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March 29, 2024 /
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Changing an address after a move sounds pretty simple. However, for tens of thousands of new arrivals in Chicago, the process is anything but straightforward. CBS 2 met DePaul Law students Joceline Carrera and Michelle Barrera-Valenzuela on their way out of Immigration Court, where they spent the morning lending their help...
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Ten-year-old Lana Azizieh, a fifth grader at Clinton Elementary School, said that before she came to the United States two years ago, she didn't know English. “Now I'm really good at English," she said, noting that she loves math, but not so much reading. “I like to read graphic novels, but mostly I'm not reading graphic novels ...
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December 1, 2023
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The Supreme Court’s landmark 1971 decision in Graham v. Richardson, which declared noncitizens to be a “discrete and insular minority” under the Equal Protection Clause, catalyzed an extraordinary era of litigation in support of the civil rights of ...
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At just 14 years old, Elizabeth Kennedy knew she wanted to participate in a language immersion program in Mexico. By 17, the Texas native had saved enough of her own money to pay for it and wouldn’t take “no” for an answer from her...
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October 21, 2023/
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With rising numbers of asylum seekers arriving in Chicago, one professor is helping bridge the legal support gap for the newly arrived from 13 different countries...
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October 12, 2023 /
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Sioban Albiol, Director of Asylum & Immigration Law Clinic at DePaul University, will receive the Leah Duckett Public Service Award at Life Span’s annual gala on...
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September 8, 2023/
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Illinois took a step toward inclusivity by passing a bill that, if signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker, would permit non-U.S. citizens with work authorization...
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April 27, 2023/
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he following is an interview with the academic website Faculit.net on Prof. Rajit Mazumder's recent article. The article is on Muslim opposition...
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Imagine it's 2033, and the population of Chicago is exploding. The Midwestern city has become a hub for those displaced by hurricanes, drought, rising sea levels and other climate disasters...
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DePaul University is honored to announce a multifaceted gift from John and Kathy Schreiber, who are supporting several DePaul programs to help underserved and vulnerable populations...
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Chicago's long-standing commitment to being a sanctuary city can be traced back to 1985 when Mayor Harold Washington issued an executive order preventing city employees from...
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A new Gallup poll shows Americans are growing increasingly dissatisfied with immigration: Across party line, people are expressing a desire to curb the number of immigrant...
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The uproar over prominent voices being banned from social media platforms reveals a troubling—though solvable—misunderstanding of the First Amendment ...
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The first day of January marks the start of a new year for many, but more than a billion people globally are busy preparing for another, more personally significant...
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently called the challenge the city is facing in serving an influx of migrants a crisis created by the Republican governor of Texas...
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DePaul’s College of Law and College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (LAS) are pleased to announce the appointment of Sioban Albiol, JD, and Shailja Sharma, PhD...
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The DePaul Migration Collaborative was featured in "Welcoming the Stranger. The DePaul Migration Collaborative strives to build a better future for immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers" in the Fall 2021 edition of Insights: A Publication for College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Alumni and Friends....
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