Press Releases
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. The visit comes just days after video of a fifteen-year-old constituent was seen being violently detained by ICE in Hoffman Estates in the Eighth Congressional District. ICE officials refused entry to the facility.
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 actions and fatal shootings by federal agents in Illinois.
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:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, and Congressman Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter yesterday to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard demanding all intelligence and law enforcement materials related
WASHINGTON – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, and Congressman Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter today to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard demanding all intelligence and law enforcement materials related to
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today responded to President Trump’s decision to deploy Texas National Guard troops into Illinois over Governor JB Pritzker’s objections:
CHICAGO — Today, in the wake of increasingly militarized ICE activities across the state and the Trump Administration’s preparations to federalize members of the Illinois National Guard, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following statement:
BLOOMINGTON, IL - Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) joined Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner Koos, State Rep. Sharon Chung, and local small business owners at Windy City Wieners to highlight how rising utility bills are straining families and businesses across central and southern Illinois. Windy City Weiners owner Steven Marifjeren recently saw his utility bill increase by nearly $1,000, underscoring the mounting challenges facing small businesses already squeezed by inflation and slowing demand.