Humboldt Park

The unexpected visit by Department of Homeland Security agents to a cultural space in Chicago's Puerto Rican neighborhood of Humboldt Park has alarmed a community already wary of the federal government's escalating immigration policies.

After running and winning 26th Ward for the Democrats in Chicago, she is still skeptical of that party and has her feet firmly anchored in her community.

Jessie Fuentes and Cristina Pacione Zayas are two Puerto Rican politicians in Chicago who have experienced government abandonment in various stages of their lives, but who have also witnessed the power of community organizing that achieved anti-gentrification legislation.