New Elgin group forms to help immigrants as ICE arrests keep climbing

New Elgin group forms to help immigrants as ICE arrests keep climbing

Four agencies are joining forces to form the Elgin Area Immigrant Alliance, a group that vows to create strategic ways to educate, empower and support the immigrant community as federal agents continue to descend on the area. “Migra Watch,” made up of volunteers from made up of Casa Michoacan, Centro de Información, YWCA Elgin, and Chicago Workers Collaborative, is canvassing neighborhoods to hand out Know Your Rights flyers, connect people with…