Ford Condemns Trump Administration’s Abuses and Affordability Crisis

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. LaShawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, is speaking out against the illegal actions undertaken by the Trump administration, passing official condemnations of some of its most egregious policy decisions, including drastic cuts to child care and family lifelines, failure to reinstate healthcare subsidies to prevent millions of Americans’ healthcare costs from skyrocketing, and a deadly immigration enforcement campaign that has killed nearly 50 individuals, including U.S. citizens.

“Before he took office, Trump told us that he was going to bring down the cost of eggs and address the most pressing issues facing Americans,” said Ford. “Instead, he has been busy gutting the programs they depend on, detaining their neighbors and jacking up the cost of health care until it is simply out of reach.”

The Ford-backed resolutions call out Trump’s reckless actions, which include failing to extend subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), targeting working families by withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in child care funding from blue states, and overseeing months of illegal detainment, disregard for due process, and senseless shootings that have scarred cities across America under Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s command.

Ford voted to:

• Urge Congress to reinstate healthcare subsidies under the Affordable Care Act and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to keep healthcare affordable and accessible for over 500,000 Illinoisans who depend on the ACA marketplace, through House Resolution 620.
• Call for the immediate release of the $10 billion in child care funds frozen across Democratic-majority states, including over $1 billion for Illinois families and children facing poverty, chronic illness, or disability, through House Resolution 621.
• Condemn the excessive and deadly force deployed by civil immigration agents under the direction of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, calling for her immediate resignation and an independent investigation into committed, directed, or covered-up acts of violence, killings, and deaths in immigration custody, through House Resolution 622.

“The Trump administration has taken historic actions to disrupt our democracy and diminish everyday Americans’ ability to afford the essentials,” said Ford. “I will continue to work to pass policies that counter his agenda’s most harmful effects on our community as Trump and his allies flout the rule of law, further rig the economy and refuse to take any significant steps to confront the escalating inequality and affordability crisis in America.”