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2 months ago | 
southsideweekly.com | Katrina Pham |Aydali Campa
This story was originally published by Borderless Magazine. Sign up for its newsletter to learn the latest about Chicago’s immigrant communities. Using executive orders to change U.S. immigration policy isn’t new. It also isn’t as easy to implement as one might think. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed twenty-six executive orders—more than any modern president.
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2 months ago | 
borderlessmag.org | Katrina Pham |Aydali Campa
Amid the slew of executive orders, Borderless spoke to Colleen Putzel-Kavanaugh of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) to explain executive orders, their limitations and the implications of using them to handle immigration policy. Colleen Putzel-Kavanaugh is an associate policy analyst with MPI’s U.S. Immigration Policy Program. MPI is an independent, nonpartisan think tank that conducts research and analysis on immigration policy. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
borderlessmag.org | Aydali Campa |Fatema Hosseini |Katrina Pham
Antonio Gutierrez, cofounder and strategic coordinator for Organized Communities Against DeportationsOCAD is advocating and supporting efforts around [know-your-rights] information for undocumented immigrants and their families in case of an ICE raid at their home, workplace, or on the street.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
blockclubchicago.org | Katrina Pham
This story was originally published by Borderless Magazine. Sign up for its newsletter to learn the latest about Chicago’s immigrant communities. UPTOWN – When Jennifer Pham was younger, she and her brother would pretend to be mannequins in the window of their parents’ pharmacy on Argyle Street.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
borderlessmag.org | Katrina Pham
Pham said friends, family and neighbors who used to live or visit the area no longer come around. For them, Argyle is “something of the past,” she said. But Pham isn’t ready to let go of the neighborhood that helped raise her. For her, there’s a glimmer of hope for the once bustling block that transported her to the streets of Vietnam.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
borderlessmag.org | Katrina Pham
Tabo isn’t alone. She’s part of a movement of Filipino community members throughout Chicago and Illinois who have chosen to return to the Rizal Center since its reopening in 2022. Volunteer Sarahlynn Pablo is among folks committed to supporting the center in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
borderlessmag.org | Katrina Pham
Tabo no está sola. Forma parte de un movimiento de miembros de la comunidad filipina de todo Chicago e Illinois que han decidido volver al Centro Rizal desde su reapertura en 2022. La voluntaria Sarahlynn Pablo es una de las personas comprometidas a apoyar el centro del barrio Lakeview de Chicago.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
blockclubchicago.org | Katrina Pham
This story was a collaboration between the Investigative Project on Race and Equity and Borderless Magazine. CHICAGO — Tens of thousands of new arrivals have passed through Chicago’s migrant shelter system. Many of them might have had their data compromised because of how shelter employees and contractors handled their personal information, according to former shelter staff and documents reviewed by Borderless Magazine and the Investigative Project on Race and Equity.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
borderlessmag.org | Katrina Pham
The two said in an interview that they have not yet received a response to their complaint, which they filed with the federal government on Nov. 6. As of the time of publication, Borderless and the Investigative Project were awaiting response from the office of Chicago Mayor Brandon Jonson. Favorite and Chicago Department of Family and Support Services Commissioner Brandie V. Knazze did not respond to a request for comment.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
borderlessmag.org | Katrina Pham
La ciudad lleva más de dos años gestionando un sistema de emergencia refugio para inmigrantes. Ese sistema, administrado en gran parte por Favorite, ha sido la primera parada para casi 50.000 personas que buscan asilo en Estados Unidos. El alcalde de Chicago, Brandon Johnson, anunció a principios de mes que la mayoría de los centros de acogida de inmigrantes de la ciudad cerrarán a finales de año.
