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Jesus "Chuy" Garcia's most recent official photograph.

Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia expenditures target payroll, consulting as incumbent

Post author:Cesar Sanchez / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 10, 2021
Post category:Government

Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Democratic congressman of Illinois’s 4th Congressional District, is spending modestly in the first year of the election cycle. As the cycle…

Read more about the article ‘The Long Journey Home’ sparks conversation on Latino migration

Darrell 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

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:October 9, 2015
Post category:Immigration

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.