Immigrant Support Atlas

Foreign-born share over time

How the immigrant share of the population shifts across the country. Press play to animate. Source: US Census ACS 5-year.

Access to immigrant-serving organizations

Spatial access by the enhanced two-step floating catchment area method (E2SFCA). Darker green = better access; orange = a service desert (people who need it, but no organization within reach); gray = no foreign-born population. Source: org locations + US Census ACS 2023.

Immigrant Policy Inclusion Index

How inclusive each state’s policies are toward immigrants, across seven domains: health coverage, language access, higher education, identification, integration & licensure, legal protection, and economic inclusion. Darker green = more inclusive; orange/red = more restrictive or limited. Click any state for its full profile.

Immigrant–Native Disparity Index

Standardized gaps between foreign-born and US-born residents (uninsured, crowded housing, rent burden, education, home internet, vehicle access, homeownership) from US Census ACS. Green = smaller gaps; red = larger gaps. This is an outcome measure, separate from the Policy map: it describes how immigrant and US-born residents differ, and is shaped by who has immigrated where (recency and composition), not by state policy alone. Click any state for its full profile.

English assimilationism

Project Implicit is a self-selected volunteer sample, not a representative survey; within each area, respondents are reweighted to the Census population by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and citizenship. Higher = less welcoming. Areas with too few respondents are left blank. See the note below for the exact survey item. Source: Project Implicit 2023-2025.

Immigrant attitudes

Project Implicit is a self-selected volunteer sample, not a representative survey; within each area, respondents are reweighted to the Census population by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and citizenship. Higher = less welcoming. Areas with too few respondents are left blank. See the note below for the exact survey item. Source: Project Implicit 2023-2025.

Paso- West Suburban Action Project

Also known as P.A.S.O. – West Suburban Action Project.

501 WEST NORTH AVENUE STE 301, MELROSE PARK, IL 60160-1603

Paso- West Suburban Action Project is a nonprofit organization in Melrose Park, Illinois that serves immigrants and refugees.

PASO serves immigrant communities (primarily Latino) in west suburban Cook County, IL through immigrant-rights organizing, community health education, citizenship/civics preparation, know-your-rights sessions, and distribution of food and basic-need items.

Mission

Paso is at the forefront of the struggle for immigrant rights and justice.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “PASO DEVELOPS PLATFORMS FOR CHANGE FOR COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY IMPACTED THROUGH ORGANIZING AND EMPOWERMENT.”
  • Citizenship: “offer individuals support in preparing for their citizenship interviews and aid them in their process of becoming US citizens”
  • Civic engagement: “Provided 4 know your rights sessions”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “provided training to 500 community members as well as groceries, PPE, basic hygiene products and clothing to those in need”
  • Food assistance: “groceries, PPE, basic hygiene products and clothing to those in need”
  • Health education: “Hosted educational community events to talk about the effectiveness of vaccinations.”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Communities served

Hispanic/Latino.

Contact

Founded 2024. IRS NTEE code P99. Revenue $500,000-999,999. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 46-2330521.

Other organizations in Melrose Park

All organizations in Illinois

Sources: IRS exempt-organization records, Form 990 filings, federal and network directories, and the organization's own website. Data as of October 19, 2026. Information here can change; contact the organization to confirm.

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Immigrant profiles by origin, language, and race / ethnicity

Pick a group to see its own profile: how large it is and how it lives, with the all-foreign-born and US-born averages shown for context. National estimates from US Census ACS 1-year microdata (PUMS).