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Julián Castro

Julián Castro

Julián Castro is a former U.S. secretary of Housing & Urban Development. He was the youngest member of Barack Obama’s cabinet, serving from 2014 to 2017. Just before he became secretary of HUD, he was the mayor of San Antonio, elected in 2009. Castro received a bachelor’s degree in political science and communications from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out on Jan. 2, 2020.

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Julián Castro
stated on October 15, 2019 a debate

"Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania actually in the latest jobs data have lost jobs, not gained them."

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By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019

Julián Castro
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate

"The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public option), and I would not require them to opt in. … They would automatically be enrolled. That’s a big difference. … Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?"

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2019

Julián Castro
stated on June 30, 2019 an interview

Says Section 1325 of U.S. immigration law was "put into place in 1929, by a segregationist."

Mostly True

By Madlin Mekelburg • July 12, 2019

Julián Castro
stated on April 1, 2019 a Medium post

Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones."

Mostly True

By Miriam Valverde • April 5, 2019

Julián Castro
stated on March 26, 2019 a tweet

Says Donald Trump’s health care policies have "left millions more Americans uninsured since he took office."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2019

Julián Castro
stated on March 12, 2019 a tweet

Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."

Half-True

By Miriam Valverde • March 20, 2019

Julián Castro
stated on October 29, 2017 a conference call reported in a PJ Media web post

Says a "recent analysis" showed that 91 percent of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are employed, in school or serving in the military.

Mostly True

By Jasper Scherer • January 10, 2018

Julián Castro
stated on June 17, 2016 comments at Texas Democratic Party convention

"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."

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By Emma Hinchliffe, W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016

Julián Castro
stated on March 8, 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign news release

"Bernie Sanders voted with Republicans to protect the Minutemen, a hate group that used military tactics against our community."

Half-True

By Filipa Ioannou • April 30, 2016

Julián Castro
stated on July 27, 2015 his year-in-review speech

"Less than half of the poorest American households have a home Internet subscription."

True

By Bradley Saacks • August 20, 2015

Julián Castro
stated on April 15, 2014 Univision debate on immigration

Says Dan Patrick "proposed Arizona-style show-me-your-papers legislation."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 14, 2014

Julián Castro
stated on April 15, 2014 a debate over immigration issues with state Sen. Dan Patrick

Up "to 45 percent" of illegal immigrants "are not people that physically crossed the southern border or northern border. They are visa overstayers."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014

Julián Castro
stated on September 9, 2012 an interview on "Meet the Press."

"We’re seeing now 30 straight months of private-sector job growth, 4.6 million jobs created."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • September 10, 2012

Julián Castro
stated on September 4, 2012 a keynote speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.

"Seven presidents before (Barack Obama) -- Republicans and Democrats -- tried to expand health care to all Americans."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2012

Julián Castro
stated on September 4, 2012 keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.

Says Mitt Romney told university students in Ohio that to start a business, they should "borrow money if you have to from your parents."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2012

Julián Castro
stated on September 4, 2012 keynote address at Democratic National Convention.

Says Milken Institute rated San Antonio as nation’s top-performing local economy.

True

By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2012

Julián Castro
stated on June 8, 2012 his speech at the Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston

Says Milken Institute rated San Antonio as nation’s top-performing local economy.

True

By Sue Owen • August 1, 2012

Julián Castro
stated on June 8, 2012 his speech at the Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston

Says cuts by Gov. Rick Perry's administration left "12,000 teachers without a job."

Half-True

By Sue Owen • July 6, 2012

Julián Castro
stated on June 8, 2012 his speech at Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston

Says under Mitt Romney, Massachusetts was 47th in job creation.

Half-True

By Sue Owen • June 13, 2012

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Latest Fact-Checks About Julián Castro

Matt Mackowiak
stated on July 1, 2016 a commentary in the Austin American-Statesman

"In 2009, his first year as mayor," Julián Castro "received a seven-figure referral fee" that smells like a dirty financial gift "from notorious personal injury lawyer Mikal Watts, a major Obama donor."

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By Eleanor Dearman • July 28, 2016

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