On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) stated that the travel ban is “the closest that we’ve come” to the Chinese Exclusion Act. Castro said, “[A]s I looked at it, as it was being developed, and
During Sunday’s “Kasie DC” on MSNBC, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said he thinks every Democrat would be willing to sign on to force immigration-related debate on the House floor. “[S]omething we were talking about earlier in the show with your
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said that it’s “possible” a majority of the House of Representatives will vote to impeach the president if the Democrats win the House in the 2018 elections. Anchor Chris Matthews asked,
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) reacted to a report that the White House is preparing to undermine Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein by stating that firing Rosenstein to get rid of Special Counsel Robert Mueller “would get the ball rolling on impeachment for this president.”
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said on Monday that Democrats are hoping that Congress could have a debate on comprehensive amnesty legislation “sometime after June or July.”
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX), who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, slammed the Republicans on the committee for their draft report on Russia by stating it “was a stunning betrayal of the American people
Thursday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Rep. Joaquín Castro (D-TX) said Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) was overhyping the House Intelligence Committee memo, which Castro claimed Nunes had not even read the underlying classified material. Partial transcript as follows: HAYES: I just want to be clear. This is
Monday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said President Donald Trump was moving “closer and closer to impeachment proceedings.” Partial transcript as follows: MATTHEWS: You’re on that committee. at somewhere down the road you’ll be in the Congress. The
Sunday on MSNBC’s “Kasie DC,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said “most Democrats” would vote against any version of a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy fix that includes funding for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Castro said, “I’m still
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Intelligence Committee member Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) stated that he believes he’s heard evidence that members of the Trump administration committed crimes. Castro said, “[T]he president should be concerned about issues of money laundering,
Monday on “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said the Trump administration had “actually done a good job of pressuring China to crack down harder on North Korea.” Castro said, “I believe, and the administration has said and others have said,
Tuesday on CNN’s “Wolf,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said President Donald Trump should resign over the sexual misconduct allegations against him “for the sake of the nation.” Castro said, “I believe that now more than a dozen women have come forward
On the question of challenging Greg Abbott (R) in the 2018 Texas gubernatorial contest, Wendy Davis says she already hung up her Mizunos. The failed 2014 gubernatorial candidate is the latest Texas Democrat to apparently bow out of consideration.
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said if the reports about President Donald Trump’s initial letter outlining the reasons he fired former FBI Director James Comey include ending the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election,
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep Joaquin Castro (D-TX) discussed North Korea’s latest nuclear test and said that President Donald Trump’s tweets about North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un have not been helpful. When asked about Trump’s “fire and fury,” tweet
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) weighed in on the future of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has been under attack by President Donald Trump in recent days for his recusal from any investigations into Russia’s possible involvement in
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Joaquín Castro (D-TX) argued that Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign was unpatriotic. Castro said, “[H]ere you’re dealing with the president and the president’s son, who is
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) stated that if FBI Director James Comey was fired in an effort to “affect the investigation into any of his associates’ coordination with the Russians who interfered with the
Protesters marched through downtown Dallas Sunday afternoon, pushing a strong pro-illegal immigrant, pro-amnesty, and open borders agenda at a “mega march” that failed to deliver its anticipated “mega” turnout.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “For the Record,” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, reacted to remarks from Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) a day earlier suggesting someone may go to jail once the probe into the Trump campaign’s
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX), a member of the House Intelligence Committee stated of the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump team and Russia, “I wouldn’t be surprised, after all of this is
Democrat sources report U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) will announce his plans to run against Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in his 2018 re-election bid.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are fighting back against false reports of checkpoints and sweeps during the ongoing operation targeting criminal aliens.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Rep. Joaquín Castro (D-TX), who previously said Congress should potentially draw up “articles of impeachment” against President Donald Trump, said Trump’s halting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries is like “Operation Wetback, which took many Mexican
Texas Democratic Representative Joaquin Castro says Congress should draw up “articles of impeachment” against President Donald Trump over his executive order, which temporarily prohibits the arrival of Syrian refugees into the United States and halts entry of citizens from Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Libya.
At last count, over 50 Democrats have announced they will be skipping President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, January 20.
Tuesday on MSNBC, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said President-elect Donald Trump will have “one scandal after another” during his time on office. Castro said, “I think we are in that situation already, but I think we’re going to see one
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry beats U.S. Senator Ted Cruz in a hypothetical 2018 GOP senate primary poll published Thursday. The poll shows Gov. Perry with a 9 point lead over the incumbent freshman senator.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has taken a massive hit in a new favorability poll among likely Texas voters. More than 60 percent of those polled said they had an unfavorable opinion of the freshman senator. The poll also shows the incumbent senator in a statistical tie in a hypothetical race against Democrat U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro.
U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX) has announced that he is considering a run against Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).
The CHANGE Act would replace the term “alien” with “foreign national” and replace “illegal alien” with “undocumented foreign national” in federal materials.
U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro believes it is time to make the elimination of the legal term used to describe people from another country, “Alien,” from our law books. Castro compared the term that has been used for decades to describe the immigration status of people entering this country legally or illegally to the words “lunatic” and “mentally retarded.”
While the word “alien” has been used to refer to foreign nationals in the U.S. for more than 220 years, the term dehumanizes immigrants and should be stripped from federal law, according to Rep. Joaquin Castro (R-TX). He’s introduced a bill to replace “alien” with “foreign national” and “illegal alien” with “undocumented foreign national” in federal law and executive agency documents.
A Texas Jewish community was rocked by what law enforcement is investigating as a hate crime. Unmistakable widespread anti-Semitic vandalism defaced a subdivision and the neighboring Orthodox synagogue, tagging property with hateful ethnic slurs, curse words, “KKK,” and worse.
San Antonio, Texas, is poised to become one of the largest police departments in the nation using body cameras, or ‘body cams’ as they are now being called. Body cams are video recorders that are worn on the officers’ uniform and records every minute of every shift.
