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In Toronto, immigrants find a modern, fast employment system

Chicago Sun-Times 

Elvia Malagón is a Pulitzer Center Richard C. Longworth Media Fellow.

TORONTO — Raunica Ahluwalia and her husband, Bikram Ahluwalia, work together at a table in a quiet, sun-filled room of the Toronto Reference Library.

The time they spend together — quietly talking while looking at each other’s laptops — is in contrast to when Bikram spent four or five days a week traveling in his role in senior management of a bank in Delhi, India. The couple migrated to Toronto through Express Entry in 2019... Читать дальше...

Why we traveled to Toronto to learn about immigration

Chicago Sun-Times 

Elvia Malagón is a Pulitzer Center Richard C. Longworth Media Fellow.

TORONTO — Nearly half of Toronto’s 2.7 million population identifies as immigrants.

The city’s diversity is visible on its streets. A stretch of a neighborhood includes Asian, Caribbean and Latino retail shops and restaurants. Pedestrians of Canadian, Sudanese or Indian backgrounds mingle while eating Mexican sushi or jerk poutine.

As the United States has doubled down on restrictive immigration policies... Читать дальше...

Churches, nonprofits house refugees amid shelter crunch in Toronto

Chicago Sun-Times 

Elvia Malagón is a Pulitzer Center Richard C. Longworth Media Fellow.

TORONTO — At first glance, the hotel room looks like a standard budget hotel with two beds, a television and a mini refrigerator.

But this hotel — at the edge of Toronto — isn’t open to the public. It’s staffed by Homes First, a Toronto-based nonprofit, and the nearly 400 people living out of the hotel rooms are “refugee claimants” — immigrants who fled persecution in their home countries.

Inside one room... Читать дальше...

Cruz says Biden, Dems sided with pro-Palestinian protestors for political gain

TheHill.com 

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) accused Democrats of supporting pro-Palestinian protesters for political gain Sunday morning. The senator, who is facing re-election in Texas against current Rep. Collin Allred (D-Texas), joined radio host John Catsimatidis in a Sunday interview on “The Cats Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM to criticize the Biden administration and Democrats’ approach to immigration and...