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CHICAGO — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) issued the following statement in support of opening a new police station at the Midway Armory. The armory, located at 63rd and Long, has been closed and unused for seven years, and Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation to transfer the armory for $1 from the state to the city for a new police district station.
CHICAGO — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) issued the following statement a year after the Hamas’ attack on Israel:
WASHINGTON, DC — Reps. Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) and Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, led 11 Members of Congress in a letter urging Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to use the United States’ voice and vote at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to push for the elimination of harmful IMF surcharges that burden debt-stricken countries.
After promising mass deportations of illegal immigrants, former President Donald Trump is now vowing to come for those admitted into the United States under programs established to protect migrants from certain countries.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04), along with Representative Greg Casar (TX-35), co-founder of the Global Migration Caucus, and U.S.
Across campus this month and into mid-October, students, staff, alumni and Chicago’s Latino community are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with art, music, dance, talks and more. There has been an exhibit of traditional Latino devotional prayer and memory quilts and a volunteer day to clean up a local park. And many more events are planned into October.
Singer Selena Quintanilla, activist Dolores Huerta, writer Sandra Cisneros and politician Jesús “Chuy” García are known as Latino trailblazers.
As Chicagoans celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, WTTW News wanted to hear from you about a Latino person who has influenced or inspired you.
“Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices” hit the streets, and here’s what some of you had to say.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee joined U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) to announce a total of $37,031,074 in federal funding for infrastructure improvements at airports across Illinois, including $555,019 for Midway Airport, located in Congressman García’s district. This funding from the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) released a video blasting The Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 for spreading misinformation about voting rights and demonizing Latinos and immigrants:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives honoring the work of Univision anchor Jorge Ramos: