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CHICAGO- Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) released the following statement in light of reporting by the New York Times on instances of migrant child labor in his district and across the country:

CHICAGO – Today, Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García released the following statement: 

CHICAGO – El día de hoy, el Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García emitió el siguiente comunicado:

CHICAGO — Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García issued the following statement on the news of former president Donald Trump’s indictment by a Manhattan grand jury:

“Nobody is above the law.

WASHINGTON, DC -  Today Representatives Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Greg Casar (TX-35) and 27 Members of Congress, alongside more than 300 advocacy organizations and community leaders, reintroduced the New Way Forward Act, a landmark piece of legislation that addresses some of the most harmful provisions of immigration law that drive racist enforcement practices, expanded incarceration in immigration detention centers, and unjust deportations.

WASHINGTON, DC – El Congresista Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) y el Congresista Raúl Grijalva (AZ-07) emitieron el siguiente comunicado sobre el mortal incendio en un centro de detención de migrantes en Ciudad Juárez, México

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) and Congressman Raúl Grijalva (AZ-07) released the following statement on the deadly fire at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

WASHINGTON, DC —Today, in anticipation of next week’s hearing on rail safety, members of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Representative Jesús “Chuy'' García (IL-04) and Representative Hank Johnson (GA-04),  along with Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), and 13 Members of Congress wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg urging the Department to implement stronger rail safety standards, specifically mandating the use and maintenance of wayside detector systems.