Tag: Immigrants

Reader’s Voice: Undocumented immigrants: Drain on U.S.?

September 3, 2024Dear editor; Are undocumented immigrants a drain on United States public benefit programs? The resounding answer is no! Undocumented immigrants and DACA holders (“Dreamers”) are not eligible for almost all federal benefit programs, such as Social Security retirement benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),...

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League of Women Voters host to immigration program

The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County, in partnership with the League of Women Voters Aurora Area and the League of Women Voters of Elgin Area, invite residents of Kane County and the surrounding communities to a timely and informative presentation on U.S. immigration policy and the issues...

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Reader’s Commentary: Democratic transparency important for U.S. immigrants

By Mary Goetsch, Aurora, Ill. Tech industry leaders issued a one-sentence statement May 20 on artificial intelligence (AI) bringing a future risk of human extinction: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.” It is good...

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Immigration forum in Aurora Jan. 11, 2022

The League of Women Voters (LWV) Aurora Area will hold an immigration forum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 at the Aurora Public Library District (APLD) Santori, 101 S. River Street. We’ll be live-streaming it on our Facebook site. Here are the details. Please know that the program title...

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Naturalization 101: Virtual class helpful June 24

I recently saw In The Heights, the 2021 movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning stage musical that follows the lives of individuals in the Latino community of Washington Heights in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Those interested can check out all of the In the Heights materials...

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