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Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants came seeking work at the Hire A Refugee Job Fair on Nov. 2 on Chicago's North Side. The event was intended for refugees with work permits, but many migrants came who arrived in the U.S. after the cutoff date for the Biden administration’s expediting of job permits. Esther Yoon-Ji Kang / WBEZ
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Refugee job fair highlights employment hurdle for Venezuelan migrants

For thousands of refugees arriving in Chicago, finding work is the first step to establishing a new life here.

Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants came seeking work at the Hire A Refugee Job Fair on Nov. 2 on Chicago's North Side. The event was intended for refugees with work permits, but many migrants came who arrived in the U.S. after the cutoff date for the Biden administration’s expediting of job permits. Esther Yoon-Ji Kang / WBEZ
By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang

For thousands of refugees arriving in Chicago, finding work is the first step to establishing a new life here.

A job fair yesterday in Rogers Park aimed to help them do just that.

But the event also shone a bright light on a giant hurdle that separates an eager workforce from its would-be employers.

WBEZ’s Esther Yoon-Ji Kang has the story.

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migrants at job fair
Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants came seeking work at the Hire A Refugee Job Fair on Nov. 2 on Chicago's North Side. The event was intended for refugees with work permits, but many migrants came who arrived in the U.S. after the cutoff date for the Biden administration’s expediting of job permits. Esther Yoon-Ji Kang / WBEZ
migrants at job fair

WBEZ News

Refugee job fair highlights employment hurdle for Venezuelan migrants

For thousands of refugees arriving in Chicago, finding work is the first step to establishing a new life here.

Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants came seeking work at the Hire A Refugee Job Fair on Nov. 2 on Chicago's North Side. The event was intended for refugees with work permits, but many migrants came who arrived in the U.S. after the cutoff date for the Biden administration’s expediting of job permits. Esther Yoon-Ji Kang / WBEZ
By Esther Yoon-Ji Kang

For thousands of refugees arriving in Chicago, finding work is the first step to establishing a new life here.

A job fair yesterday in Rogers Park aimed to help them do just that.

But the event also shone a bright light on a giant hurdle that separates an eager workforce from its would-be employers.

WBEZ’s Esther Yoon-Ji Kang has the story.

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