Category Archives: Immigrants

September Issue Front Cover

Posted on 09/14/2026 by Public i

FIFA WORLD CUP: “FOOTBALL UNITES THE WORLD”—AGAINST US

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The Sanctuary Movement: Still a Model for Shaping Policy from the Grassroots Up

Posted on 09/14/2026 by Janice Jayes

The Urbana-Champaign community has a long history of making national and even global matters topics of local debate. Apartheid in South Africa, the US war in Vietnam, and nuclear proliferation are among the many issues that galvanized residents in past … Continue reading →

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Immigration Protection Campaign on Campus

Posted on 09/14/2026 by Xenia Osterhout and Emma Walters and Jon Hale

On May 1, International Workers’ Day, a crowd of around 200 students, campus workers, and Champaign-Urbana community members marched from the Alma Mater statue on the UIUC campus to the Swanlund Administration Building just up the street. They carried with … Continue reading →

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Alex Pretti and the Death of Western Liberalism

Posted on 04/10/2026 by Alen Romero

On Saturday, January 24, 2026, an ICU nurse named Alex Pretti was wrestled to the ground on the streets of Minneapolis, disarmed of the pistol he was legally carrying, and fatally shot by ICE agents. He is the second person … Continue reading →

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Winter Issue Front Cover

Posted on 03/02/2026 by Public i
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Chicago ICE Raids: Self-Determination for All Subjugated Internal Nations

Posted on 03/02/2026 by Alen Romero

In October of 2025 Julio Cucul-Bol, a Guatemalan citizen, was sentenced to 30 years in Illinois prisons for the fatal hit-and-run accident which claimed the lives of two white women here in Urbana. In September of 2025 the Department of … Continue reading →

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Second Invasion of Chicago Spurs Resistance

Posted on 03/02/2026 by Bill Silver

For more than three months, the Chicagoland area has been under invasion by an outside armed force. At a cost estimated between $70 and $100 million, Trump has ordered an occupation of the city by federal agents, most of them … Continue reading →

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The Real Dividing Line in America: Class Power

Posted on 03/02/2026 by Kristin Davis

On Wednesday, January 7, a white US citizen named Nicole Renée Good was driving near her home in Minneapolis when a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed her. Renée, as she was known to her family and … Continue reading →

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Resistance in a Red State: Jail Support for Immigrants Held in Missouri

Posted on 03/02/2026 by Brian Dolinar

Author’s note: If local immigrants are picked up by ICE in the Urbana-Champaign area, they will likely be cycled through at least one of three major detention centers in Missouri. I spoke with activists doing solidarity work in Missouri jails … Continue reading →

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UCIMC Statement on ICE Violence

Posted on 03/01/2026 by Public i

The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center condemns the extralegal surveillance, harassment, and violence waged by ICE against the people residing in the United States. We call for the abolishment of ICE and the prosecution of all ICE personnel who have participated … Continue reading →

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The Venezuelan Crisis: Product Placement for the Wars at Home

Posted on 01/09/2026 by Janice Jayes

Trump notified the world of his intended campaign against “narco-terrorist cartels” on Inauguration Day, but the reality of this summer’s naval buildup and military strikes in the Caribbean still took Americans by surprise. Analysts have been working overtime to decipher … Continue reading →

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The Deportation Industry and the Shadows of Indian Removal

Posted on 10/06/2025 by Janice Jayes

This past spring I traveled with Witness at the Border to the border town of Eagle Pass, TX. I wanted to take a firsthand look at ground zero of the latest domestic militarization project dressed up as a national security … Continue reading →

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Unions and Immigrants: The Past and the Present

Posted on 08/20/2025 by Pat Simpson

This article is the first of a two-part analysis of the relation between unions and immigrant workers. In an upcoming issue, the focus will be on campus unions at UIUC and their efforts to protect international students and undocumented workers. … Continue reading →

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Our National Melting Point: Far Past Time to Abolish ICE

Posted on 08/20/2025 by Grant Chassy

  The roaming marauders of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with masked faces, gallivanting around in armored vehicles and unmarked cars, are terrorizing communities across the United States. Los Angeles, a California city with sanctuary laws meant to protect immigrant … Continue reading →

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ICE Strikes in East Urbana: Roofing Crew Disappeared with Barely a Trace

Posted on 08/19/2025 by Brian Dolinar

This article appeared on the author’s Substack on June 24, 2025. It has been lightly edited for style. At least eight men were taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in East Urbana in the early morning hours of Tuesday, … Continue reading →

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Four Feds Arrest Two Men at Traffic Court

Posted on 05/14/2025 by Brian Dolinar

This article was originally published on the author’s Substack on April 7. ICE Arrests Resume at the Courthouse My phone rang early on Tuesday morning last week just before 9 a.m. It was Lis Pollock, head public defender at the … Continue reading →

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The Real Influencer Threats in Central Illinois

Posted on 02/25/2025 by C. Owen

What Happened November 5? The headlines stated that the swing states might go blue, carried by women angry over the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, or by Latinos who would not hand their states to racists like Donald Trump, … Continue reading →

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Winter Issue Front Cover

Posted on 12/28/2024 by Public i

AFTER THE ELECTION: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

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Preparing for the Knock on the Door: Community Responses to the Threat of Mass Deportation

Posted on 12/28/2024 by Janice Jayes

Across Champaign-Urbana immigrant assistance organizations, schools, and local governments are worried but actively planning for the next administration. Eight years ago they underestimated Donald Trump, dismissing his vitriol as mere campaign posturing. This time they know that the incoming president … Continue reading →

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The Erosion of US Asylum Protections

Posted on 07/29/2024 by Janice Jayes

It’s been a bad year for international “rule of law.” The escalating war in Ukraine and the wretched failure of the United Nations (UN) to respond to the horror in Gaza deserve the attention they have received, but other international … Continue reading →

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