CHICAGO — Immigration rights advocates are launching a new public dashboard to track requests for legal assistance.

In September, Immigrant Justice Project received 337 requests for legal help — that is up from 143 requests from the previous month

The goal is to keep record of what's happening in immigrant communities.

“We will not let this terror be swept under the rug. DHS officials have told reporters directly they are using racial profiling, deciding who to target based on the color of their skin, based on how we dress, based on the language we speak, based on what kind of cars we drive. This is not law enforcement, this is state terrorism. These dashboards make it clear, immigrants, particularly Latinos, are under attack. The nationality with the largest amount of arrests is Mexica

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