United States Representative (Democratic) from Illinois's 4th district.
Case
ICE says an officer shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in self-defense after he used his van as a weapon. Passenger witnesses dispute the claimed threat, and a Harris County grand jury is reviewing the shooting.
Case
An ICE agent fatally shot Silverio Villegas González in Franklin Park. DHS says he struck and dragged an officer; a state commission's video review said key parts of that account were not established.
Role at the time: U.S. representative for Illinois
Statement summary
García called Villegas González’s death a murder and accused ICE of lying about the facts surrounding it.
“In both cases, ICE has lied about the facts that led to these murders, just like they lied when they killed Silverio Villegas Gonzalez and shot Marimar Martinez in Chicago last year.”
He categorically condemns the shooting and rejects ICE’s factual defense.
Role at the time: U.S. representative for Illinois’s 4th congressional district
Statement summary
Jesús “Chuy” García called the Houston and Maine shootings murders and accused ICE of lying about the facts surrounding them.
“Federal immigration agents have killed two more people in just one week: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine. In both cases, ICE has lied about the facts that led to these murders.”
Relative to the fatal use of force against Salgado Araujo, García expressly calls the death a murder and accuses ICE of misrepresenting the facts. The substantive judgment is condemnation.
Statement dates: July 14, 2026
Statement dates: July 14, 2026
Statement dates: July 14, 2026
Statement dates: July 14, 2026
