Graciela Guzmán
@gracielaforsenate.bsky.social
IL State Senator, District 20 | immigration and healthcare advocate | mutual aid | with my community, for my community. Se habla español
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Unless Congress votes to extend subsidies, monthly ACA premiums in Illinois will go up an average of 78%, and many people will end up forgoing coverage altogether.
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Illinois consumers face high health insurance prices, with Obamacare subsidies still in limbo after shutdown
Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents will face higher health care costs if the federal government doesn’t extend enhanced tax credits.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Unless Congress votes to extend subsidies, monthly ACA premiums in Illinois will go up an average of 78%, and many people will end up forgoing coverage altogether.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/16/h...
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On Thursday morning, Felix was going to school with his daughter when he was abducted by ICE. As a worker, a parent, and a husband, he is part of our community.
His absence has left his family in crisis. We’re calling on community to share this so we can bring Felix home.
gofund.me/a3fc443fd
His absence has left his family in crisis. We’re calling on community to share this so we can bring Felix home.
gofund.me/a3fc443fd
Donate to Stand with Felix's Family: Urgent Support Needed, organized by Amanda Guillaume
Early morning Thursday, November 13, Felix and his family’s life as … Amanda Guillaume needs your support for Stand with Felix's Family: Urgent Support Needed
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November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
On Thursday morning, Felix was going to school with his daughter when he was abducted by ICE. As a worker, a parent, and a husband, he is part of our community.
His absence has left his family in crisis. We’re calling on community to share this so we can bring Felix home.
gofund.me/a3fc443fd
His absence has left his family in crisis. We’re calling on community to share this so we can bring Felix home.
gofund.me/a3fc443fd
*Mutual aid request*
We’re teaming up with The StopAlong to fundraise to support families affected by the loss of SNAP or the presence of ICE agents in our neighborhoods in order to help them get a meal on Thanksgiving.
gofund.me/94ec535a8
We’re teaming up with The StopAlong to fundraise to support families affected by the loss of SNAP or the presence of ICE agents in our neighborhoods in order to help them get a meal on Thanksgiving.
gofund.me/94ec535a8
Donate to Family Thanksgiving Meals for Community Members in Need, organized by Robert Magiet
Funds are being raised to help provide Thanksgiving Meals to our… Robert Magiet needs your support for Family Thanksgiving Meals for Community Members in Need
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November 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
*Mutual aid request*
We’re teaming up with The StopAlong to fundraise to support families affected by the loss of SNAP or the presence of ICE agents in our neighborhoods in order to help them get a meal on Thanksgiving.
gofund.me/94ec535a8
We’re teaming up with The StopAlong to fundraise to support families affected by the loss of SNAP or the presence of ICE agents in our neighborhoods in order to help them get a meal on Thanksgiving.
gofund.me/94ec535a8
Diana Santillana Galeano, who has work authorization in the U.S., was released Wednesday night, a judge finding she was illegally detained.
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North Center Daycare Teacher Detained by ICE Released From Custody
Diana Santillana Galeano, who had been held at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Clay County, Indiana, was released Wednesday night, hours after a federal judge granted a habeas peti...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Diana Santillana Galeano, who has work authorization in the U.S., was released Wednesday night, a judge finding she was illegally detained.
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Here’s the truth: Last week, ICE agents tear gassed a one year old girl and her family while they were trying to get groceries at Sam’s Club.
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Dad says he and his toddler were pepper sprayed by federal immigration agents
The dad said a masked agent pointed a pepper-spray gun through their car's open window at a Sam's parking lot and they were hit; the Dept. of Homeland Security rejected their account.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Here’s the truth: Last week, ICE agents tear gassed a one year old girl and her family while they were trying to get groceries at Sam’s Club.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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This is a victory for our organizers, our lawyers, our activists, our documentarians. It’s nowhere near enough, and, devastatingly, it’s too late for some, who chose to leave the U.S. rather than face the inhumane conditions at Broadview or elsewhere.
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Hundreds of individuals detained by ICE, CBP in Chicago to be released after judge's ruling
‘Independence Day’ will be any time before Friday for hundreds of Chicago and Midwestern immigrants who were arrested and detained by U.S. law enforcement.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This is a victory for our organizers, our lawyers, our activists, our documentarians. It’s nowhere near enough, and, devastatingly, it’s too late for some, who chose to leave the U.S. rather than face the inhumane conditions at Broadview or elsewhere.
www.nbcchicago.com/investigatio...
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We took a moment to highlight in the Tribune that something deeper is happening than just people lining up and gathering whistles. We are outpacing them. We are breaking their image of authoritarian invincibility.
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Sen. Graciela Guzmán and Gabe Gonzalez: There is something deeper at work in Chicago than residents blowing whistles
In Chicago a trifecta has emerged to fight ICE: grassroots mobilization, judicial accountability and united local governments.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We took a moment to highlight in the Tribune that something deeper is happening than just people lining up and gathering whistles. We are outpacing them. We are breaking their image of authoritarian invincibility.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/o...
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We have been living in a city and a state for a long time that does not prioritize a world-class education over the comfort of billionaires or the false promises of austerity. We have done cuts and pulling back before, and we know what kind of trauma and impact that has on our people.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We have been living in a city and a state for a long time that does not prioritize a world-class education over the comfort of billionaires or the false promises of austerity. We have done cuts and pulling back before, and we know what kind of trauma and impact that has on our people.
October Veto Session Recap:
A lot of the legislation from the session that we just wrapped up last week came out of devastating and painful lived experience.
A lot of the legislation from the session that we just wrapped up last week came out of devastating and painful lived experience.
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
October Veto Session Recap:
A lot of the legislation from the session that we just wrapped up last week came out of devastating and painful lived experience.
A lot of the legislation from the session that we just wrapped up last week came out of devastating and painful lived experience.
*Urgent Fundraiser*
My heart is shattered for this Albany Park family right now.
Israel Guzman-Chavez was working in Evanston yesterday when he was kidnapped by custom and border patrol agents.
www.gofundme.com/f/pypff-help...
My heart is shattered for this Albany Park family right now.
Israel Guzman-Chavez was working in Evanston yesterday when he was kidnapped by custom and border patrol agents.
www.gofundme.com/f/pypff-help...
Donate to Father Detained, Son Hospitalized — Help Reunite Us, organized by Marco Guzman
My name is Marco Guzman, and I’m 17 years old. On Friday, October 31… Marco Guzman needs your support for Father Detained, Son Hospitalized — Help Reunite Us
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November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
*Urgent Fundraiser*
My heart is shattered for this Albany Park family right now.
Israel Guzman-Chavez was working in Evanston yesterday when he was kidnapped by custom and border patrol agents.
www.gofundme.com/f/pypff-help...
My heart is shattered for this Albany Park family right now.
Israel Guzman-Chavez was working in Evanston yesterday when he was kidnapped by custom and border patrol agents.
www.gofundme.com/f/pypff-help...
Thanks to the love and support of community, we successfully turned in our enormous stack of petitions on Monday, 3,000+ signatures to help me get on the ballot again for March 2026.
October 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Thanks to the love and support of community, we successfully turned in our enormous stack of petitions on Monday, 3,000+ signatures to help me get on the ballot again for March 2026.
Earlier this week, we posted a legislative update on our goals going into Veto Session. The video is too long for Bluesky, but feel free to watch it on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DQUCP6RlbXz/
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October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Earlier this week, we posted a legislative update on our goals going into Veto Session. The video is too long for Bluesky, but feel free to watch it on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DQUCP6RlbXz/
This isn’t normal, and this should not be what I am finding in our streets. This is not a war zone. This is our home.
Last week, I spent hours in the car in Avondale, trying to find ICE agents and locate community members, as well as advocate to get folks released who have been detained.
Last week, I spent hours in the car in Avondale, trying to find ICE agents and locate community members, as well as advocate to get folks released who have been detained.
October 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This isn’t normal, and this should not be what I am finding in our streets. This is not a war zone. This is our home.
Last week, I spent hours in the car in Avondale, trying to find ICE agents and locate community members, as well as advocate to get folks released who have been detained.
Last week, I spent hours in the car in Avondale, trying to find ICE agents and locate community members, as well as advocate to get folks released who have been detained.
ICE was an onslaught in our communities across Chicago yesterday, nonstop from 7 a.m.
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Illinois lawmaker on fight against Trump's policies: We 'will not cave' to 'authoritarian will'
Federal officials will face questioning by a judge over whether they violated a tear gas order. State. Sen. Graciela Guzmán (D-IL) joins Ali Vitali to speak out against the Trump administration's crac...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
ICE was an onslaught in our communities across Chicago yesterday, nonstop from 7 a.m.
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It was solemn and joyful and painful and cathartic on Saturday to march with thousands of Chicagoans—and my elected family—and say with one voice: No Kings.
I was also grateful to stand with an administration at the city level that is pushing back against this.
I was also grateful to stand with an administration at the city level that is pushing back against this.
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It was solemn and joyful and painful and cathartic on Saturday to march with thousands of Chicagoans—and my elected family—and say with one voice: No Kings.
I was also grateful to stand with an administration at the city level that is pushing back against this.
I was also grateful to stand with an administration at the city level that is pushing back against this.
Thank you to Ben Joravsky for having me on earlier this month to discuss the situation on the ground in our communities with continued, heavy ICE presence.
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State Senator Graciela Guzman--Testing Ground
ICE manages to avoid Wrigley Field. Ben riffs. State senator Graciela Guzman talks about Trump’s invasion of Chicago. And Chicago as a testing ground for MAGA messa…
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October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thank you to Ben Joravsky for having me on earlier this month to discuss the situation on the ground in our communities with continued, heavy ICE presence.
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Dear community,
I want to speak plainly and from the heart. These last few months have been some of the hardest of my life, as an organizer, a legislator, and a daughter of immigrants.
I want to speak plainly and from the heart. These last few months have been some of the hardest of my life, as an organizer, a legislator, and a daughter of immigrants.
October 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Dear community,
I want to speak plainly and from the heart. These last few months have been some of the hardest of my life, as an organizer, a legislator, and a daughter of immigrants.
I want to speak plainly and from the heart. These last few months have been some of the hardest of my life, as an organizer, a legislator, and a daughter of immigrants.
Thank you so much to Making Great Strides for inviting us to be Halloween costume “judges” and to raise money for the National Immigrant Justice Center in Horner Park.
October 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Thank you so much to Making Great Strides for inviting us to be Halloween costume “judges” and to raise money for the National Immigrant Justice Center in Horner Park.
I am grateful to Joy Reid for having me on her show this week. Here's a link to the full episode. www.youtube.com/live/92c3jMH...
Shutdown shenanigans, Chitown & Vance | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
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October 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I am grateful to Joy Reid for having me on her show this week. Here's a link to the full episode. www.youtube.com/live/92c3jMH...
Gracias por invitarme @uninoticias.bsky.social para hablar sobre lo que está pasando en nuestras comunidades en Chicago en este momento.
El vídeo completo está aquí: www.instagram.com/p/DPg-hOcAnLU/
El vídeo completo está aquí: www.instagram.com/p/DPg-hOcAnLU/
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October 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Gracias por invitarme @uninoticias.bsky.social para hablar sobre lo que está pasando en nuestras comunidades en Chicago en este momento.
El vídeo completo está aquí: www.instagram.com/p/DPg-hOcAnLU/
El vídeo completo está aquí: www.instagram.com/p/DPg-hOcAnLU/
Grateful to have been able to speak this week on CNN about what ICE is doing in our communities. The full video is on Instagram, but some thoughts:
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October 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Grateful to have been able to speak this week on CNN about what ICE is doing in our communities. The full video is on Instagram, but some thoughts:
www.instagram.com/p/DPfnJAbDx0a/
www.instagram.com/p/DPfnJAbDx0a/
On Saturday, our IPOs from across the Northwest Side and the city came together to get signatures for a host of our progressive electeds, and we collected over 1,000. There was a lot of grief in the room that day, but also a lot of love, and a lot of determination.
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On Saturday, our IPOs from across the Northwest Side and the city came together to get signatures for a host of our progressive electeds, and we collected over 1,000. There was a lot of grief in the room that day, but also a lot of love, and a lot of determination.
In the last week, we have witnessed state-sponsored terrorism. So-called ICE agents, (who knows, since we haven't seen warrants or badges) have been terrorizing innocent people throughout our city.
October 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In the last week, we have witnessed state-sponsored terrorism. So-called ICE agents, (who knows, since we haven't seen warrants or badges) have been terrorizing innocent people throughout our city.
Wednesday's response to a raft of ICE detainments and kidnappings on the Northwest Side and in Albany Park was a moving community love letter to this neighborhood.
October 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Wednesday's response to a raft of ICE detainments and kidnappings on the Northwest Side and in Albany Park was a moving community love letter to this neighborhood.
Hay pedacitos de las vidas de los miembros de mi comunidad en las calles del noroeste. Las botitas de un padre que dejó a su hija en la clase de baile. Un casco de construcción de un hombre que fue desaparecido por ICE.
October 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hay pedacitos de las vidas de los miembros de mi comunidad en las calles del noroeste. Las botitas de un padre que dejó a su hija en la clase de baile. Un casco de construcción de un hombre que fue desaparecido por ICE.