Frustrated Arizonans have waited more than a month for their new congresswoman to be seated

Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva participates in House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' news conference at the US Capitol on October 21. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images/File Tucson, Arizona —

For years, immigration attorney Rachel Wilson has relied on her local congressional office to help untangle bureaucratic knots that threaten her clients’ ability to live and work in the United States.

That aid used to come from the staff of longtime Rep. Raúl Grijalva, until his death in March. When his daughter, Adelita Grijalva, won a special election on September 23 to replace him, Wilson expected a seamless handoff.

Instead, more than a month later, the local congressional office in Tucson is shuttered and the phones ring unanswered. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has refu