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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus released the following statement urging Congress to hold additional hearings on the politically motivated citizenship question for the [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump deliberately terrorizing immigrant parents and their children as [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – For-profit detention centers used to carry out Donald Trump’s inhumane family separation policy would be banned in Illinois, under legislation passed by state Rep. Elizabeth [...]

06/13/2019 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, D-Cicero, state Rep. Celina Villanueva, D-Chicago, and fellow members of the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus worked to [...]

06/01/2019 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, D-Cicero, used the spring legislative session to begin building an Illinois that works for everyone by ensuring working [...]

05/27/2019 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, D-Cicero, released the following statement after voting in support of the Fair Tax Amendment, a first step toward providing [...]

05/23/2019 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus released the following statement urging for the passage of the Fair Tax Amendment: “The communities we represent sent us to [...]

05/03/2019 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus released the following statement urging the passage of legislation that would ensure greater representation of Latinos, [...]

05/20/2019 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In response to the egregious attacks on women’s reproductive rights by extremist politicians around the country, the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus released the [...]

05/13/2019 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – After over four years of work, state Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, D-Cicero, passed legislation through both chambers that would ensure state financial aid is [...]

04/23/2019 CICERO, Ill. – State Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, D-Cicero, Town President Larry Dominick and Town Assessor Emilio “Emo” Cundari will be hosting a Property Tax Appeal Seminar on [...]

04/17/2019 CICERO, Ill. – State Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, D-Cicero, Town President Larry Dominick and Town Assessor Emilio “Emo” Cundari will be hosting a Property Tax Appeal Seminar on [...]

04/10/2019 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, D-Cicero, will be joined by a diverse coalition of legislators, advocates and students calling for the passage of legislation [...]

04/01/2019 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, D-Cicero, is fighting to expand access to higher education, working with a diverse coalition of legislators, advocates, and [...]

03/26/2019 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, D-Cicero, is sending a message that Illinois will not help advance Donald Trump’s bigoted immigration policies by introducing [...]