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SARAH MANSUR SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers passed bills advanced by the Legislative Latino Caucus that would close the state’s three immigrant detention centers and strengthen existing protections against local and federal law enforcement.  The Illinois Way Forward Act, or Senate Bill 667, requires that the existing agreements between local jails in McHenry, Pulaski and Kankakee counties and Immigration and Customs Enforcement must end by Jan. 1, 2022. The bill also prohibits any future agreements between ICE and local governments to “house or detain individua...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers passed bills advanced by the Legislative Latino Caucus...

Some people hope the legislation will give them a pathway to citizenship. "Today is the sunniest day we've had in a few weeks, and it's exactly how I feel. I feel like I can finally breathe a sigh of relief and not have to worry," said Ere Rendon, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient. Rendon was brought to the United States by her parents when she was four. Her family settled in McHenry County. "To finally, after five years, feel like I do belong here, and I am welcomed here," Rendon said. President Biden's executive order immediately pauses the border wall construction that was p...