Avelar-Backed Resolutions Condemn Political Violence, Support Due Process, Free Speech Rights

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Dagmara “Dee” Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, is speaking out about the violent, corrupt, and illegal actions the Trump Administration is launching against Illinois
residents, passing official condemnations of Trump’s efforts to disregard due process, incite political violence and silence free speech and the press.

“Due process is not a suggestion. It is not a political talking point. It is the very line that separates lawful detention from kidnapping. What we have seen across Illinois under Donald Trump’s so-called ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ is a systematic assault on that most fundamental principle” said Avelar. After one of the most volatile summers in our nation’s history, Avelar began the fall legislative session speaking out for constitutional rights, for due process of law, and for communities where everyone can feel safe.

Avelar voted to: 

• Condemn acts of political violence—whether that violence is in the form of mass shooters and radicalized extremists, or is inflicted by masked troopers deployed by the federal government. (House Resolution 508)
• Call out Donald Trump’s racial profiling, violent tactics including chemical munitions and illegal search and seizure, and the disregard for the due process protections cited in the United States Constitution. (House Resolution 504)
• Rebuke Donald Trump’s corrupt efforts to exert control over news media by abusing executive powers to punish dissent and reward compliance—restricting the right to free speech and endangering the local press. (House Resolution 505)

“When a government decides that it can ignore court orders, when it believes it can detain anyone without judicial oversight, when it spreads fear and violence under the banner of public safety, it erodes the very trust that safety depends on,” said Avelar. “We in Illinois have worked for years to build that trust, to create welcoming cities, to protect victims of crime regardless of status, to ensure that local law enforcement works with our communities, not against them. All of that progress is being undone by these unconstitutional and immoral federal actions.”