Press Releases

CHICAGO — Today, Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) appeared before the Chicago City Council’s Committee on Workforce Development to deliver testimony against the Trump administration’s attempt to illegally shut down Job Corps programs nationwide—including Paul Simon Job Corps Center, located in his district and serving youth across the Chicagoland region. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) issued the following statement after voting against H.R.1, the “One Big, Ugly Bill”:

“I cannot support a bill that strips health care from working families while writing checks to billionaires and ICE.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — El Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) emitió la siguiente declaración tras votar en contra de la H.R.1, la "La Terrible Ley de Trump”:

“No puedo apoyar un proyecto de ley que priva de atención médica a las familias trabajadoras mientras les extiende cheques a multimillonarios y al Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE).

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc., which guts federal courts’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions and enables lawlessness by the Executive Branch: 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — El Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) emitió la siguiente declaración sobre la decisión de la Corte Suprema en el caso Trump v. CASA, Inc., que restringe la capacidad de los tribunales federales para emitir mandatos judiciales a nivel nacional y permite la ilegalidad del Poder Ejecutivo:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hoy, el Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), miembro del Comité Judicial de la Cámara de Representantes y líder del Caucus Progresista del Congreso, participó en una audiencia virtual dirigida por la Congresista Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) para exponer la más reciente táctica de la administración Trump: usar los tribunales de inmigración como trampas para detener y desaparecer personas.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Representative Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), member of the House Judiciary Committee and Congressional Progressive Caucus Whip, joined a virtual shadow hearing led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) to expose the Trump administration’s latest tactic: using immigration courts as traps to detain and disappear people.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), and Diana DeGette (CO-01), who serves as ranking member for the Subcommittee on Health on the Energy and Commerce Committee, led 28 colleagues in a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. regarding the reported sharing of non-citizen Medicaid enrollee data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for immigration enforcement purposes.