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WASHINGTON, D.C. — El Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) emitió la siguiente declaración sobre los primeros 100 días del segundo mandato de Trump como presidente:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) issued the following statement on the first 100 days of Trump’s second term as president:
CHICAGO, IL – El Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) fue acompañado por a funcionarios locales, líderes sindicales del Sindicato de Empleados del Gobierno (AFGE), defensores de personas con discapacidades de Access Living y aliados nacionales en una conferencia de prensa bilingüe para rechazar los recortes propuestos por la administración Trump a miles de empleos en la Administración del Seguro Social (SSA).
CHICAGO, IL – Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) stood along with local elected officials, union leaders from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), disability advocates from Access Living, and national partners at a bilingual press conference to denounce the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to thousands of Social Security Administration (SSA) employees.
CPF Overview
Community Project Funding (CPF) is an initiative for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) that allows Members of Congress to request direct funding for projects that benefit the communities they represent. CPF is separate from federal grants and funding apportioned by formula. CPF’s are also not regular appropriations requests, which deal with overall funding levels for federal programs.
CHICAGO — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) issued the following statement on the temporary release of José Gregorio González from ICE custody:
“I am relieved that my constituent José Gregorio González is free after being detained and sent out of state. What happened in Cicero, in my district, is outrageous. Mr. González came to this country to save his brother’s life by donating a kidney, but ICE locked him up. No one should be arrested for trying to save a life.
CHICAGO — El Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) emitió la siguiente declaración sobre la liberación temporal de José Gregorio González de la custodia de la agencia del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés):
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered a powerful statement and line of questioning at a hearing of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust. Congressman García’s remarks focused on the alarming ways in which Donald Trump and Elon Musk are exploiting AI to target Americans and their deliberate dismantling of essential AI safeguards.
If you missed my virtual immigration forum in Spanish held on Tuesday, March 18, please visit my website or my YouTube page to watch the recording. My special guests, Marilu Moreno of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and immigration attorney Vanessa Esparza of the National Immigrant Justice Center, had the opportunity to answer many questions from the audience.