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Laura Rodríguez Presa

Reporter · US

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Sep 26, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Laura Rodríguez Presa

    A fight to stay one last Christmas in Pilsen: After 60 years, La Casa del Pueblo Taqueria forced to leave (opens the original)

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    The essence of the Mexican immigrants who shaped Pilsen into the neighborhood it is today are found in its murals, the flavors that inspire new restaurants and in the people who have carried its culture forward. But as time marches on, fewer of those pioneering immigrants — and the places they built — remain. La Casa del Pueblo Taqueria has remained a living link to the immigrants who began arriving in Pilsen decades ago. Some of those early patrons still return religiously to the restaurant, a

  2. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Laura Rodríguez Presa

    Nury Ortega’s partner was taken, then deported. Now she helps other families through dance and support. (opens the original)

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    The scent of burning copal filled the air on a recent Monday night as Nury Ortega placed a headdress of long, colorful feathers on her head. She wrapped a set of shells around her ankles, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Flutes, maracas and the rhythmic rattle of shells soon filled the room as Ortega led the other dancers through a series of movements rooted in an Indigenous tradition. Last fall, when masked, armed and uniformed federal agents descended on Chicago, “it was as if they also

  3. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Laura Rodríguez Presa

    Family of Silverio Villegas González obtains attorney to begin legal process in adopting his children (opens the original)

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    In a rural town in Michoacán, Mexico, the Villegas González family still mourns the loss of Silverio Villegas González, who was killed by an immigration enforcement agent during a traffic stop in Franklin Park during the early days of Operation Midway Blitz. Yet in their mourning, they grieve for not just one loss, but three. The family’s pain is compounded by the fact that they have not been able to see or talk to Villegas González’s two sons, who are now 8 and 4 years old and living in foster

  4. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Laura Rodríguez Presa

    Chicago DJ hosting Karol G tour after-parties arrested with his husband by ICE outside Midway Airport (opens the original)

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    Just a year after his career took off, Omar David Panqueva, known as DJ TUNJO, made it to one of the largest music festivals in Chicago earlier this summer. It was a dream come true for the Colombian native to play a set at Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park in May. He had arrived in the U.S. with his husband, Santiago Paez, just a few years ago. The couple quickly became key to Chicago’s nightlife, curating events and performing in some of Chicago’s most popular venues. They were getting ready

  5. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Laura Rodríguez Presa

    ICE detains Venezuelan man who had been released on humanitarian parole to donate kidney to brother (opens the original)

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    Jose Gregorio Gonzalez, a Venezuelan migrant who was temporarily released from ICE detention last year so he could donate a kidney to his dying brother, has once again been detained by immigration authorities in Chicago. Gonzalez was arrested July 21 during a routine ICE check-in while his attorney was seeking to extend his humanitarian parole, which would have allowed him to remain in the country for another year as he and his brother continued recovering from the lifesaving transplant. “At lea

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