Commentary and Analysis

"The hard reality is that the application of rules, be they domestic or international, comes down to exercises of power," Paul Poast writes.

The phrase only serves to highlight the shortcomings of his last presidency, Paul Poast argues.

Council polling finds support for Trump’s border wall and use of troops, but wide opposition to his mass-deportation proposal.

Views on immigration levels, pathways to citizenship, and more differ across various racial and ethnic subgroups of Americans.

New Council-Ipsos polling reveals there is little common ground to be found between the right and left when it comes to immigration policy solutions.

The Healthy Illinois Campaign unveiled a new data review by UIC that lays out the benefits that ripple out from providing health insurance to the uninsured.

The issue that drove Donald Trump’s original presidential bid remains a divider within his party, Council data show.

The flood of impoverished migrants camping in Chicago awaiting government processing for asylum has put a roadblock up in front of a very different class of hopeful immigrants.

"In 20 years, I’m betting that Texas will feel sorry that they shipped these workers away," says Jaime Di Paulo, president of the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Americans fleeing climate-change driven droughts, fires and floods will exceed the Great Migration. Better policies will produce a stronger and healthier city.