Morelia, Michoacán, December 16, 2022.- To strengthen the ties of cooperation, the deputies of the 75th Legislature received Democrat Karina Villa, Senator for the 25th district of the state of Illinois, in the State Congress.
The president of the board of directors, Julieta García Zepeda and the members of the Migration Commission, Eréndira Isauro and Jesús Hernández Peña, together with the senator, visited the structures of the Legislative Palace.
At the time, during the meeting, they established their commitment to work on behalf of Michoacán migrants living in the United States.
The senator shared her roots in Michoacán, which motivated her to work on behalf of migrants, managing to specify laws that allowed medical safety for those over 42.
In addition, he said, he is committed to promoting federal reforms that allow for the regularization of the immigration status of those who currently work there, but who cannot return to their places of origin.
Lawmakers Gabriela Cázares Blanco and Ma. Belinda Hurtado Marín joined the guided tour, as did representatives of migrant clubs and Pilar Durán, head of Casa Michoacán in Chicago.
Before them, the senator recalled that when she ran for the Democratic Party, being a woman and with Mexican roots, she was seriously criticized, but that being a resident of the small town of West Chicago, the place where her grandfather came to work and where they live Hundreds of Michoacáns gathered to grant her the votes that led to her filling her position in the Illinois Senate.
Karina Villa, prior to her election to the Illinois House of Representatives in 2018, was a member of the Board of Education for District 33 in West Chicago, where she grew up with her family of migrant parents, small business owners in that community, with roots in Zinapecuaro, Michoacan.
The senator has shown interest in issues such as labor rights and women’s health; gender equality; migrants and the environment; and legislated on workers’ rights; education; police and prison policy; LGBTQ+ rights; cannabis; racial justice; climate and energy; medical treatment and abortion.
In matters of immigration, he promoted reforms to authorize temporary guardians for the children of deported people.
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