Joaquin Castro

Initially elected to the Texas House in 2002, Joaquin Castro initially won election to the U.S. House in November 2012.

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Joaquin Castro
stated on April 28, 2023 a tweet

“Title 42 and other Trump-era holdovers are forcing migrants into dangerous, overcrowded conditions in Mexico.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 5, 2023

Joaquin Castro
stated on February 25, 2019 a news conference

"Most people in my home state of Texas disagree with the president building a wall across our border."

By Madlin Mekelburg • February 26, 2019

Joaquin Castro
stated on November 1, 2017 a tweet

"Ending (Temporary Protected Status) and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade."

By Miriam Valverde • November 13, 2017

Joaquin Castro
stated on August 10, 2016 a tweet about Carol Everett of the Heidi Group

Says the director of an anti-abortion group receiving a Texas grant to provide women’s health services "believes HIV can be spread through the sewer system."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016

Joaquin Castro
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the DNC

Says "Donald Trump has defended" World War II internment camps.

By Miriam Valverde • July 29, 2016

Joaquin Castro
stated on June 6, 2016 a tweet

"@realDonaldTrump is coming to San Antonio, which is 60% Mexican-AMERICAN."

By Filipa Ioannou • June 17, 2016

Joaquin Castro
stated on April 24, 2014 an interview with the McAllen Monitor

With only 67 bills or so passed into law, "2013 was the least productive year in congressional history since we’ve been keeping record."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014

Joaquin Castro
stated on September 22, 2012 a panel at the Texas Tribune Festival.

Texas is "the state that has now gone the longest without electing a Democrat statewide."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 26, 2012

Joaquin Castro
stated on April 4, 2011 House floor debate.

"43,000 people are going to be kicked out of nursing homes or denied nursing home entrance" if the Texas House version of the state budget passes into law.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 16, 2011

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