Migration

Upcoming Events

The World at Our Door: What a City Owes Its Newest Residents

In-Person EVENT

Join the Emerging Leaders community for a tour of Little Harbor Academy and a conversation on how Chicago supports newcoming immigrants.

A crowd of people sitting at an immigrant assistance event at Navy Pier on August 15, 2012.

Sitthixay Ditthavong / AP

Aug

5

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Past Events

Local Voices, National Debate: How Chicagoland Views Immigration

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Craig Kafura, Michele Kenfack, Beatriz Ponce de León, and Juliana Kerr discuss new Chicago Council survey data on immigration attitudes in the Chicago area and what local opinion tells us about one of America's most debated issues.

Jul 16

Speakers sitting on the Council's event stage, speaking to an audience.

Ana Miyares Photography

The Border at the Ballot Box

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Election 2024

Clifford Young, Katie Tobin, Andrew Selee, and Marco López discuss how immigration is shaping elections around the world this year, including the US presidential election.

Sep 24

Marco López, Andrew Selee, Katie Tobin, and Clifford Young on stage at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs discussing how immigration is shaping elections around the world this year, including the US presidential election.

Ana Miyares Photography

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Commentary

October 16, 2025

How America's Retreat from Refugee Protection Undermines Global Stability

Analysis

by John Slocum

In reshaping its approach to asylum and refugee resettlement, the United States is signaling a departure from the principles it once championed and risking erosion of international norms.

A Central American migrant woman cries in frustration before being removed by police from a house controlled by human smugglers, to transfer her and other occupants to a government shelter from which they will be returned to their native country, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Saturday, July 3, 2021.

Christian Chavez / AP

Migration

August 12, 2025

How Immigrants View America's Global Role

BLOG

Running Numbers by Lama El Baz

Survey data show that regardless of when they arrived in the United States, immigrants embrace a shared vision for US foreign policy.

People view the Statue of Liberty in the distance

Mark Lennihan / AP

Public Opinion

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Research

July 13, 2026

Built by Immigrants, Shaped by Immigration

RESEARCH

Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Results and analysis of the Council's survey of Chicagoland residents on immigration policies.

Migration

July 13, 2026

Majorities in Chicagoland Side with Immigrants and Protesters over ICE

RESEARCH

Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

In the aftermath of Operation Midway Blitz, residents in Chicago, suburban Cook County, and Lake County say Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions have gone too far.