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Filter : Economic Justice

COVID-19 has revealed the high cost of policies that have kept undocumented immigrants without access to healthcare, housing, and food assistance.

Links to information and useful resources to aid communities seeking support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

These critical steps must be taken immediately to ensure the well-being of our most vulnerable and at-risk populations.

More than ever, we need to advocate for systemic change.

We urge Congress to take action to enact legislation and push for federal agency action immediately to protect vulnerable populations.

We are saddened by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to temporarily block the nationwide injunction halting the federal government’s public charge rule

Where the City of Chicago invests resources matters.

Taking food away from the people who need it most does not help them get a job, it only plunges them into deeper poverty.

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