · More than 30,000 migrants and asylum seekers have arrived mostly from South and Central America since late August of 2022. They are fleeing the collapse of their economies, the lack of jobs and food, and as one social worker puts it, “misery.”Many came here on a bus from Texas, where Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Chicago and other sanctuary cities that embrace immigrants would provide ...
“As An Immigrant, You Have Limited Opportunities”
WEBJun 24, 2021 · It makes you feel like people look down on you. They think, “He’s probably an immigrant” right away, no matter how old you are. You do feel less than anybody else because you can easily be targeted. Being in the middle of a pandemic, as an immigrant, you have limited opportunities. Some people are provided with free healthcare, but it is ...
Our Impact – Borderless Magazine NFP
WEBImpact. Dear Borderless Magazine community, We are writing to you today with full hearts as we look back on all you have helped us accomplish in 2023. In the last year, we’ve doubled our audience – helping us expand our impact – and broke an international story with our investigation into the dangerous conditions at a city-funded migrant ...
The State of Immigration News in Chicago – Borderless Magazine …
WEBThe result is our 20-page report, “The State of Immigration News in Chicago.”. The report outlines ten steps journalists in Chicago and elsewhere can take to better serve our immigrant audiences. We found that overall, Chicagoans are disappointed in both the quality and quantity of local immigration news. When Borderless asked them to rate ...
Our Mission – Borderless Magazine NFP
WEBBorderless Magazine NFP is a nonprofit news outlet that is reimagining immigration journalism for a more just and equitable future. The nonprofit’s work focuses on: Reporting: Borderless covers labor, justice and advocacy issues impacting Midwestern immigrant communities through a lens of equity and resilience.
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