Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi condemned President Trump’s renewed threat to unlawfully withhold Congressionally approved funding from Chicago and other cities whose laws prohibit local law enforcement from assisting in immigration enforcement operations with ICE and other federal agencies.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanding that DHS categorically rule out Venezuela as a destination for third-country deportations and halt any actions that would place vulnerable people into conditions of danger, lawlessness, or abuse.
WASHINGTON — Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) called on Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) to immediately schedule a public hearing requiring Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to provide sworn testimony on deadly enforcement actions, unlawful detentions and deportations of U.S. citizens, and a documented pattern of abuse under her leadership.
EVANSTON, IL — Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) joined leaders from the Infant Welfare Society of Evanston, along with local teachers and parents, to highlight the impact of the Trump administration’s blanket freeze of federal child care and family support funding and to announce the Kids Before Cuts Act, legislation to end the freeze and prevent any administration from unilaterally withholding congressionally approved funding.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) issued the following statement in response to a shooting in Portland involving federal immigration enforcement personnel:
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Congressman Joaquin Castro today introduced the No Occupation of Venezuela (NOVA) Act of 2026, legislation to prohibit the use of any federal funds—military or civilian, direct or indirect—to occupy, administer, or assert U.S. control over Venezuela, including through taxpayer-backed reimbursement or subsidies for oil company expansion and infrastructure in the country.
WASHINGTON — During a House oversight hearing, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today spoke in support of a Democratic effort to subpoena the Department of Homeland Security following the fatal shooting of a woman by an agent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, underscoring the Committee’s responsibility to demand accountability when deadly force is used.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) voted this evening to extend the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits and spoke on the House floor about the immediate harm Illinois families are facing after the credits expired. During debate, Congressman Krishnamoorthi highlighted the story of a Chicago constituent confronting an impossible choice:
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) issued the following statement in response to the fatal shooting of a woman during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Minneapolis:
WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) announced today his intention to introduce the No Occupation of Venezuela (NOVA) Act, legislation to prohibit the use of any federal funds—military or civilian, direct or indirect—to further in any way the occupation or internal administration of Venezuela.