Press Releases
Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), the Vice Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement after Texas federal Judge Andrew Hanen’s declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program illegal, striking down a Biden effort to codify the policy into a federal regulation:
Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), the Vice Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. – This week, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), the Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, joined the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragan (CA-44), Vice Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Rep.
Washington, DC — Today, Vice Ranking Member of the Committee Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Emergency Management & Technology Rep. Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA), and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement & Intelligence Rep.
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) joined Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), and 77 other lawmakers in a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to swiftly deliver on his promise to deliver student debt cancellation to working and middle-class families by early 2024.
Chicago - Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), the Vice Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement after several libraries around Illinois, including libraries in Chicago, received bomb threats that forced them to close doors to the public:
Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) released the following statement regarding former president Donald J. Trump's four-count federal indictment for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and conspiring in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol:
Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) took to the House Floor to amplify the Puerto Rican communities’ call for Congress to invest in pathways for food sovereignty in Puerto Rico. Ramirez is joining the voices of other Puerto Rican leaders in the archipelago and her district, like the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, to ensure federal funding is strategically directed towards agriculture development programs.
Washington, DC - Today, the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee advanced out of committee the H.R. 1767, the Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act, legislation introduced by Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) earlier this year to establish an across-the-board process for student veterans to restore their GI Bill education benefits in qualifying instances, such as when a student veteran has been defrauded by an educational institution.