Laura Rodriguez Presa
Immigration Journalist at Chicago Tribune
Bilingual Journalist at @Chicagotribune/ Adj professor at DePaul University/ Maktub/ 1 John 4:16/ RTs ≠ endorsements /[email protected]
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Laura Rodriguez Presa
The footage of two women brutally attacking a server at Taco Azteca, a longtime Mexican restaurant in Pilsen, last weekend has left a neighborhood reeling, according to residents and local leaders. The now viral video has raised concerns of safety in the neighborhood and left other workers in the area fearful. As police continue the search for the two aggressors, the images of the beating over a $50 check still haunt some of the other workers at the restaurant, said co-owner Martha Garcia.
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2 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Laura Rodriguez Presa
A dying Venezuelan man was reunited with his brother Friday morning in an emotional reunion outside a restaurant near the ICE processing center in Broadview after federal authorities released him so he could donate his kidney to save his brother’s life. Alfredo Pacheco, 37, of Cicero, is facing terminal renal failure. On Wednesday, ICE agreed to release José Gregorio González, 43, to undergo the transplant, giving the siblings and those who support them much hope and relief.
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2 weeks ago |
dailyitem.com | Laura Rodriguez Presa
CHICAGO — A dying Venezuelan man was reunited with his brother Friday morning in an emotional reunion outside a restaurant near the ICE processing center in Broadview that federal authorities released him from so he could donate a kidney to save his brother’s life. Alfredo Pacheco, 37, of Cicero, is facing terminal renal failure. On Wednesday, ICE agreed to release José Gregorio González, 43, to undergo the transplant, giving the siblings and those who support them much hope and relief.
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3 weeks ago |
pantagraph.com | Laura Rodriguez Presa
CHICAGO — The attorney representing two Venezuelan siblings announced Wednesday that one of the brothers will be released from ICE custody under supervision in order to donate his kidney to his ailing younger brother, an asylum-seeker in Cicero.
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3 weeks ago |
thebrunswicknews.com | Laura Rodriguez Presa
The attorney representing two Venezuelan siblings announced Wednesday that one of the brothers will be released from ICE custody under supervision in order to donate his kidney to his ailing younger brother, an asylum seeker in Cicero, Illinois.
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