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Tanya Cabrera of the Illinois Dream Fund and Susan Yanun of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association respond to questions as part of an immigration policy panel.

IMMIGRATION POLICY FORUM

Democratic nominee for Congress Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, pictured at left, and Clarisol Duque, director of U.S. Senator Richard Durbin’s Chicago office, were among the community leaders speaking at the Immigration Policy Forum in December 2017. Panelists discussed current U.S. immigration policy, immigration bans, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), reform, advocacy and student-led movements, among other issues. Additional participants included Tanya Cabrera and Jonathan Lopez of the Illinois Dream Fund, Jaime Leal of The Southwest Organizing Project, Susan Yanun of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Tran Nguyen from Sen. Durbin’s office and Brad Olson, Ph.D., chair of the Society for Community Research and Action’s Immigration Task Force and an NLU assistant professor in the Community Psychology department.

Democratic nominee for Illinois’ 4th congressional district Jesus “Chuy” Garcia speaks on immigration.

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National Louis University VIEW | Spring 2018

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