Higher education can do more to help our city’s immigrants

Groups in Chicago and across the country are helping immigrants, including the millions who already live and work here and have U.S.-born spouses and children. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

A new Gallup poll shows Americans are growing increasingly dissatisfied with immigration: Across party line, people are expressing a desire to curb the number of immigrants entering the U.S.

Regardless of where one stands on this issue, one pressing question remains: What can be done for the millions of immigrants who already live and work here, many of whom have U.S.-born spouses and children?