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WASHINGTON— Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Congressman Mike Levin (CA-49), Chairman of the CHC Task Force on Environment, Public Lands, and Water, and member of the House Committee on Natural Resources and Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, honored Earth Day.

WASHINGTON— Today, the Chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus – which is composed of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus – called on the Smithsonian Board of Regents to prioritize consideration of a person of color or a woman as the Smithsonian Institution’s next Secretary in order to ensure that the organization’s leadership reflects the diversity of the American people.

WASHINGTON— Today, the Chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus – which is composed of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus – released the following statements on the Washington Post report on how the Trump Administration’s immigration policies are impacting African migrants in Mexico:

SAN ANTONIO— Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, released the following statement on Attorney General William P. Barr’s order denying asylum seekers the right be released on bond:

WASHINGTON— The Congressional Hispanic Caucus announced today the hiring of Estefanía L. Rodriguez as Policy Director.

SAN ANTONIO— Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, released the following statement in response to President Trump's announcement of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen's resignation and appointment of Kevin McAleenan as Acting Secretary:

WASHINGTON— Congressional Hispanic Caucus Leadership called on US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director L. Francis Cissna to meet with the Caucus and discuss how his agency’s policy implementations have hindered the processing of cases for US residents and immigrants, worsened the immigration case backlog, and furthered the enforcement of President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.

SAN ANTONIO— Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Hispanic Caucus, released the following statement in response to the Administration’s decision to cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras: