Press Releases
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.
Si se perdió mi foro virtual sobre inmigración efectuado el martes 18 de marzo, visiten mi página web o mi página de YouTube para ver la grabación. Si no tuvimos oportunidad de responder a sus preguntas, por favor, llamen a mi oficina del suroeste al (773) 475-0833 y a mi oficina de los suburbios occidentales al (773) 342-0774.
CHICAGO— Para garantizar que todos los habitantes de Illinois conozcan la información sobre la REAL ID, el Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García y el Secretario de Estado Alexi Giannoulias, lanzaron un video dirigido específicamente a los residentes hispanohablantes.
CHICAGO— To ensure every Illinoisan gets the facts about REAL ID, Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García joined Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias and released a video specifically geared toward Spanish-speaking residents.
García shared information about who needs a REAL ID and why, directing Illinoisans to the “Get A REAL ID” portal on the Secretary of State’s website – realid.ilsos.gov.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) issued the following statement on the passing of Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07):
“My friendship with Raúl started long before I came to Congress. We both started our careers as community advocates and organizers. We shared a passion for justice and equality in our communities. We both came from working-class families, proud of our Mexican roots, and we both enjoyed a good laugh and a good mariachi. So it was just natural that we would become friends.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — El Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) emitió la siguiente declaración sobre el fallecimiento del Congresista Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07):
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) issued the following statement after voting against the Republican funding bill:
A video clip of this statement can be found here.
“I’ve been opposing a lot of terrible Republican bills lately, and today, I voted no on a particularly evil proposal.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- El Congresista Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04) emitió la siguiente declaración:
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04) issued the following statement:
"Chicago is a city of immigrants, established by immigrants. It’s a city where families come to build a better life, just like my family did 60 years ago. That’s why I fought to make Chicago a sanctuary city—the first in the country.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — El Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García emitió la siguiente declaración en respuesta al discurso del presidente Trump ante el Congreso:
“Esta noche, Donald Trump hizo lo que siempre hace: mintió, culpó a otros y se jactó de sus fracasos. En lugar de ofrecer soluciones, dividió a los estadounidenses para cubrir lo que está robando de los programas gubernamentales en beneficio de sus amigos multimillonarios.