Latino Caucus Responds to Illegitimate Lawsuit Attempting to Erode Civil Rights of Immigrants

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus released the following statement in response to the illegitimate lawsuit by four county sheriffs who are defending the extrajudicial detention of immigrants that allows some of these interests to benefit from...

Latino Caucus Looks to Continue Lifting Up Illinois Families, Crack Down on Corruption

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, D-Cicero, released the following statement on behalf of the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus in response to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s State of the State Address:    “Over the past year, Latino Caucus members were...

Latino Caucus Calls on Congress to Stand for Refugees, Reject Funding of Trump Program

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus released the following statement calling on Congress to reject a budget that allocates funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Migrant “Protection” Protocols (MPP), a federal program that...