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SAN ANTONIO, TX — Today, November 7, 2020, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released the following statement on the election of President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris:

"The Congressional Hispanic Caucus extends our most heartfelt congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on a landmark election and winning the battle for the soul of our nation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) led by Chairman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) sent a letter to Acting Secretary Wolf and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the ICE Director Pham urging the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) to suspend implementation of expanded expedited removal (ER). ER has far fewer procedural protections than formal removal proceedings with the foreign-born citizens possessing no right to counsel, no right to a hearing, and no right to appeal.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) led by Chairman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) sent a letter to the director of the United States Census Bureau, Dr. Steven Dillingham, requesting additional information on how the Census Bureau calculated enumeration rates and asks the director to commit to a public report on the final undercount of Latinos, as has been done previously.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) informed Chairman Joaquin Castro of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Chairwoman Carolyn B.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, October 21st, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Joaquin Castro will hold a press call with the American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) lead litigator, Lee Gelernt, after a court filing revealed that families of 545 children separated from their parents by the Trump administration have still not been located. Almost all of the parents were deported to Central America without their children.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to end the Census count:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, October 2^nd, 2020, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released the follow statement on the President and First Lady contracting COVID-19:

WASHINGTON — Tomorrow, September 30^th, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is hosting a virtual discussion on how COVID-19 is disproportionately harming Latino communities and what we can do to address these disparities. Latinos are three times as likely to be infected and twice as likely to die from the coronavirus, largely a consequence of long-standing health, economic, and social inequities. The conversation will be livestreamed on CHC's Facebook page.

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