Chicago-area advocates praise move to get migrants temporary work permits
WBEZ 91.15 | NPR Station for Chicago News, Politics, Education, Race, Class, Communities and Criminal Justice
To address the migrant crisis, Chicago area advocates and Democratic lawmakers have been pushing the federal government to grant work permits.
Now the Biden Administration has granted temporary protected status for 14 thousand local Venezuelan migrants.
Ere Rendón leads immigrant justice initiatives at The Resurrection Project and joins us now. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Cianna Greaves, Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
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Chicago-area advocates praise move to get migrants temporary work permits
WBEZ 91.15 | NPR Station for Chicago News, Politics, Education, Race, Class, Communities and Criminal Justice
To address the migrant crisis, Chicago area advocates and Democratic lawmakers have been pushing the federal government to grant work permits.
Now the Biden Administration has granted temporary protected status for 14 thousand local Venezuelan migrants.
Ere Rendón leads immigrant justice initiatives at The Resurrection Project and joins us now. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Cianna Greaves, Esther Yoon-Ji Kang