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During the August District Work Period, Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) will partner with Illinois Senator Celina Villanueva, State Representatives Aarón Ortiz and Norma Hernández, Cook County Commissioners Alma Anaya and Frank Aguilar, Chicago Alderpeople Michael D.

–Congressman Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04) is back from leading a congressional delegation to Bogotá for the Panamerican Congress in Colombia.  The organization focuses on "hemispheric cooperation, democracy and the climate crisis." In a statement, Garcia said he's concerned about an "increasingly coordinated group of right-wing politicians, who use election denial, lawfare and repression to consolidate their power." Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03) also attended the event.

Following a July audit on the Berkeley Environmental Health Division’s failure to meet food safety inspection targets, Tuesday’s Berkeley City Council meeting reviewed the audit alongside discussions to amend the Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929, or the Registry Bill.   

Federal grant money secured by Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García and Former House Representative Jim Durkin, along with contributions from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS), the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Hinsdale Junior Women’s Club and The Hope Chest helped pay for the cost of the renovation.

One out of every 10 children in Illinois has an undocumented parent, advocates said. While they’ve built lives in the country and contribute to the economy, they also live in constant fear of deportation due to the lack of permanent status, Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García said in a statement. Biden’s new policy will help keep thousands of families together, García said.

“The announcement to be made by the Biden administration today is the most significant positive immigration policy change in the last 12 years,” said Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García (D-Ill.), one of Congress’s most active pro-immigrant advocates.

Víctimas y activistas contra la violencia de armas de fuego de México y Estados Unidos, incluyendo una de las madres de los 43 estudiantes desaparecidos de Ayotzinapa y la madre de una joven asesinada en Uvalde, Texas, se presentaron junto con legisladores demócratas y organizaciones sociales para lanzar una nueva agenda binacional para la paz y la justicia

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Ur Jaddou, the Democrats said migrants are now forced to make life-changing legal decisions on the fly and under duress, facing immediate and drastic consequences like a minimum five-year bar on reentering the United States.