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Peabody award-nominated journalist. Cofounder + Executive Director @borderless_mag, a nonprofit news outlet reporting on immigration and immigrant communities
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Shook Chicago, Not Our Commitment to Journalism – Latest – Borderless Magazine NFP

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By Nissa Rhee Verified
| Borderless Mag Verified
Over the last eight years, Borderless has established itself as a veteran and leader in the news industry serving our immigrant communities. We are hired to teach other news outlets how to better report on and with immigrants through our Immigration Reporting Lab. We train the next generation of immigrant community journalists in our award-winning Pathways program.
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‘We Feel Like We Hit A Brick Wall’: Migrant Soup Kitchen Faces Eviction

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By Hillary Flores Verified, Nissa Rhee Verified
| Block Club Chicago Verified
This story was originally published by Borderless Magazine. Sign up for its newsletter to learn the latest about Chicago’s immigrant communities. BRIDGEPORT — When Yusmary* was first invited to “the Orphanage,” she thought she had finally found a safe place to rebuild her life.
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A Soup Kitchen for Migrants, Run by Migrants, Faces Eviction

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By Hillary Flores Verified, Nissa Rhee Verified
| Borderless Mag Verified
Food That Tastes of Home El Comedor was born during a different crisis: In October 2023, nearly 4,000 migrants who had been bused to Chicago during “Operation Lone Star” were sleeping in the lobbies of police stations across the city. The operation was an attempt by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to pressure the federal government to enact stricter immigration policies. “We were the first to open our doors to the migrants and they’re still coming.
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