Uncovering UChicago’s History with Migrant and Refugee Communities
How did UChicago assist in refugee resettlement during the World War II? What is the University’s current stance on social and political issues regarding asylum seekers? Where did all of this begin? In...
View ArticleEmpathy, Not Sympathy: A Profile of Dr. Abdullah Pratt
Working in an emergency room in the South Side is filled with its unique challenges, and ever since Chicago started to receive an influx of migrants coming from the Southern US border in August 2022,...
View ArticleLaw School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Provides Legal Aid for Migrants in...
As the migrant crisis develops in Chicago, the Law School Immigrants’ Rights Clinic has offered migrants in Hyde Park some reprieve and provided aid in Hyde Park. UChicago law students and faculty run...
View ArticleCharts on New Arrivals at Staging Areas and Shelters
These charts visualize data from the 40th Ward Office’s New Arrivals Data Dashboard. According to the City of Chicago, the city has welcomed over 37,000 new arrivals from the southern border since...
View ArticleA Timeline of Migrants in Hyde Park
April 13, 2022 Governor Greg Abbott (R-Texas) orders a bus of recently arrived migrants to Washington, D.C. This “busing strategy” is meant to undercut President Joe Biden’s upcoming cancellation of...
View ArticleUChicago’s Place in the Chicago Migrant Crisis: From Articulation to Action
As the city of Chicago rushes to build intake centers for incoming migrants as well as house and feed them, both UChicago and the thousands of students it brings to Hyde Park must understand themselves...
View ArticleNew Migrant Arrivals at Shelter Locations
This map visualizes data for the number of new migrants who arrived the week of March 15, 2024 at each of the 23 current migrant shelter sites across Chicago. The Data and Technology Team represented...
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