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Public disputes concerning immigration, border policy, detention, removal proceedings, residence status, and enforcement.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
2 statements on this page. Dates: July 14, 2026
2 matching statements. Dates: July 14, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: July 14, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: July 14, 2026
2 statements on this page. Dates: July 14, 2026
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.”
Official statement addressing the killings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine. García called both deaths murders and accused ICE of lying about the facts.
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.”
Official statement addressing the killings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine. García called both deaths murders and accused ICE of lying about the facts.
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.
