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Immigration

Collected by: Bensenville Community Public Library

Archived since: Apr, 2021

Description:

A collection of articles and documents covering immigration statistics in and around Bensenville and discussing the many challenges of Latinx people who come to Bensenville and Chicago in order to help support people back home and make a better life in the United States.

Subject:   Society & Culture Politics & Elections Government - US States Demographics Latino heritage Integration Financial Suburban Municipalities Predatory lending Immigrant communities Mortgages Banking Churches Trump administration Mental health Anti-immigrant threats Exploitation Asylum seekers Child labor Teenagers Immigrants Latinx Social services,  Education ,  Employment Immigration

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Title: ProPublica Investigation Shines Light on Immigrant Teens’ Dangerous Night Shifts

URL: https://news.wttw.com/2020/12/15/propublica-investigation-shines-light-immigrant-teens-dangerous-night-shifts/

Description: Updates and reactions to Melissa Sanchez' article "Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories" (2020/11/19). Article only.

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Subject:   Immigrants Teenagers Child labor Exploitation Asylum seekers,  Education

Title: ProPublica Shines Light on Immigrant Teens’ Dangerous Jobs Video

URL: https://player.pbs.org/viralplayer/3050111290/

Description: Updates and reactions to Melissa Sanchez' article "Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories" (2020/11/19). Video only.

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Subject:   Immigrants Teenagers Child labor Asylum seekers,  Education ,  Exploitation

Title: Immigrants in DuPage County, IL 2010-2014

URL: https://s3.amazonaws.com/chssweb/documents/25817/original/Illinois_DuPage_County_iDod_Fact_Sheet.pdf?1501683416/

Description: Two page fact sheet on immigration in DuPage County. Maps and charts detail immigrant education levels, occupations, median household income, regions of birth, and time since immigration to the U.S.

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Subject:   Immigrants,  Education ,  Employment

Title: Profile of the Unauthorized Population: DuPage County, IL

URL: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/data/unauthorized-immigrant-population/county/17043

Description: This data chart details immigrant demographics, family status, education and language, workforce, and economic data for DuPage County.

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Subject:   Immigrants Demographics,  Education ,  Employment

Title: When Migrant Students Come To Illinois, Schools Adjust And Embrace

URL: https://www.npr.org/local/309/2019/05/07/714365434/when-migrant-students-come-to-illinois-schools-adjust-and-embrace/

Description: Illinois State Board of Education data shows the number of new students born outside of the U.S. has been increasing. A young man named Elder talks about his experience in a new country. Fenton High School in Bensenville and York High School in Elmhurst discuss what they have been focused on to educate new students from Central America who often have education gaps that need to be filled. The emphasis is meeting the students where they are and not their immigration status.

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Subject:   Immigrants Teenagers,  Education

Title: Dentro de la vida de los adolescentes inmigrantes que trabajan en peligrosos turnos nocturnos en fábricas suburbanas

URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/el-mundo-secreto-de-los-adolescentes-inmigrantes-que-trabajan-en-peligrosos-turnos-nocturnos-en-fabricas-suburbanas/

Description: Underage teenage asylum-seekers from Central America navigate US federal immigration and labor laws, while working to payoff immigration debts, support their families at home, and get an education. These teens are faced with choosing between dead end exploitive factory work from agencies that do not ask their age, and getting an education. The results are unreported injury, loss of educational opportunity, psychological trauma and poverty.

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Subject:   Teenagers Immigrants Child labor Asylum seekers,  Education ,  Exploitation

Title: Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories

URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-the-lives-of-immigrant-teens-working-dangerous-night-shifts-in-suburban-factories/

Description: Underage teenage asylum-seekers from Central America navigate US federal immigration and labor laws, while working to payoff immigration debts, support their families at home, and get an education. These teens are faced with choosing between dead end exploitive factory work from agencies that do not ask their age, and getting an education. The results are unreported injury, loss of educational opportunity, psychological trauma and poverty.

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Subject:   Immigrants Teenagers Child labor,  Education ,  Exploitation Asylum seekers

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