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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:
WASHINGTON, DC — El Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) emitió la siguiente declaración tras de que el Caucus Demócrata votara para asignarlo al Comité Judicial de la Cámara de Representantes:
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) released the following statement after the Democratic Caucus voted to appoint him to the House Judiciary Committee:
Riverside’s lengthy, meandering quest to build a floodwall along Groveland Avenue to hold back the occasionally mighty Des Plaines River continues. The price keeps rising in million-dollar leaps as the years pass, but a determined village hall keeps finding new pots of money to tap to keep the local cost of this essential project in range.
U.S. Congressman Jesus Garcia on Monday condemned the Israeli killing of a Turkish-American activist in the occupied West Bank, calling for an independent investigation into the incident.
“I strongly condemn the killing of Aysenur (Ezgi) Eygi, an American citizen protesting illegal Israeli occupation in the West Bank, and support her family’s call for an independent investigation into her death,” Garcia wrote on social media platform X.
One of six hostages confirmed killed by Hamas in Gaza over the weekend was Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the 23-year-old son of Chicago natives Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg who was kidnapped from the Tribe of Nova music festival in the Negev desert in southern Israel on Oct. 7.
CHICAGO—Democrats “have made a mistake” of “not standing up for fairness, equality, and inclusion of immigrants” in U.S. society and against the “fear and division” Republicans, led by presidential nominee Donald Trump, says Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, D-Ill., a prominent leader on the issue whose southwestern Chicago congressional district has a high proportion of immigrants.