Joaquin Castro

Israel does not deserve more American money for weapons. Prime Minister Netanyahu has taken Israel down an ugly path. Self-defense does not include indiscriminately bombing homes, hospitals, chur...

I will continue to monitor the damage of the tornado that made landfall in Northwest San Antonio this morning. Please stay safe as flash floods and intense rain continue. Do not walk, swim or drive...

ICE’s bounty hunters and agents are stalking Latinos across the country. They are looking for Latino men at construction sites and supply stores, listening for who is speaking Spanish, and stopping...

In less than a week, ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero. Two families are now without fathers. Congress must disband ICE. Otherwise, these killings will continu...

Another person has died at the hands of ICE in Biddeford, Maine. This tragedy comes less than a week after an agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. Our communities deserve answer...

Welcome home, Hebert! After after everything you have endured, it was wonderful to celebrate your homecoming with your wife, family, friends, and mariachi brothers and sisters. You have a special p...

Hebert Ibarra Castro has been reunited with his wife Marisol, family, and mariachi community. When he was locked away in ICE detention, he performed the National Anthem on the Fourth of July. In ...

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a husband and father, living and working in Houston for 35 years. Yesterday, an ICE agent shot and killed him. I join the family in demanding a full investigation and h...

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's last words were "me están matando"—they are killing me. Under Donald Trump, ICE has become a rogue and abusive agency. ICE is killing people in the streets. Targeting Lati...

We remember the 139 lives lost in catastrophic flooding that devastated the Texas Hill Country a year ago today. I am grateful to the heroes and first responders who saved countless lives. We must ...

Happy Independence Day, San Antonio! Our nation was founded on the belief that all people are created equal. As we celebrate 250 years of America, may we honor the generations who fought tyranny,...

“…placate the President’s base”

Hebert Ibarra Castro is a 20-year-old mariachi from San Antonio who was detained by ICE on his way home from performing at a birthday party. Still in his mariachi attire, a detention facility wor...

Just hours after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela that killed over 1,900 people, ICE attempted to deport children and families from the Dilley Trailer Prison to Venezuela. They were woken u...

LIVE: Press Conference on Flu Outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio https://t.co/wi6Bl3OT8N

The Supreme Court confirmed what we have always known: being born in America makes you an American. Today’s ruling puts a check on the President’s attack on the 14th amendment in pursuit of his ma...

Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy, and I am glad to see the Supreme Court protect those who vote by mail, including our troops overseas.

Sister Letty was on her way to Sunday mass when ICE detained her. Trump said he would go after the worst of the worst. But time and again, the administration is going after the best of the best—chi...

This week, my DC office welcomed Kimberly Campbell, Brandeis High School student and this year's Congressional Art Competition winner. Congratulations, Kimberly! Her work, “Sibling Beginnings,” br...

Today, the Supreme Court decided to become a partner in Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign. It is shameful and cruel. Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers will now be subject to deportat...