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November 11, 2025In Chicago, Duckworth Honors Veterans and Celebrates Veterans Day
[CHICAGO, IL] — Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years before retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, today celebrated Veterans Day with local Veterans throughout Chicagoland. Duckworth also met with LGBTQ+ Veterans to hear how the Trump Administration’s actions have hurt them and their and access to benefits. Photos from today’s events are available on the Senator’s website. “Veterans Day is a day of celebration, it’s a moment … Continue Reading
November 11, 2025On Veterans Day, Duckworth Honors the Life and Service of Miguel Perez, Jr.
[CHICAGO, IL] - Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today eulogized Miguel Perez, Jr. in a Little Village Veterans Day ceremony honoring his life and celebrating his memory. Duckworth was a strong advocate of Perez’s, a U.S. Army Veteran who was deported to Mexico despite having been a green card holder since childhood. Duckworth worked to support Perez’s citizenship application and return to the U.S. in 2019, and continued to work closely with Perez to support other deported … Continue Reading
November 10, 2025Duckworth Renews Push to Help Protect Servicemembers and Veterans from Deportation Ahead of Veterans Day and Amid Trump’s Continued Attacks Against our Heroes
Ahead of Veterans Day and as Donald Trump continues to target our brave immigrant Veterans and servicemembers in his mass deportation campaign, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) renewed her push to protect and support these heroes who have proven they are willing to make tremendous sacrifices to defend our nation. Duckworth reintroduced a package of bills—the Veterans Visa and Protection Act, HOPE Act and I-VETS Act—that would prohibit the deportation of immigrant Veterans w… Continue Reading
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October 30, 2025DHS has Arrested people filming their agents, and Sens. Duckworth, Durbin say those arrests must stop
U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin are demanding federal immigration agents stop arresting people filming them. In a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the senators requested that she keep federal agents from arresting people exercising “a core First Amendment right.” “Failure to do so would be an admission that you are purposefully seeking to suppress free speech and impede government accountability through malicious, unlawful arrests intended to terroriz… Continue Reading
October 28, 2025Democrats slam FCC’s decision to ‘gut’ prison phone call price caps
Senate Democrats are urging the Federal Communications Commission to enforce a rule that would lower the price of prison phone and video calls. In a letter led by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), several Democrats, including Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), among others, criticize FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s efforts to “effectively gut” a final rule to implement a cap on exorbitant fees. The letter comes just hours before the FCC’… Continue Reading
October 24, 2025Durbin, Duckworth blast Trump for playing ‘political games’ in denying Illinois disaster assistance
U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth on Friday urged President Donald Trump to stop playing “political games” with disaster assistance after the president this week denied disaster funding for Illinois. Trump on Wednesday approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. But he also denied requests from Illinois, Maryland and Vermont. Several other states are awaiting decisions. Illinois and Maryland are led by Democratic governors… Continue Reading