Chatting on facebook with a friend, the conversation came to jobs,  specifically census jobs… and i decided to come out to explain why otherwise i would so be going for this job but can not. Here is our conversation: Friend: its temporary but it pays 18.25 an hour. and they need a lot of people. [...]

I’ve been hearing some version of this statement a lot lately: “Undocumented youth are not to blame for their parent’s crimes/mistakes/actions. It’s not their fault, they should not have to pay the price.” So who should? My parents? I am undocumented. I came to the U.S. when I was young, and like many others, I [...]

This is a recording from an undocumented student in Chicago. She is from Brazil, came to the U.S. when she was months old, and wanted to share her experience. She recorded this story by calling us and leaving a voice message at (312) 725-IYJL (4955). You can do the same. var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [];var wordpress_toolbar_url [...]

An ally answers one of the questions he is asked most often: “Why are you in this?”

Speech made by IYJL  member at an event entitled “We have a dream,” which took place in Chicago on January 18th 2010. var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “http://www.iyjl.org/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-toolbar/toolbar.php”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “n”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL3d3dy5peWpsLm9yZy8%2FcD0yMjE8d3B0Yj5JIGhhdmUgYSBkcmVhbTx3cHRiPmh0dHA6Ly93d3cuaXlqbC5vcmc8d3B0Yj5JbW1pZ3JhbnQgWW91dGggSnVzdGljZSBMZWFndWU%3D”;