United States Representative and Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Illinois's 3rd district.
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The White House defends taxpayer-funded Trump television ads as public service. Critics in both parties oppose public payment, while Cynthia Lummis defends the messaging and blocks a Senate resolution against the spending.
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Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
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Ilhan Omar denies officials' claim that she married her brother and says DHS has not contacted her. Compare the interviews, her responses and the available evidence about a claimed investigation.
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An issue tracker recording where members of Congress and 2026 midterm candidates stand on the unauthorized Iran war, based on their votes on war-powers resolutions, campaign statements, and public remarks.
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DHS says Silverio Villegas González struck and dragged an ICE agent before the fatal shooting. Compare that account with the Illinois commission's video review and the evidence limits it identified.
Role at the time: U.S. representative
Statement summary
Delia Ramirez signs a joint letter demanding that DHS stop funding political ads supporting Trump and disclose how the spending was approved.
“This disturbing pattern of redirecting congressionally appropriated funding to advantage one political party must cease immediately.”
Signing the letter adopts its explicit opposition to public funding for the Trump-promoting ads.
Role at the time: U.S. Representative, Illinois 3rd district
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Delia C. Ramirez voted Yea on H.Con.Res. 93, the House resolution directing the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
“On Agreeing to the Resolution: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.”
A yea vote supported directing the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran, opposing continued U.S. involvement in the war without congressional authorization.
Role at the time: U.S. representative for Illinois’s 3rd Congressional District, posting on X
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Quote-posting Benny Johnson’s post of DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s claim that Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother, Rep. Delia Ramirez wrote that Mullin “is another tool and loyalist” who is “using his position as Secretary to spread lies, conspiracy theories, and enact Trump’s political vengeance.” In her own words she did not mention Omar or the marriage claim.
“I said it from the beginning: Markwayne is another tool and loyalist.” … “Like his predecessor, he is using his position as Secretary to spread lies, conspiracy theories, and enact Trump’s political vengeance.”
By quote-posting Mullin’s claim and saying he is using his position to “spread lies, conspiracy theories, and enact Trump’s political vengeance,” Ramirez denounces the official making the accusation and characterizes his statements as falsehood and retaliation; she does not separately address the marriage allegation. The closest competing label is “Challenged the characterization”, because she calls his statements false; it loses because she also denounces Mullin’s motive and conduct in office.
Role at the time: U.S. representative for Illinois's 3rd district, in a post on X
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Responding to a Washington Post report that Flock would require stricter oversight after officers misused its cameras to spy on former partners, Rep. Delia Ramirez said "reforms are not enough," called mass surveillance technology a threat to democracy, civil liberties and privacy, and said Congress must stop the ever-expanding surveillance state.
“But we know that reforms are not enough. Private tech companies have amassed record-breaking profits off our pain and the use of technology for mass surveillance is a threat to our democracy, civil liberties, and privacy. Congress must stop the ever-expanding surveillance state.”
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Responding to Flock's promised oversight changes, Ramirez says reforms are not enough and calls mass surveillance technology a threat to civil liberties, which rejects the systems' use, so we labeled it Condemned. The remedy she has put forward is her Reimagining Safety Act, which her office says would limit government surveillance and rein in unlawful abuses of data, so the tracker step is Limit retention and use.
Role at the time: U.S. representative for Illinois's 3rd district, in prepared remarks at a shadow hearing she co-hosted
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Closing a shadow hearing she co-hosted on ICE's use of technology, Rep. Delia Ramirez said companies including Flock Safety are profiting from the surveillance, detention and deportation of immigrant communities, listed license plate readers among the surveillance tools DHS uses, and said DHS must be stripped of any authority to use these systems, alongside abolishing ICE and dismantling DHS.
“We must strip DHS of any authority to use these systems against us. But we must also go further. We must abolish ICE and dismantle DHS. Nothing less will stop the harm these systems are inflicting on our communities.”
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Ramirez names Flock Safety among companies profiting from surveillance and says DHS must be stripped of any authority to use these systems, including license plate readers, which rejects their use by DHS, so we labeled it Condemned. Her remedy restricts which agency may use the systems rather than ending them altogether, so the tracker step is Limit retention and use.
Role at the time: U.S. representative from Illinois
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Ramirez called Villegas González's death a murder by federal agents and said the state investigation was necessary for accountability and justice.
“The recently announced investigation by the Illinois State Police into the murder of Silverio Villegas González by federal agents is a needed step towards accountability and justice.”
Ramirez called the death a murder by federal agents and demanded accountability, directly condemning the shooting.
Statement dates: July 14, 2026 to September 30, 2026
Statement dates: September 30, 2026
Statement dates: May 6, 2026
Statement dates: May 6, 2026 to September 11, 2026
Statement dates: September 15, 2026
Statement dates: May 6, 2026 to September 11, 2026
Statement dates: July 14, 2026 to August 14, 2026
Statement dates: September 30, 2026
Statement dates: July 14, 2026 to August 14, 2026
Statement dates: May 6, 2026 to September 30, 2026
