MEDIA ADVISORY: Hispanic Caucus Members to Hold Press Conference with Dreamers and TPS Recipients

WASHINGTON—Tomorrow, March 6, 2019 at 8:30 am ET, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, will host a press conference with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) recipients, and call for legal protections and a pathway to citizenship for the thousands who rely on these programs.

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, who have been leaders in Congress on immigration reform, will discuss their legislative work to protect immigrants and their families and how the Trump Administration's anti-immigrant agenda has impacted their congressional districts. DACA, TPS, and DED recipients in attendance will also have the opportunity share their stories and how their status has impacted their lives here in the United States.

WHO:

Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus

DACA, TPS, and DED recipients

*please note other Members to be added

WHEN:

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Press Conference will begin at approximately 8:30 am ET

WHERE:

House Triangle

RSVP:

Please RSVP to CHCPressOffice@mail.house.gov. The events will also be live streamed here: https://www.facebook.com/congressional.hispanic.caucus/

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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), founded in December 1976, is organized as a Congressional Member organization, governed under the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives. The CHC is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Territories.