A plea to Biden from longtime immigrants in Chicago: ‘Please don’t forget about us, we need job permits too’

When recently arrived migrants, mostly from Venezuela, began to show up at Juana Arreguin’s ice cream shop in Pilsen over the summer — some begging for money, others asking for a job — all she could do was feed them. Sometimes, she said, she would give them a few dollars or point them to someone who could maybe hire them. “I wish I could help them, I know how it is to start from zero,” said …