Hi my name is Armando Hernandez, I’m 25 years old and I was brought here at the age of five. My question is how would you help immigrants like me and my family? Thank you Armando for being a part of our community, you and your family. People with the same status as yourself and your family contribute economically to our state, and enrich our culture. What I will do to help immigrants like you and your family is continue to co-sponsor the TRUST Act. What is the TRUST act? The TRUST act is a bill that makes our state more welcoming to immigrant communities. Today, 41,000 people in Chicago alone have been affected by Trump’s decision to end DACA. They’re living in fear right now, and many are unsure of their future. This is unacceptable and I can’t even begin to imagine what they are going through. No one should have to worry whether their going to leave the country they have called home for their entire life. I have first hand seen how the move to a different country can truly change someone's life. My mother Miriam was also an immigrant, she was born in Romania and at the age of two she moved to Israel. At the age of eight in Israel she started her music career and it allowed my mother to travel to many countries and meet my father.I will work closely with Luis Huerta-Silva, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights to make plans that benefit those who call Illinois a home.I want the 1.8 million immigrants who live in this state to feel safe. I want young and older people to have the resources they need to continue their studies. I want people to open up more businesses, I want people from all over the country to know that Illinois is the state where you truly live the American Dream. It’s time for a change and I am here before you to offer my leadership, and my vision. We must take charge and make this change happen, we must make the state of Illinois to be the thriving state I know it can be. Bruce Rauner has not been able to show leadership and his administration lacks the change that that your family, and our community needs. They haven’t been able to do simple things our state needs in order to succeed such as education, health care, and establishing a budget. My background in Mathematics will enable me to accomplish things our past governors have failed to do. Our state is like a plant, we need to take care of it or it will die. We don’t want our plant to die, but we do want it to grow strong! To do so we need to make changes, vote for me and I will ensure you have a safe and good future.
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