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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


During the former president’s first term, Evanston immigration lawyer Alen Takhsh said Trump’s executive policies made it more difficult for courts to fairly adjudicate cases and limited communication between local asylum offices and immigration lawyers.

Local immigrant organizations pledge to resist Trump’s proposed anti-immigrant policies

November 12, 2024

If Donald Trump had been president when Evanston immigration lawyer Alen Takhsh was 13 years old, he might have never escaped the aftermath of the Iran-Iraq War and settled in the U.S. Had Trump occupied...

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Illinois General Assembly introduces bill to ease access to health care benefits, limit barriers to care

April 25, 2023

A 2021 study by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services found that more than 900,000 Illinois residents are living without health insurance — and about a third of them qualify for Medicaid...

In front of a light blue background, dark blue hands cradle a silhouette of the Chicago skyline, which lies behind a black-and-white bus and a group of orange individuals holding hands.

Chicago organizations and government work to aid asylum seekers

September 27, 2022

As nearly 1,200 asylum-seeking migrants have arrived on buses in Chicago over the past month, Chicago-area governments and community organizations have worked to provide these individuals with essential...

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Illinois workers no longer excluded from EIC tax relief due to age or immigration status

May 22, 2022

Eleven years after immigrating to the United States, Hayde Flores opened her small business, Total Nutrition Belmont, in 2019.  Flores uses an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, a tax processing...

Evanston political organizations gave their reactions to early 2020 election results.

Hard to Count: Local Democrats say 2020 census efforts divide along partisan lines

May 6, 2020

As self-response rates plateau and the pandemic dominates news coverage, Democratic organizations say there is a partisan influence in the language and efforts around 2020 census counting efforts. The...

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