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Read more about the article ‘The Long Journey Home’ sparks conversation on Latino migrationDarrell Hoemann
Tim Flavin, Angela Wiley, and Miguel Keberlein discussed migrant issues as panelists at Spurlock Museum in Urbana on Tuesday, September 29, 2015.

‘The Long Journey Home’ sparks conversation on Latino migration

Last year, Frida Arellano came to Arcola, Ill., from Texas with her family to find work in the area’s agricultural fields. The job left her family broke and homeless, she said. More than 15 years ago, Daneli Rabanalez Hernandez also moved to Arcola, traveling thousands of miles with her family from their original home in Mexico. Now a student at Olivet Nazarene University, Hernandez said central Illinois has become their true home.

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Read more about the article #LongJourney Home: The story of Latino migration into Central IllinoisClaire Everett
Magaly Avila in Arcola

#LongJourney Home: The story of Latino migration into Central Illinois

Join us for Illinois Humanities' second installment of the Latino Americans: 500 Years of History series, “The Long Journey Home.” This panel discussion will trace the past, present, and future of Latino migration in central Illinois by highlighting oral histories and contemporary investigative reporting on migrant worker camps.

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Read more about the article Road to Rantoul: Migrant workers journey to central IllinoisPhoto by Darrell Hoemann
The Nightingale Camp in Rantoul, Ill., is licensed by the state to house more than 400 migrant workers. The workers come north from places such as Mexico and Texas to detassel corn.

Road to Rantoul: Migrant workers journey to central Illinois

Each summer, hundreds of seasonal workers leave their homes in Texas and Mexico and travel more than 1,000 miles north to work in the corn fields of central Illinois. Many of those hundreds make their way to Rantoul, a village of about 13,000 people in Champaign County and the summer home of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign football team's training sessions. As the sessions get underway in mid-August, the hundreds of migrant workers wrap up the first wave of agriculture work in nearby corn fields.

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Read more about the article Locals gear up to help immigrants get driver’s licensesFile Photo/llinois Secretary of State
A list of acceptable documents needed to get a driver's license under current state law.

Locals gear up to help immigrants get driver’s licenses

Pam G. Dempsey/CU-CitizenAccess -- Community groups are working this month and next to help local immigrants get a driver’s license after a new bill…

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Read more about the article CU-CitizenAccess.org wins 2012 Peter Lisagor AwardSam Vega/Hoy
Eric Maligaya takes a call at Maligayas, a grocery store that caters explicitly to Filipino customers. He is the son of the owner and estimates that 70 to 80 percent of the customers are Filipinos looking for meats like adodo and menudo, steamed buns or siapao, sweet fruits or coconut milk.

CU-CitizenAccess.org wins 2012 Peter Lisagor Award

CU-CitizenAccess.org has won the 2012 Peter Lisagor Award for its collaborative project with Hoy Chicago looking at changing demographics and racial issues in Central Illinois.…

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Read more about the article Weekly RoundUp: ImmigrationFile Photo / CU-CitizenAccess.org
Arturo Zendeja speaks with a customer at his restaurant in July at his restaurant, El Taco Tako, 202 S. Chestnut St., Arcola, Ill. Zendeja and his wife, Maria, moved to Arcola 12 years ago. Arturo is a native of Cadereyta Jimenez in Mexico. They are part of a growing Latino population in the area, which is known for its broomcorn.

Weekly RoundUp: Immigration

The C-U Immigration Forum organized a candelight vigil and march in Champaign, Ill. this week to show support for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. On Wednesday,…

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Read more about the article CU-CitizenAccess receives national award for project highlighting racial issues in Central IllinoisSam Vega/Hoy

CU-CitizenAccess receives national award for project highlighting racial issues in Central Illinois

CU-CitizenAccess.org has won a national investigative journalism award for its collaborative project with Hoy Chicago looking at changing demographics and racial issues in Central…

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This dot-density map shows the demographic changes across a 16-county region in Central Illinois. It was designed by Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, Alex Bordens and Kyle Bentle from the Chicago Tribune and Hoy Chicago. It netted a Society of News Design award this year.

CU-CitizenAccess, Hoy Chicago net awards

Our collaborative work with Hoy Chicago in last year’s Midwest Chronicles gained high honors recently. The project took a look at the deep demographic…

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Read more about the article Weekly RoundUp: ImmigrationFile Photo / CU-CitizenAccess.org
Arturo Zendeja speaks with a customer at his restaurant in July at his restaurant, El Taco Tako, 202 S. Chestnut St., Arcola, Ill. Zendeja and his wife, Maria, moved to Arcola 12 years ago. Arturo is a native of Cadereyta Jimenez in Mexico. They are part of a growing Latino population in the area, which is known for its broomcorn.

Weekly RoundUp: Immigration

A delegation of immigration experts from Russia are scheduled to visit Champaign-Urbana this week through the US-Russia Civil Society Partnership Program. They are guests…

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