Joaquin Castro

Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.

An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.

Newsweek @newsweek.com

Ruben Ray Martinez was shot through his driver's-side window in South Padre Island, Texas.

DHS confirms ICE agent fatally shot US citizen in 2025

Ruben Ray Martinez was shot through his driver's-side window in South Padre Island, Texas.

Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar Barrios has been released! She should never have been locked away by ICE. As an emergency and trauma doctor, she served patients in South Texas with dedication. I am grateful that she will be reunited with her 5 year-old daughter Milena and husband.

The President is threatening genocide and possible use of nuclear weapons against Iran.

It’s clear the President has continued to decline and is not fit to lead. The members of his Cabinet must invoke the 25th Amendment immediately.

Two-year-old Kaleth is being locked away at the Dilley trailer prison. He is getting sicker with each passing day. He will not eat the food CoreCivc serves, which detainees have said sometimes has mold and worms. He now has a fever.

For a GOP president—after the Iraq War—to say outright that invading Venezuela is all about oil is wild. But it is. It’s also about corruption, power, graft, and land. And we should take him at his word.

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The President took the United States to war with Iran without the authorization of Congress.
 
He claims the military operations were a success but is now refusing to brief the Congress or explain his actions in a timely manner.
 
Why is there a delay?

After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.

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Thank you to everyone who demanded freedom for Liam. We won’t stop until all children and families are home.

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Why won’t Speaker Johnson swear in Rep. Adelita Grijalva? Because she is the last signature needed to force a vote on releasing the full Epstein files.

This is an active coverup meant to protect powerful people from accountability.

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The Gámez-Cuéllar family has been released from Dilley! We just picked them up.

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Secretary Rubio's remarks indicate that Israel put U.S. forces in harm's way by insisting on attacking Iran. And the administration was complicit—joining their war instead of talking them down.

This is unacceptable of the President, and unacceptable of a country that calls itself our ally.

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I have an update on Juan Nicolás, the 2-month-old baby detained at Dilley, and his mother.

Can Sec. Noem look at Goerge Retes, Lenardo Vanegas, and 170+ U.S. citizens in the eye and lie to their face?

We’ve read the reports, heard the stories, and seen the videos. Americans citizens, including children, are being illegally detained.

This is the racial profiling dragnet we warned about.

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Before yesterday's crash, President Trump:

- Fired the heads of the TSA and the Coast Guard
- Pushed out the head of the FAA — leaving no one in charge
- Gutted a key aviation safety group
- Pushed air traffic controllers to quit as he purges the government

He's putting Americans in danger.

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To unnecessarily deport a sick baby and his entire family is heinous. My staff and I are in contact with Juan’s family.

Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted by a jury of conspiring to traffic 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.

For months Governor Abbott secretly deployed the Texas National Guard into ICE detention facilities, even forcing them to work in the detention center that imprisoned Liam Ramos and a two month old baby.

Wendy Vega Lores dreams of becoming a pediatrician. She finished high school in two years and began intensive prep to become a doctor.

She has a pending asylum case. On her 19th birthday, ICE detained her anyway. She has been locked away for 10 months.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's last words were "me están matando"—they are killing me.

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The State Department has officially terminated hundreds of Foreign Service Officers who are qualified, trained, and have years of experience.

American Foreign Service Association @afsaorg.bsky.social

On Tuesday, May 5, the State Department separated more than 200 Foreign Service members under the reduction in force first announced last July, even as it continues to recruit and onboard new officers. Read our statement: https://afsa.org/afsa-statement-state-department-reductions-force

The Dilley detention center should be shut down immediately. Because of the close-quarter conditions at Dilley, lack of prompt medical response and capacity, and lack of expertise with diseases such as measles, Dilley is not equipped to combat any spread.

Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar Barrios was completing her residency in South Texas when ICE locked her away. Her colleagues call her Ruby. They say that as an emergency and trauma doctor, she serves every patient with empathy and dedication. Being bilingual, she makes people feel seen and heard.

Unconstitutional deportations, a tanking economy, attacks on the most vulnerable, abuse of due process, and a rise in authoritarianism does not mean "America is back."