Defend Immigrant Families and Keep Communities Together

As the son of immigrants and a lifelong advocate, Ortíz is fighting back against the war on immigrant families. He has stood up to Trump-era immigration policies that weaponize fear and separate families, and he continues to push Illinois to lead with dignity and fairness.
Ortíz supports full funding for the Illinois DREAM Act, access to higher education regardless of immigration status, and policies that protect families from detention and deportation. He is committed to a path to citizenship, work authorization, and ensuring immigrant families can live, work, and raise their children without fear.

Lower the Cost of Living for Working Families

Aarón Ortíz knows families are being squeezed from every direction—rent, property taxes, groceries, utilities, and healthcare keep going up while paychecks lag behind. In Springfield, he has fought to deliver real relief, not temporary fixes.
Ortíz supports property tax relief targeted to working- and middle-class homeowners and seniors, cracking down on loopholes that let large corporations and wealthy interests avoid paying their fair share. He is working to rein in rising utility costs, expand housing stability programs, and lower everyday expenses so families can afford to stay in the neighborhoods they built.

Strong schools lead to strong communities. As an educator and college counselor, no one understands this better than Rep. Aarón Ortíz.
To make the Chicago Public School Board more accountable to taxpayers and our communities, Ortiz stood with teachers and parents to require school board members to be elected, taking back our schools from unaccountable bureaucrats. To strengthen CPS, we must empower parents, lower class sizes, and invest in more social workers and nurses.

As a CPS college and career counselor, Ortiz knows the deck is stacked against students who are forced to take on crippling debt just to get a college education. He is fighting for debt-free college education for students in our public colleges, universities, and trade schools. He voted to create a new scholarship for Illinois students and to expand financial aid for students in need.
The same big banks that pocketed billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded bailouts are now locking Illinois students into a lifetime of college debt. Ortiz knows it’s time Washington politicians stop bailing out Wall Street and start providing real relief to those who need it most, which is why he is standing with students calling for the elimination of student debt.

Rep. Ortíz knows that it's a woman’s right to choose in Illinois and fought to protect funding for Planned Parenthood
Rep. Ortíz is a committed leader in the struggle to end violence against women. He voted to test every rape kit and clear the backlog that has allowed violent predators to escape justice and is investing in domestic violence shelters and in mental and physical healthcare for survivors.
Rep. Ortíz is standing with women against these attacks to demand equal pay, justice for survivors of violence, and access to high-quality health care for all.

Ortíz believes the tax system should work for families—not billionaires. He has voted to cut taxes for the vast majority of people in the district while ensuring the wealthiest and largest corporations finally pay what they owe.

His approach prioritizes funding for schools, healthcare, and public services while easing the burden on homeowners, renters, and seniors who have been carrying too much of the load for too long.

Ortiz is outraged that seniors in our community have been forced to bear the burden for Springfield’s mismanagement. He has fought for property tax relief for seniors, to lower prescription drug prices, and successfully defeated reckless cuts to lifesaving medical care for the frail elderly.

Ortiz believes health care is a right, not a privilege. He is taking on the greedy insurance and pharmaceutical companies and fighting to put patients ahead of corporate profits and guarantee high-quality, affordable healthcare for all.

Ortiz is outraged by the crooked self-dealing behavior of politicians who put their own interests ahead of their constituents. He fought a political dynasty and won, and now he’s fighting to strengthen criminal penalties for politicians who commit misconduct, strip pensions from any politician charged with a felony, and crackdown on insider lobbyists who make millions trying to influence government and rig the system for the wealthy and well connected.

Ortíz worked to pass landmark marijuana reform centered on justice—expunging records for non-violent offenses, reinvesting in communities harmed by the drug war, and creating new economic opportunities.
He remains committed to policies that repair harm, promote fairness, and ensure the justice system works for everyone.

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