
Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
Reporter, Education at WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)
I'm a Colombian journalist based in Chicago and I cover immigration for WBEZ. [email protected] Follow me on IG and BlueSky.
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2 weeks ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Adriana Cardona-Maguigad |Elvia Malagon
El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. En medio de una semana de protestas en Chicago y en todo el país, el representante estadounidense James Comer, republicano por Kentucky y presidente del comité de Supervisión de la Cámara, inició el jueves una audiencia sobre las políticas de santuario estatales, acusando a los gobernadores de Illinois, Michigan y Minnesota de ignorar “intencionalmente” la ley federal sobre inmigración.
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2 weeks ago |
nprillinois.org | Adriana Cardona-Maguigad |Elvia Malagon
Amid a week of protests in Chicago and across the country, U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky, chair of the House Oversight committee, began today’s hearing on state sanctuary policies accusing the governors of Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota of “wilfully” ignoring federal law on immigration. But immigration advocates in Chicago and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker dispute that. “Illinois follows the law,” Pritzker said in his opening statement.
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2 weeks ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
Most days, Maria feels grateful she gets to do what she loves: be in the classroom. Her students at the Northwest Side elementary school where she’s a classroom assistant have special needs. Many speak Spanish. She says they’ve improved academically since she started working with them last fall. But, having come from Venezuela, she, like others from the South American nation, no longer is authorized to work in the United States.
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2 weeks ago |
wbez.org | Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
Most days, Maria — a classroom assistant at an elementary school on Chicago’s Northwest Side — feels grateful for the time she gets doing what she loves: being in the classroom. Her students have special needs and many speak Spanish. She says they’ve improved academically since she first started working with them in the fall of 2024. But lately, she’s been coming to school feeling really stressed.
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2 weeks ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Cindy Hernandez |Adriana Cardona-Maguigad |Kade Heather |Kaitlin Washburn
El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. Un conductor atropelló a un grupo de manifestantes el martes en el Loop, impactando al menos a un peatón, mientras miles marchaban por el centro de Chicago en protesta contra las continuas redadas de inmigración de la administración de Trump. El conductor quedó atrapado entre vehículos policiales en State Street.
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