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May 25, 2019
WASHINGTON— Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Leaders called on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Director Scott Lloyd to provide answers to Congress on the death of Darlyn Valle, a 10 year old migrant from El Salvador, in HHS ORR custody. Darlyn died in September 2018. Her death was not reported to the public or Congress and only became known eight months later when the news media broke a story on her death on May 22, 2019.
May 21, 2019
WASHINGTON — Today, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus held a press conference on the pattern of migrant children deaths in custody of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), following yesterday’s death of Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, a 16-year-old Guatemalan immigrant. Five children have died in the last six months while in Custom and Border Patrol (CBP) custody or soon after being detained by immigration authorities. Below are remarks as delivered by Congressman Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus:
May 20, 2019
WASHINGTON — Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, released the following statement on the death of Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, a 16 year-old Guatemalan migrant, in CBP custody this morning:
May 20, 2019
WASHINGTON—– Tomorrow, May 20th, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will hold a press conference on the death of a 16-year-old in custody of U.S. immigration agencies. The death, which was reported to Congress today, is the fifth death of a minor in the custody of federal immigration officials in the last six months.
May 16, 2019
WASHINGTON — Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s proposed plan to address immigration in the United States:
May 11, 2019
WASHINGTON— Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Hispanic Caucus, and 81 of his Democratic colleagues called on Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, to instruct the GAO to thoroughly examine the backlog of immigration cases at United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and work with the agency to fulfill its mission of processing immigration cases. The current immigration backlog stands at over 2.3 million, with case processing times rising to 33 months. The processing time rose significantly at the onset of the Trump Administration, despite lower rates of new cases.
May 7, 2019
WASHINGTON— Congressional Hispanic Caucus members notified U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Chief of Regulatory Coordination Samantha Deshommes of the Caucus’s official opposition to their proposal to stop accepting proof of means-tested benefit as evidence of their eligibility for a fee waiver. The proposed rule would heighten the second wall by enforcing additional red tape, lengthening processing times, and adding costs on immigrant families who may not be able to afford it.
May 5, 2019
SAN ANTONIO— Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), released the following statement on Cinco de Mayo:
April 30, 2019
WASHINGTON— Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Leadership called on Dr. Steven Dillingham, Director of the United States Census Bureau, to meet with the Caucus to discuss the 2020 United States Census and decisions by the Bureau that could result in reduced participation among Hispanic communities. Further, CHC Members plan to discuss what steps the Bureau can take to ensure that the 2020 Census is best positioned to count every person living in the United States. The undercounting of Hispanic communities threatens the democratic representation of all Americans for the next decade.
April 30, 2019
WASHINGTON— Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Leaders and members of the Texas Congressional Delegation called on Senate Leadership to reject the nomination of J. Campbell Barker to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Judge Barker’s record demonstrates his longstanding opposition to the civil and voting rights of Americans, and a disregard for justice for communities of color, women, immigrants and LGBTQ Americans.