Iliana Santillán is an immigrant from Mexico, founder of the movement group Brava NC, and a statewide leader advancing civic engagement and political power-building in North Carolina. She is a collaborator on Beacon Media’s Latino community media project, El Faro.
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Opinion: I went to an ICE detention center. There, I saw the real ‘immigration crisis’
Traveling to the federal detention center in Stewart County, Georgia, Iliana Santillán attended the hearing of a friend and emerged with a greater understanding of those detained by ICE.
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Opinion: Why no one will make North Carolina’s Latino community invisible
As the Trump administration targets people under the guise of immigration enforcement, many Latinos in N.C. are celebrating our communities and culture — despite the fear.
