PHOENIX – On Tuesday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) met with the family of Kelly Yu, a mother and local restaurant owner who has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since May after living in the United States for the past 21 years.  READ MORE: Family of Valley business owner facing deportation meets with Senator Gallego Kelly Yu fled China as a teenager in 2004 after learning she was pregnant, seeking asylum in the U.S. to escape the country’s one-child policy. Since then, she has built a life here: opening two popular restaurants in Peoria, marrying a U.S. citizen, and raising a daughter—now a college student and

ARIZONA – Yesterday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) heard directly from Arizonans at town halls in Globe and Apache Junction. In Globe, Senator Gallego spoke about issues disproportionately harming rural communities, like limited access to good-paying jobs, affordable housing, public broadcasting, and education funding. He also criticized the GOP and Trump administration’s policies that hit rural areas hardest – like reckless tariffs that raise prices and cost American jobs, and Republicans’ so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ Rural residents are more likely to receive health coverage through Medicaid, known in Arizona as AHCCCS, and food assistance through SNAP – both of which were dramatically cut in the bill.   “The

WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) condemned the recent transfer of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell from FCI Tallahassee, a low security federal prison, to FPC Bryan, a minimum-security prison camp in Texas. The transfer occurred shortly after Maxwell met privately with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche – Trump’s former personal lawyer – to discuss individuals associated with Jeffrey Epstein. The Senators note that the Department of Justice has yet to provide any clear explanation for the decision, raising serious concerns about whether Maxwell is receiving preferential treatment. “Given the serious nature of Ms. Maxwell’s crimes, which include a conviction and 20-year sentence