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November 19, 2019
WASHINGTON — Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked inclusion of the House-passed H.R. 2486, the FUTURE Act, in the Continuing Resolution, which would restore an urgently-needed $255 million in expired mandatory funding for Minority-Serving Institutions, including Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI):
November 18, 2019
WASHINGTON—–This Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the Congressional Tri-Caucus – which includes the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) – will mark Universal Day of the Child with The Butterfly Effect in a call for support of immigrant children.
November 14, 2019
WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), released the following statement marking World Diabetes Day:
November 14, 2019
WASHINGTON — Today, the leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) issued a joint statement calling for Stephen Miller’s resignation, following a report released by the Southern Poverty Law Center documenting multiple instances in which Stephen Miller espoused white nationalist beliefs and vilified communities of color and immigrants in leaked emails to Breitbart.
November 14, 2019
WASHINGTON — Last week, Members of the Congressional Tri-Caucus – which includes the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) – sent a letter to House leadership and appropriators to encourage including the FUTURE Act in an upcoming agreement to fund the government.
CHC Statement on Chad Wolf Senate Confirmation and Naming as Acting DHS Secretary by President Trump
November 13, 2019
WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, released the following statement on the Senate’s confirmation of Chad Wolf to the role of Under Secretary of Strategy, Policy and Plans at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and President Trump naming Wolf as Acting Secretary of DHS:
November 12, 2019
WASHINGTON — Today, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin held a press conference with plaintiffs in the DACA case before the Supreme Court to call on the Trump Administration to reverse their baseless termination of the DACA program and demand that the Republican controlled Senate to pass H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act. Below are remarks as delivered by Congressman Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus:
November 8, 2019
WASHINGTON—– On Tuesday November 12th, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, faith leaders, and civil rights leaders come together with DACA recipients for a moment of reflection on what is at stake for DACA recipients, their family, and the nation in anticipation of the Supreme Court hearings later that morning.
November 8, 2019
WASHINGTON—–On Tuesday, November 12th, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will call for support of the DACA program and the nearly 800,000 Dreamers, and condemn the Trump Administration’s attempt to terminate the DACA program.
November 8, 2019
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Assistant Speaker of the House Ben Ray Luján (D-NM-3), Dream and Promise Act Author Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40), and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will join plaintiffs in the upcoming DACA case before the U.S. Supreme Court and immigration advocates to call on the Trump administration to reverse their baseless termination of DACA and the Republican controlled Senate to pass legislation that would offer a permanent legislative path to citizenship for Dreamers.