HANA Center

Today, I had the opportunity to meet with the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and other leaders to support their critical work during this uncertain moment.

Let's stand together and we'll get through this, Illinois.

09.09.2025 23:26 — 👍 5018    🔁 1119    💬 139    📌 37

Stephen Miller Is Getting $170 Billion To Build His Own Army To Target Our Immigrant Neighbors. Here’s What That Funding Could Do Instead This unprecedented allocation of taxpayer money could go to helping working families all across America, on everything from education, hunger, housing, healthcare, and the environment.

Stephen Miller Is Getting $170 Billion To Build His Own Army To Target Our Immigrant Neighbors. Here’s What That Funding Could Do Instead
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11.08.2025 14:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.

Tae Heung Kim, 40:
- Lived in US since he was 5
- Has green card
- Getting PhD at Texas A&M
- Researching vaccine for Lyme disease
- Has 1 minor pot charge from 2011, since sealed

Also: Detained incommunicado by DHS after returning from wedding in Korea

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

29.07.2025 10:06 — 👍 2377    🔁 1101    💬 56    📌 57

From left to right, Dr. Albert Mulenga, William Tae Heung Kim, Dr. Thu Thuy Nguyen, Dr. Alex Kiarie Gaithuma, Dr Hassan Hakimi and Emily Bencosme Cuevas. Kim is a Texas A&M researcher who was detained in San Francisco last Monday despite being a permanent resident of the United States and a green card holder. COURTESY OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.

He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.

He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.

And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.

31.07.2025 11:35 — 👍 1123    🔁 662    💬 13    📌 41

Chicagoans brave frigid cold to protest Trump inauguration. 'This is not our first rodeo' Demonstrators gather in Federal Plaza as Donald Trump was being sworn. The most immediate and palpable fears are felt by those in the city's immigrant communities ahead of Trump's expected deportation...

"A big part of our fight is to make sure that our immigrant communities know our rights and are equipped to exercise those rights." -Danae Kovac, HANA's executive director. Read more at: chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...

22.01.2025 18:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🙇🎊 Celebrate the Lunar New Year with HANA! Join us as we get together as a community to enjoy Korean finger foods, cultural activities, and more. RSVP soon—space is limited! #KoreanCulture #LunarNewYear2025

📅 Feb 1, 2025 @ 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
📍 4300 N California Ave, Chicago
🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/HANA2025

10.01.2025 22:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Horner Park Basketball Lights Now On After Neighbors Fought For Them For Years Electricians tested the lights last week before turning them on for basketball players, park officials said. The lights will turn on after sunset and stay on until 11 p.m.

🏀🌟 Big win for community power! Thanks to the hard work of HANA Center youth, staff, and the support of Ald. Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez and 33rd Ward Working Families, Horner Park's basketball lights are finally ON! Read more: blockclubchicago.org/2024/12/17/h...

18.12.2024 16:40 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0