The Cook County sheriff’s police are mobilizing additional officers to the Rolling Meadows courthouse today for the start of a jury trial of five Chicago residents arrested during an immigration protest in Arlington Heights in October.

Four young protesters pleaded guilty to charges from an immigration rights rally in Arlington Heights last October. Tuesday’s negotiated court settlement does not settle the claim of one of the protesters that her religious rights were violated.

CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed conducted an informational workshop on immigration reform at the Islamic Community Center of Des Plaines on Friday, April 14, 2006.

Topic: Current Changes in Immigration Legislation

The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), along with many co-sponsors including CAIR-Chicago, held a community briefing session on current immigration legislation in the United States Senate at Truman College on Monday, April 10 which was also the National Day of Action for immigrant rights.

The U.S. Senate is in the midst of debating what could be ground breaking legislation in immigration reform. What will this bill mean for the immigrants in this country? How will this bill impact you? What does the future look like for immigration and immigrants’ rights?

Last year, the United States House of Representatives passed enforcement heavy immigration reform legislation, HR 4437, which seeks to:

Following suite on Monday afternoon, immigrant organizations convened on the West Lawn of the Capitol Building to speak out against the anti-immigration legislation on the Senate Floor.

People Unite! March against H.R. 4437 – Friday, March 10th at noon Come join immigrants from all over the nation in a historic march this Friday, March 10th at 12 noon!

When Iyas Alhomouz was sworn in as a U.S.citizen at a ceremony in Chicago last week, it should have been a day of celebration.