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Politics Jan 13

Rep. Joaquin Castro: ‘Donald Trump incited a deadly insurrection’

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Politics Jul 02

U.S. Representatives Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM) and Joaquin Castro (D-TX) exit after touring a Border Patrol substation with other legislators, investigating the circumstances that led to the death of Felipe Gomez Alonzo, an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in immigration detention, in Alamogordo, New Mexico, U.S., January 7, 2019. Photo by: Julio-César Chávez/Reuters
Rep. Castro secretly recorded a migrant facility in Texas. Here’s what he found

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol facilities are under-resourced and overcrowded, Castro said, arguing that the problems were exacerbated by the prolonged detention of asylum seekers in the U.S. under President Donald Trump.

By Tess Conciatori

Nation Jul 02

U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar (right) from El Paso speaks to the news media along with Rep. Joaquin Castro (left) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (center) after they toured two Border patrol stations following reports of migrants kept in inadequate condtions, in Clint, Texas, on July 1, 2019. Photo by Julio-Cesar Chavez/Reuters
Rep. Castro shares video of migrants held at border facility

Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro said in an interview that he had no second thoughts about taking and sharing the images after officials had asked the lawmakers on a facility tour to leave their cellphones behind.

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Politics Jul 27

Watch 7:48
Castro brothers on how Donald Trump has motivated U.S. Latinos

Two of the nation’s leading Latino politicians weigh in on the state of the Clinton-Kaine campaign. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Tex., and his twin brother, Julián Castro, who was a potential Hillary Clinton veep pick, predict Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Mexicans…

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