E-Newsletters
November 28, 2025
To celebrate Small Business Saturday coming up this weekend, I joined dozens of local business owners at a Small Business Roundtable in Wicker Park. We discussed the impacts of Trump's tariffs and ICE raids, as well as other issues facing our community.
November 21, 2025
On Tuesday, I voted to release the Epstein Files. Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile, sex offender, and human trafficker. He abused, trafficked, and threatened over 1,000 girls — some as young as 14 — causing irreparable harm to their physical and mental health.
November 14, 2025
On Monday, the Senate passed a partisan spending bill that lets health care costs skyrocket. On Wednesday, I voted no. Republicans must extend tax credits that make health care more affordable, restore Medicaid funding, and prevent Trump from making illegal funding cuts in the future. This shutdown "deal" does none of those things.
November 7, 2025
On Wednesday morning, federal ICE agents violently entered Rayito de Sol daycare and arrested a teacher without a warrant, in front of children and parents. Trump and his deputies claim they are going after the worst of the worst, but they're targeting teachers, painters, laborers, parents, and anyone who fits their profile. I have called for an Inspector General investigation into ICE’s misconduct and will continue to document their egregious behavior until they are held to account.
October 31, 2025
This week, I led the entire House of Representatives Illinois Democratic delegation in demanding that the Department of Homeland Security launch an investigation into the misconduct of ICE and CBP around Chicagoland. If this administration is going to use the levers of government to attack the innocent, then I’m going to make sure we use every lever of power we get to go after the guilty.
October 25, 2025
On Friday, ICE was seen throughout IL-05 kidnapping people, detaining U.S. citizens, and tear-gassing residents who dared to challenge ICE’s actions. My entire Chicago staff immediately responded to these reports by contacting ICE and the FBI to initiate inquiries, sharing information about sightings with community leaders and on social media, and providing on-the-ground support in our neighborhoods.
October 17, 2025
I encourage everyone who chooses to use their voice this weekend to do so safely and peacefully. I also hope to see you frequenting businesses in the Little Village and Pilsen areas, lending your support to the communities that need it the most right now.
October 10, 2025
Chicagoland has been reeling from the influx of ICE agents and their escalatory actions in our communities. Instead of helping lower the temperature, this week, Trump inflamed tensions by deploying the Texas National Guard into Illinois. The deployment of hundreds of ICE agents and National Guard troops is not only unnecessary, it’s costing us millions of tax dollars. None of it is making us safer.
October 3, 2025
Republicans had two choices: come to the table with Democrats or shut down the government. They chose to shut it down. Democrats passed the ACA's "premium tax credits" in 2021, and as a result, 11 million Americans have signed up for health insurance. Now, Republicans want to let those tax credits expire, which would mean price increases of 114% for 22 million Americans. I'm ready to negotiate a deal at any time, but Republicans need to come to the table.
September 26, 2025
My office is here to help during the current dramatic increase in ICE action in and around Chicago, and this administration's attacks on immigrant communities. As part of my commitment to aiding and protecting immigrants, I have launched an Immigration Protection Toolkit on my website. This page is intended to provide information and resources for anyone concerned about their safety or the safety of their loved ones. It also makes it easier for anyone who needs help to contact my office.