Giselle Rodriguez hands her daughter, Nya, 1, to her husband, Michael Whitley, after picking up Nya and her sister from day care on June 18, 2024, in Bolingbrook. Rodriguez, who emigrated from Mexico without documentation as a child, married Whitley, a U.S. citizen, in 2019, and the couple is expecting their third child next month.
So the couple opted to wait, hopeful that one day federal policies would change in their favor and fight to keep their family together.Rodriguez, now living in Bolingbrook, is one of an estimated 500,000 immigrants living in the country without authorization who could gain a pathway to citizenship through
The announcement comes just weeks after the Illinois General Assembly passed a resolution calling on Biden to use his executive power to extend work permits to long-term immigrants living without authorization in Illinois — and also weeks after harsh criticism from Democratic leaders and advocates over Biden’s executive order to halt asylum-seekers at the southern border as the presidential election looms.
Giselle Rodriguez picks up a sippy cup as her husband, Michael Whitley, places their daughters, Nya, 1, and Gianna, 2, in booster chairs for snack time at their home on June 18, 2024, in Bolingbrook. She credits Chicago and Illinois political, business and faith leaders for their efforts to push the administration to use its existing parole program to provide relief to immigrants. Earlier last year, a number of community stakeholders, including Rendon, came together to find ways to uplift the voices of long-term undocumented workers who felt forgotten afterIn nearly two years, more than 43,000 migrants mostly from Venezuela have arrived in Chicago from the southern U.S. border.
Nearly 10.6 million U.S. citizens live in mixed-status households in the country, and most are of Mexican descent. Long-term immigrants here without authorization have lived on average for 15 years in the country, working, paying taxes and raising American children. One child out of every 10 in Illinois has an undocumented parent, according to FWD.us, a bipartisan political organization. Seven percent of Illinois’ U.S. citizens live with at least one person who is here without legal permission.
But while Democrats applauded Biden, Republican Donald Trump’s campaign accused the incumbent president of creating “another invitation for illegal immigration.”
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