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Initially elected to the Texas House in 2002, Joaquin Castro initially won election to the U.S. House in November 2012.

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Joaquin Castro
stated on April 28, 2023 in a tweet:

“Title 42 and other Trump-era holdovers are forcing migrants into dangerous, overcrowded conditions in Mexico.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 5, 2023
Joaquin Castro
stated on February 25, 2019 in a news conference:

"Most people in my home state of Texas disagree with the president building a wall across our border."

By Madlin Mekelburg • February 26, 2019
Joaquin Castro
stated on November 1, 2017 in a tweet:

"Ending (Temporary Protected Status) and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade."

By Miriam Valverde • November 13, 2017
Joaquin Castro
stated on August 10, 2016 in a tweet about Carol Everett of the Heidi Group:

Says the director of an anti-abortion group receiving a Texas grant to provide women’s health services "believes HIV can be spread through the sewer system."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Joaquin Castro
stated on July 28, 2016 in a speech at the DNC:

Says "Donald Trump has defended" World War II internment camps.

By Miriam Valverde • July 29, 2016

Joaquin Castro
stated on February 25, 2019 in a news conference:

"Most people in my home state of Texas disagree with the president building a wall across our border."

By Madlin Mekelburg • February 26, 2019

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