Elvia Malagon

St. Mary's Home in Chicago on April 17, 2020. An outbreak of COVID-19 at the nursing home has left four residents dead and 10 other people ill with the coronavirus.

COVID-19 outbreak at Lincoln Park nursing home leaves 4 dead, 10 others sickened as workers run low on protective gowns, other supplies

April 17, 2020 at 8:56 p.m.

An outbreak of COVID-19 at a Lincoln Park nursing home has left four residents dead and 10 other people ill with the coronavirus, including six other residents and four workers,...

ICE detainees are shown inside the Jerome Combs Detention Facility in Kankakee on Oct. 8, 2019.

Immigrant rights group turns to federal court to seek release of detainees as some in Illinois test positive for COVID-19

March 11, 2024 at 2:05 p.m.

An immigrant rights group is suing the federal government on behalf of people being held in detention as some of those in Illinois test positive for the coronavirus. The Chicago-National...

The Heartland Alliance runs this shelter housing immigrant children on Chicago's South Side, shown on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. At least 37 children have tested positive for COVID-19 in facilities run by Heartland.

37 immigrant children in three Chicago-area shelters test positive for COVID-19

April 15, 2020 at 12:43 a.m.

More than half of 69 immigrant children living at three Chicago-area shelters have tested positive for the coronavirus, but the organization running the facilities said the prognosis for the minors...

The Crawford Coal Plant, where a smokestack was demolished April 11, 2020, pictured from the Little Village neighborhood on April 12.

As coronavirus fatalities drop, city investigates smokestack demolition that left Little Village filled with dust and new fears

April 13, 2020 at 12:09 p.m.

On a day of virtual Easter celebrations and a drop in COVID-19 fatalities that signaled hope, the city was investigating a demolition in Little Village that coated the neighborhood in...

The Crawford Coal Plant, where a smokestack was demolished Saturday, pictured from the Little Village neighborhood on April 12, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic.

Amid COVID-19 fears, Lightfoot orders halt to demolitions after work on Saturday sent dust cloud into Little Village. Video shows smokestack tumble.

April 16, 2020 at 6:51 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has ordered Chicago's building department to stop any non-emergency demolitions this week after Saturday's demolition at the Crawford Coal Plant sent a cloud of dust into the...

An ICE detainee makes a phone call at the Kankakee County Jail in 2019.

‘Reckless and dangerous.’ Advocates for immigrants again press for halting detention hearings and deportations during pandemic

March 11, 2024 at 2:05 p.m.

Carlos Yánez has kept up with the news of the coronavirus pandemic from his two-person cell at the McHenry County Jail, where he is federal custody awaiting deportation. The 20-year-old...

Residentes de La Villita ayudan a la Coalición de Illinois pro Derechos de Inmigrantes y Refugiados a correr la voz sobre el censo, mientras recorren en caravana ese barrio mexicano.

Vecindarios latinos de Chicago se están quedando atrás en participación del censo

April 2, 2020 at 12:36 a.m.

Un video publicado en Facebook muestra a un niño metiendo el correo a casa, lleva en la mano una carta que dice "Censo 2020". "Haga la diferencia en su comunidad",...

Little Village residents help members of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights spread the word about the census while driving in a caravan around the Little Village community.

As Chicago households fill out 2020 census during coronavirus pandemic, some Latino neighborhoods are falling behind in participation

April 2, 2020 at 1:26 a.m.

A video posted on Facebook shows a small boy retrieving a letter marked "Census 2020." "Make a difference in your community," the video tells viewers in Spanish as Cesar Nuñez...

Un detenido de ICE hace una llamada telefónica desde la unidad de baja seguridad de la Cárcel del Condado de Kankakee en Kankakee.

Piden a ICE que libere a ‘detenidos de bajo riesgo’, la propagación de COVID-19 es ‘una bomba de tiempo’

April 1, 2020 at 7:27 p.m.

Miembros del Congreso y defensores de los inmigrantes, pidieron el martes al gobierno federal que libere a los "detenidos de bajo riesgo" de los centros de detención en todo el...

A ICE detainee makes a phone call at a minimum security unit at the Kankakee County Jail in Kankakee on Oct. 8, 2019.

Immigration advocates call on ICE to release ‘low-risk detainees’ to curb spread of COVID-19: ‘It’s a ticking time bomb’

April 1, 2020 at 10:57 p.m.

Members of Congress, along with advocates for immigrants, called on the federal government Tuesday to release "low-risk detainees" from detention centers across the country in order to curb the spread...

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