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If you live in and around Chicago, chances are you don’t make it through a single day without encountering an immigrant at work. Immigrants drive cabs, cook and serve food in restaurants, construct high rises, run businesses, teach, practice medicine, defend the law, and sometimes even break it to get in a day’s work.

Throughout the month of May Chicago Matters: Beyond Borders will explore immigrant experiences on the job. Be sure to check out Chicago Public Radio, WTTW11, The Chicago Reporter and the Chicago Public Library as we explore the complicated and compelling topic of immigrant labor.

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Inner Strength (Immigrants and Organized Labor, Part 2)

Moribund for years, a Chicago labor union finds power in its largely immigrant rank and file.

Posted on 5.1.2007

Multimedia: Immigration in the Driver's Seat - A Photo Essay of Chicago Taxi Cab Drivers

Chicago photographer Jason Reblando has captured the unique immigrant experience of Chicago's cabbies for our Beyond Borders series.

VIEW the photo essay.

Posted on 5.1.2007

Tried and True (Immigrants and Organized Labor, Part 1)

Before joining today’s immigration march downtown, hundreds of labor activists will rally in a West Loop intersection once known as Haymarket Square. Haymarket is the infamous site of a deadly confrontation between police and striking workers back in 1886. Many of those workers were immigrants fighting for the eight-hour work day.

Posted on 5.1.2007

Immigrants in the Labor Force

Read more about immigrants in the labor force.

Posted on 5.1.2007

Talk Back: Answer Chicago Matter's Topic of the Week

Chicagomatters.org wants to hear your views on the Beyond Borders series.

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Posted on 5.1.2007

Learn more about the history of immigration in the Chicago community on the Chicago Matters: Beyond Borders timeline. As immigration legislation and reform effects Chicago and the nation, we update the timeline. Check back and follow the progress.

Now in its 17th year, Chicago's award-winning multimedia public affairs series returns in 2007 with Chicago Matters: Beyond Borders to explore the impact of immigration in Chicago and the region.

Chicago Matters is made possible by The Chicago Community Trust, with programming by Chicago Public Radio, WTTW 11, the Chicago Public Library, and The Chicago Reporter.

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