Francia Garcia Hernandez
Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards Reporter at Block Club Chicago
Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards for @BlockClubChi | Host of ¡Presente! | Hablo español | Tips: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Francia Garcia Hernandez |Quinn Myers
CITY HALL — A revised proposal to landmark part — but not all — of a Catholic church campus in Pilsen was approved Tuesday by the City Council’s zoning committee, setting up a final vote on the controversial measure at Wednesday’s full council meeting. The St. Adalbert Catholic Church complex, 1650 W. 17th St., consists of a sanctuary, rectory, convent, school and parking lot and spans 2.1 acres in the heart of Pilsen.
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3 weeks ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Francia Garcia Hernandez
LITTLE ITALY – More than 200 apartments have started leasing in the Roosevelt Square development completed earlier this spring on the former site of the Addams, Brooks, Loomis and Abbott Homes. “This next phase of mixed-income housing is a vital step toward meeting Chicago’s growing housing needs,” said Chicago Housing Commissioner Lissette Castañeda at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. The three new mid-rise buildings at 1002 S. Racine Ave., 1257 W. Roosevelt Road and 1357 W.
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3 weeks ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Francia Garcia Hernandez |Sebastián Hidalgo
SOUTH LOOP — Federal agents detained at least 10 people who were told to check in to a monitoring program administered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Wednesday in the South Loop, according to elected officials and organizers. Reports of the arrests, which quickly spread on social media, prompted a chaotic scene that included multiple alderpeople and protesters attempting to block ICE vans at an office building at 2245 S. Michigan Ave. Ald.
ICE Agents Arrest 2 Pilsen Men At Carnitas Restaurant, Home, Officials Say – Borderless Magazine NFP
3 weeks ago |
borderlessmag.org | Francia Garcia Hernandez
The agents’ vests read police, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security, according to organizers and witnesses, Morales said. Homeland Security is the federal department that oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE. The video shows neighbors asking an agent for a warrant and alerting neighbors to the presence of immigration agents, reminding them of their right to remain silent.
ICE Agents Arrest 2 Pilsen Men At Carnitas Restaurant, Home, Officials Say – Borderless Magazine NFP
3 weeks ago |
borderlessmag.org | Francia Garcia Hernandez
En los chalecos de los agentes se podía leer policía, Oficina Federal de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional, según los organizadores y los testigos, dijo Morales. Seguridad Nacional es el departamento federal que supervisa el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas, conocido como ICE. El vídeo muestra a los vecinos pidiendo a un agente una orden judicial y alertando a los vecinos de la presencia de agentes de inmigración, recordándoles su derecho a permanecer en silencio.
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