CHICAGO (WLS) -- U.S. Army Veteran Miguel Perez Jr. has died, six years after winning his battle for citizenship. Perez was deported to Mexico but returned to Chicago after Gov. JB Pritzker pardoned ...

After covering Miguel Perez Jr. for years, former WBEZ immigration reporter María Inés Zamudio offers a remembrance of the activist’s life and legacy. Last month, I got a call I’d feared since I ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth had taken up Miguel Perez's cause. He served two combat tours in Afghanistan. He then developed a drug habit his family blames on PTSD and he went to prison for selling cocaine.

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