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October 11, 2024

Three members of Congress — including U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia — are pushing back against Mayor Brandon Johnson’s reliance on federal air traffic safety rules to justify his decision to use a former National Guard armory as an equipment storehouse instead of  a new Southwest Side police district.

Issues:Chicago
October 11, 2024

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - There’s a renewed push to turn an abandoned armory on Chicago’s Southwest Side into a police station. 

The Midway Armory at 63rd and Long has sat vacant for several years. State officials have agreed to sell the building to the City of Chicago for just $1 in hopes that it would become a new police station in a part of the city with the fewest officers per capita.

Those plans have hit a roadblock, with Mayor Johnson aiming to use the National Guard building for storage and aviation-related operations.

Issues:Chicago
October 10, 2024

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.

October 7, 2024

CHICAGO — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) issued the following statement a year after the Hamas’ attack on Israel:

October 3, 2024

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.

September 30, 2024

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. 

Issues:Immigration
September 26, 2024

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.

September 23, 2024

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. 

Issues:Chicago
September 19, 2024

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.

Issues:Chicago
September 13, 2024

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.