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Camila Graunke, a graduate of Illinois State University's Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts, is settling into her new role as Hispanic outreach director. She's been in the post since July, when longtime civic leader Socorro Alvarez retired after three decades.
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The 11,800 immigrants who call Bloomington-Normal home pay $73 million in taxes and contribute $1.2 billion towards the county’s domestic product, according to data provided Friday to an audience attending The Immigration Project’s fundraising event at Illinois State University.
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Bloomington state Sen. Jason Barickman says the recent indictment of another senator, Emil Jones III, shows current ethics laws do a poor job of holding lawmakers accountable to the people they serve.
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The City of Chicago is reaching out to other cities across Illinois for help as it deals with an influx of immigrants bused in by red-state governors. Chicago has received more than 1,000 immigrants bused north from states, including Florida and Texas.
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The City of Bloomington’s Welcoming Week events continue through the weekend, with an international soccer game, music, and a speech from an immigrant to the city council.
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When he was 12, Jose Antonio Vargas immigrated to the United States to live with his grandparents. He eventually became an award-winning journalist. As someone who personally experienced what being undocumented looks like, he now challenges how people talk about race, identity and migration by posing the question, "How do we define American?"
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Originally a respected and professional woman in El Salvador, Claudia Calvo moved to the United States in 2014 to start a family. Navigating life in a new country and speaking a new language was a challenge by itself, but Calvo also navigated being a mother and prioritizing mental health in a new country.
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This is the first part of a WGLT series looking at the Asian Indian community in Bloomington-Normal. It's a rich tapestry of people with all the nuance and complexity you would expect of a culture thousands of years old.
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The federal government is responsible for enacting immigration reforms, but states can make the lives of immigrants better through state statutes.
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To kick off the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Legalities of Being event at the Normal Theatre will honor the work of Fidencio Fifield-Perez.