On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “On the Line,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign “has really torn the country apart.” Castro said, “There’s a reason that Representative James Talarico is gaining in the polls
In yet another chapter of the saga to stop a planned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in San Antonio, protesters organized by the Bexar County Democrats held a march and rally that began and ended at a local public middle school.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is basically torturing people, like the Venezuelan man who was shot by an agent Sunday in Austin, Texas. Anchor Jake Tapper said, “A
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “State of Play,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said the Democratic Party’s candidates will win the midterms because President Donald Trump “is not popular in Texas.” Host Peter Alexander said, “No Democrat has won a
Two prominent Texas Democrats, Congressmen Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Greg Casar (D-TX), urged six Bexar County cities to end their 287(g) agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The agreements, required for all county jails under Texas law, allow state and local police officers to carry out certain immigration enforcement activities delegated to them under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Way Too Early,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) discussed his push to get cities to end their agreements with ICE and said that cities are “trying to close their budget deficits by partnering with ICE,
On Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said that “ICE should be disbanded. I believe that it’s become an abusive organization.” And “ICE was created during the war on terror in the early 2000s, and
As U.S. forces executed one of the most decisive military operations in decades — a Trump‑ordered strike that sent 150 aircraft into Venezuela and delivered dictator Nicolás Maduro into American custody — Texas Democrats erupted in fury, blasting the mission as “stupid,” “illegal,” and driven by personal greed.
Friday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said a naval blockade is an “act of war,” referencing President Donald Trump’s order blocking some oil tankers in and out of Venezuela.
Friday on MS NOW’s “All In,” Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Admiral Bradley should be “concerned about legal liability” for the boat strikes in the Caribbean.
Two Democrat lawmakers from Texas appear to be losing sleep over a recent federal law enforcement raid at an illegally run nightclub that resulted in the arrests of more than 150 illegal aliens. Those arrested included 27 suspected members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang. Two Democrat congressmen are now demanding answers about the recent raid.
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said that after the deadly flood of the Guadalupe River in central Texas, the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Weather Service should be investigated.
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) accused President Donald Trump of lying about the amount of damage done in Iran as a result of the U.S. military strikes.
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) argued that while the Trump administration was able to work out a deal with Colombia to get them to accept deportations and save taxpayer money, the move will antagonize “one
On Thursday’s “CNN News Central,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) argued that Democrats performed poorly in the 2024 election because many people “were still feeling a hit from inflation, much of it that was driven by corporate profiteering and price gouging.
On Thursday’s “CNN News Central,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) reacted to President-Elect Donald Trump’s success among Hispanic voters, especially in the Rio Grande Valley and along the border by stating that Republicans “tried to convince all Americans, including Latinos, that,
On Thursday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) stated that we knew there was a possibility that if Israel’s response to the October 7 attack impacted “civilians, folks who were innocent of having anything to do with what Hamas did, that
The State Department announced on Saturday that it would lift a three-year ban on selling certain weapons to Saudi Arabia.
Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said Thursday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that President Joe Biden should call for a ceasefire because Israel is committing war crimes by “intentionally starving” civilians in Gaza.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers found a group of ten migrant children abandoned by human smugglers near the border with Mexico. The children ranged in age from ten to 16 years.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) reacted to the reported 30% jump in border arrests in July by stating that “you do have some spikes at times. You have highs and lows.” And there should
Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) would never be president because his campaign was a “very pathetic” imitation of former President Donald Trump.
U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) told CNN Newsroom’s Jim Acosta he believes Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s use of razor wire and a floating border buoy system is “barbaric and inhumane.” Castro did not comment on the Biden administration’s use of the same wire to repel asylum seekers at ports of entry along the southwest border. At the ports, the wire is deployed atop gates and along temporary barriers used to close the ports when migrants rush the port without an appointment.
Leftists in Brazil and the United States, where former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is believed to be staying following the end of his term, called for his extradition and arrest on Sunday following a massive mob attack that caused substantial damage to the headquarters of the country’s Congress and top court.
Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight” that Govs. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Greg Abbott (R-TX) and Doug Ducey (R-AZ) should “stop being pricks.”
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) says it is “imperative” for Democrats and Republicans to ram an amnesty for millions of illegal aliens through Congress before the GOP becomes the House majority.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) argued that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has made the state more dangerous because he “made it easier for people to get all kinds of guns, not just
A group of 26 Democrat representatives called on the federal government to launch an investigation into Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” border enforcement operation. In a letter, led by San Antonio Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX), to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and United States Attorney General Merrick Garland, the members of Congress requested an immediate investigation into what they believe is Abbott’s effort to create a “separate state immigration policy”.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, on Tuesday’s “The Last Word,” said that 53% of Republicans failed “a basic mental competency test question,” which is who is the president of the United States” because they think Donald Trump won the 2020 election.
Sunday on MSNBC’s “The Mehdi Hasan Show,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) sounded off on Texas lawmakers passing a new state voting law to shore up election integrity and the current direction of the Republican Party.
One of the only remaining border controls President Joe Biden’s administration has left in place, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Title 42 order, should be done “away with” by the end of the year, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) says.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) raised over $5 million in the first quarter, a sizeable haul coming in wake of the leftist calls for his resignation following the January 6 Capitol protest.
Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Live” that the Biden Administration does not want to call the surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border a “crisis” because Republicans will use that for “fear-mongering.”
President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is blocking the use of the terms “illegal alien” and “assimilation,” internal emails reveal.
The House impeachment managers could not prove incitement — the central charge in the Article of Impeachment. Then-President Donald Trump told supporters to protest “peacefully and patriotically.” No court could convict him on the facts.
Democrats argued Wednesday that the Capitol riot was not the result of “one speech,” despite the fact that the article of impeachment passed by the House of Representatives last month claimed that President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 incited it.
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and 93 other House Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to give Obamacare benefits to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) recipients.
A group of House Democrats is seeking to ban the term “alien,” and thus “illegal alien,” from being used by federal agencies to refer to noncitizens and those who are illegally present in the United States.
House Representatives Linda T. Sánchez and Joaquin Castro are working to ensure that President Donald Trump is never memorialized in any official manner.
Texas Democrats, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and his brother Julián Castro — a former Democrat presidential candidate who served as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Obama administration — called on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to resign following the chaos that descended upon the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
