In this April 27, 2017 photo, Heartland Community College adjunct instructor of general studies Van Furrh, left, portrays an immigration officer as he gives an oath to student Alec Callender during "Boxes and Walls: The Oppression Experience" at the Astroth Community Education Center in Normal, Ill. The exercise was "about raising awareness of what some of their classmates may have gone through to get here," explained Shamelle Grabill, a tutoring services facilitator at Heartland who helped design the immigration part of the program. (Lewis Marien/The News-Gazette via AP )
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