When they’re ill, they borrow medicine from relatives or get discounted prescriptions from a community health center. If they’re hurting from an ear infection, back sprain or other painful injury, they may go to an emergency room. If they’re depressed...
As immigrants go to another country, money journeys back to their homeland in the form of remittances. This interactive map and table tracks the flow of money and people from 1960 to 2000. During that time immigration from Europe —...
The 2,000-mile border between the United States and Mexico divides the city of Naco. With this interactive map, users try to draw the line that splits the city, based on data on population and unemployment. View the proyect The Story...
What are the countries of origin of the people who have obtained permanent legal residence or “green cards?” This web app gives the answers in colorful bar charts and line graphs. View the proyect The Story Behind the Project This...
Which neighborhoods in Chicago have the most unmet demand for state preschool and Head Start seats? Does the number of bilingual residents in an area correlate with the number of bilingual students served in schools? Mapping data provided answers and...
Like a gust of wind that blows dandelion seeds toward any and every direction, catalysts for immigration can send new Americans to unlikely places. More and more immigrants are bypassing traditional ethnic enclaves in Chicago and settling in the suburbs....
Under the Secure Communities program, participating local law enforcement agencies alert immigration officials when a person they have arrested in booked into jail. Immigration officials say that the program helps them efficiently target criminals for quick deportation, but critics said...
The number of undocumented children apprehended while crossing the border is rising, even as overall immigration is slowing. An infographic details the dangers faced by child migrants through the story of Ana, a Guatemalan girl who fled her country at...
Half of Chicago’s non-citizens lack health insurance. What is the financial cost to a hospital when the uninsured use emergency rooms as a last resort? What is the physical and mental toll on a young immigrant who needs a kidney...
Once detained, many immigrants take a long, circuitous journey through various detention facilities. This map shows various routes taken by Illinois immigrants and raises the questions about how Immigration and Customs Enforcement handles detention and deportation. View the proyect The...
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