WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

Police sawed through plastic pipes to pry apart seven unauthorized immigrants at a federal detention center near Chicago on Tuesday.

A U.S. Senate immigration bill would require unemployed W Visa holders to find a job within two months — or say goodbye to this country.

Indian immigrants in unincoporated Des Plaines have been victims of a recent phone scam, which has defrauded some of thousands of dollars.

Immigrant groups are hoping to build a national, grassroots movement to preserve the endangered Diversity Visa program, slated for elimination under Washington’s proposed immigration overhaul. They’re starting local, looking to Chicago’s City Council to put pressure on Illinois’ Congressional delegation.

A WBEZ analysis of U.S. labor statistics finds that foreign-born worker deaths increased nearly 14% in two years as native-born fatalities held steady.

Director Cora Bassett wanted Roadkill to be immersive, as a way into the world of sex trafficking. The play follows Mary, a girl from a poor family in Nigeria who comes to Chicago.