Republicans want to stop fentanyl being smuggled across the US-Mexico border by bombing Mexico. However, Texas Representative Joaquin Castro is having none of it.
House Appropriations Committee members voted on 12 bills Tuesday, one debating whether "illegal alien" should be used in legislation. Those opposing the measure won out, 25-24, ensuring lawmakers could propose bills utilizing the derogatory term.
The national effort to engage Americans, particularly the Latino community, about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continued at Enroll America’s third State of Enrollment conference in Washington, D.C., where Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, exclusively told Latin Post about the health reform law’s benefits for the people.
U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro, D-Texas, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell will address the state of the country's health care system at the State of Enrollment Conference in Washington, D.C. late next week.
Latino lawmakers, advocates and legal groups have welcomed President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland and called on Congress for a fair nomination process.
Reports have indicated Latinos who attended prekindergarten (pre-k) education showed improved academic and social skills, and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, is hoping to further expand pre-k funding.
The Latino Victory Fund, a "super" political action committee (PAC), named three Latinos, all affiliated with the Democratic Party, as honorary co-chairs to further boost Latino voter engagement.
Immigrant-rights advocates have long criticized the terms "illegal" and “alien” immigrant, and one congressman is taking the lead, on a federal level, against the "offensive and inflammatory" language toward immigrants.
U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro followed his twin brother's footsteps and endorsed Hillary Clinton for U.S. president.
Congressman Joaquin Castro blamed GOP hopeful Donald Trump for recent acts of hate crimes. Congressman Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, blamed GOP hopeful Donald Trump for recent acts of hate crimes.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders defended undocumented immigrants against the ongoing anti-immigrant rhetoric during a Latino roundtable in the battleground state of Iowa.
Last weekend, Iowa was host to an immigration forum, which invited most presidential candidates. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton could not attend the Iowa forum, but Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, was able to stump for her campaign for several events.
The Democratic and Republican presidential frontrunners will be absent from an Iowa immigration forum this weekend. In fact, all Republican presidential hopefuls were invited but made no confirmations. The only Democrats attending: former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and former Sen. Lincoln Chafee, D-R.I.
The Latino electorate will once again be the key in the 2016 presidential election, according to Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa, who has long observed and understood the hurdles of the voting bloc.
Trump reiterated on Thursday that he supports legal immigration. Donald Trump toured the U. S. and Mexico border on Thursday to better understand the issues surrounding the area that has garnered him criticism from Hispanic groups and opponents.
Coinciding with the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' hearing on President Barack Obama's deferred action programs' legality, a survey of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients found how they have benefitted from the program.
Eight congressional Democrats have returned from visiting two immigrant detention centers in Texas, and they agreed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) needs to improve the detainees’ living conditions.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson said he understands the "sensitive and unique nature of detaining families" but continued to defend the practice.
Eight Democratic congressional lawmakers will enter two private family detention centers in Texas to speak with detained mothers and children awaiting resolutions of their asylum claims.
Several months have passed since President Barack Obama announced his immigration executive actions, but despite a district court judge's temporary injunction, Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, is confident the deferred action programs will be implemented.
