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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. The 2020 Census has been the most challenging decennial census to date, and the CHC remains committed to holding the Bureau accountable for a complete and accurate count of our communities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) informed Chairman Joaquin Castro of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform that it has accepted their request for a new GAO report on the representation of Latinos in employment and management positions in the film, television, and publishing industries. The report will also analyze the enforcement of federal equal opportunity requirements on those industries by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Department of Labor (DOL).
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. As the organization who brought the challenge to the Trump administration's family separation practice, the ACLU is one of the organizations tasked with locating family members separated during the Trump administration's ‘zero tolerance' pilot program.
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- Wednesday, October 21st, 2020, 4:30pm ET
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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 2nd, 2020, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released the follow statement on the President and First Lady contracting COVID-19:
"We wish the President and First Lady a swift recovery. Hopefully, this tragedy is a wake-up call. President Trump has repeatedly spread disinformation about COVID-19, lied to the American people about the seriousness of this deadly pandemic, and downplayed the importance of basic public health measures such as wearing a mask. The President of the United States has access to the best health care in the world, yet millions of Americans—including essential workers like farmworkers and meat-packers—do not have the same resources and our country still lacks a national testing strategy.
WASHINGTON — Tomorrow, September 30th, 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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- Wednesday, September 30th, 10:30am — 11:45am EST
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WASHINGTON—Today, September 26, 2020, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) and House Judiciary Committee members traveled to Georgia to investigate the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Irwin County Detention Center, where multiple immigrant women have alleged hysterectomies and other medical procedures were performed without their consent.Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, CHC members have inspected ICE facilities in Texas and Nevada to raise the alarm about the spread of COVID-19 and serious abuses of huma
WASHINGTON — Today, September 24th, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Diversity in America: The Representation of People of Color in the Media examining the lack of diversity in the media, with a focus on the film industry. The hearing which was long sought by Leaders of the Congressional Tri-Caucus led by Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Karen Bass (CA-37), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) will be broadcasted live on the House Judiciary Committee's YouTube channel.
WASHINGTON — Today, September 24th, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing at 2:30Pm ET on Diversity in America: The Representation of People of Color in the Media examining the lack of diversity in the media, with a focus on the film industry. The hearing which was long sought by Leaders of the Congressional Tri-Caucus led by Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Karen Bass (CA-37), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) will be broadcasted live on the House Judiciary Committee's YouTube channel.