Press Releases
PALATINE, IL — Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) introduced legislation to rename the United States Post Office at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine as the “Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building,” honoring Bernard “Bernie” Bluestein
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi sent two letters to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last night demanding accountability for the Department of Homeland Security’s actions during the ongoing government shutdown — including the furlough of its detention oversight personnel and reports of mistreatment of journalists covering immig
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Following visits this week to Loretto Hospital in Chicago and River Bluff Nursing Home in Rockford—facilities already straining under the Trump Administration’s health care cuts—Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, wrote to Centers for
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today visited Loretto Hospital on Chicago’s West Side and River Bluff Nursing Home in Rockford to draw attention to the devastating impact of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) on Illinois families as the law slashes $911 billion from Medicaid over the next decade, increasing the numb
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today reaffirmed the validity of the video showing ICE agents violently detaining individuals in Hoffman Estates, confirmed that the incident occurred in his district, and condemned the Trump Administration’s campaign
BROADVIEW, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was blocked today by the Trump Administration from entering the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Broadview, Illinois, after arriving to perform lawful congressional oversight of reported detentions.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement in response to a video from Hoffman Estates of what appears to be ICE agents seizing a child:
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) joined Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL) and other members of the Illinois congressional delegation in sending a letter to the Inspectors General of the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS), calling for full and independent investigations into recent immigration enforcement acti
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today called on Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to immediately reverse the Trump Administration’s decision to cancel the annual Household Food Security Report, a critical tool for tracking hunger in the United States.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement on the acceptance by Israel and Hamas of the first phase of a peace agreement: