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Illinois Group Launches Cash Aid for Immigrants, Demands ICE Cuts

3/18/2026

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Community Change Action, an Illinois advocacy group, is pushing a guaranteed income with protections for illegal immigrants to build an immigrant-inclusive democracy.
The group has established the United States’ first permanent cash assistance program and seeks a statewide program for 100,000 Illinoisans, with payments starting by late summer.
It calls for cutting funding to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following violent incidents involving federal agents, urging lawmakers to act.

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Story summary

Community Change Action, an Illinois advocacy group, is pushing a guaranteed income with protections for illegal immigrants to build an immigrant-inclusive democracy.
The group has established the United States’ first permanent cash assistance program and seeks a statewide program for 100,000 Illinoisans, with payments starting by late summer.
It calls for cutting funding to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following violent incidents involving federal agents, urging lawmakers to act.