Immigrants usually do not get involved in local government until they have been here a long time, but some suburbs are trying to change this. This would help the whole immigrant community because they are the only ones who truly understand their problems and can help solve them. - - Donna Poisl
By NICK KATZ
The northern suburbs have become the "new Ellis Island" of the Chicago region, with a growing number of immigrants who have bypassed the City of Chicago and landed directly in the suburbs.
In order to meet their needs, north suburban municipalities need to reach out to their immigrant populations and involve them more in local government.
That is one of the recommendations included in a report on immigrants and housing in 16 northern suburbs, compiled over the past three years for the Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs by the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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