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CHICAGO 一 Hoy, los Congresistas Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) y Delia C. Ramírez (IL-03) enviaron una carta al presidente Donald Trump en la que se oponen firmemente a la regla propuesta por su administración, que exigiría que los programas Head Start impartan toda la instrucción educativa en inglés, sin importar el idioma principal de los niños ni su nivel de dominio del inglés.

CHICAGO — El Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) emitió la siguiente declaración en honor a la vida y el legado de Dolores Huerta:

CHICAGO — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) issued the following statement honoring Dolores Huerta’s life and legacy:

“Today, our hearts are heavy with grief as we mourn a giant of the labor, feminist, and civil rights movements. Dolores Huerta was one of the fiercest and wisest women I have ever known. As co-founder of the United Farm Workers, she poured her soul into leading the boycotts, strikes, and relentless contract negotiations that improved the lives of countless farm workers.”

CHICAGO — Declaración del Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04):

“Esta tarde, mi equipo fue alertado por el Servicio de Inspección Postal de los Estados Unidos (USPIS, por sus siglas en inglés) de que una carta sospechosa, dirigida a una de mis oficinas de distrito, fue interceptada en una oficina de correos local. Hemos dado nuestro consentimiento al USPIS para que abran y analicen el contenido de la carta.

CHICAGO — Statement from Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04):

“This afternoon my staff was alerted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) that a suspicious letter addressed to one of my district offices was intercepted at a local post office. We have given USPIS consent to open and test the letter. 

“My staff is taking all possible precautions handling mail, as these unnerving incidents continue across the country. 

CHICAGO — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), along with Congressmembers Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Summer Lee (PA-12), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) released a joint statement condemning the Israeli government’s systematic persecution of Palestinian healthcare workers, and called for their immediate release from arbitrary detention.

CHICAGO — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) led his colleagues Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Congressmen Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Jonathan Jackson (IL-01) in a letter to the U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, condemning the violence by Israeli settlers, police and military in the village of al-Mughayyir in the occupied West Bank.

CHICAGO — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) led a letter with 20 members of the U.S. House and Senate to the Archivist of the U.S. Bradford Wilson, expressing strong opposition to the announcement that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) intends to close the regional archive facility and Federal Records Center (FRC) located in the Congressman’s district since the 1970s, despite the enormous significance of this facility and the records stored therein.