Joaquin Castro

It’s shocking and shameful that in the United States we have allowed for investors to make money off of child imprisonment. Children as young as two-months old.

Alongside 110 House Democrats, I am calling for the Dilley Trailer Prison to be shut down.

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Texas has lost one of our own. Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, Texas—just 19 years old—was killed Friday in an Iranian strike. Her family and loved ones are in my prayers.

More than 100 of Governor Abbott’s buoys broke loose during deadly floods in Texas. Buoys with sharp razors are now causing damage to neighborhoods and have shut down a bridge that transports thousands of vehicles a day.

Sister Letty was on her way to Sunday mass when ICE detained her. Trump said he would go after the worst of the worst. But time and again, the administration is going after the best of the best—children, teachers, doctors.

Just hours after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela that killed over 1,900 people, ICE attempted to deport children and families from the Dilley Trailer Prison to Venezuela. They were woken up in the middle of the night and sent to Arizona on their way to Venezuela.

This is who ICE has out on our streets. This agent is a real threat to public safety unlike the man he murdered.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a husband and father, living and working in Houston for 35 years. Yesterday, an ICE agent shot and killed him.

Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com

ICE and the FBI are investigating after a Mexican citizen was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston's Magnolia Park on Tuesday.

ICE shooting updates: Hidalgo joins calls for investigation into Araujo's death

ICE and the FBI are investigating after a Mexican citizen was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston's Magnolia Park on Tuesday.

Hebert Ibarra Castro is a 20-year-old mariachi from San Antonio who was detained by ICE on his way home from performing at a birthday party.

ICE’s bounty hunters and agents are stalking Latinos across the country. They are looking for Latino men at construction sites and supply stores, listening for who is speaking Spanish, and stopping them.

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In less than a week, ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero. Two families are now without fathers.

Congress must disband ICE. Otherwise, these killings will continue.

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The ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo looks more and more like a cold-blooded murder.

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Hebert Ibarra Castro has been reunited with his wife Marisol, family, and mariachi community.

When he was locked away in ICE detention, he performed the National Anthem on the Fourth of July. In a country that stands for freedom and opportunity, he deserves a fair chance at the American Dream.

A baby girl is battling cancer while her father is locked away by ICE. Juan Francisco's 1-year-old daughter has a life-threatening eye cancer and was diagnosed last August. He has been at the Laredo Rio Grande Processing center for 157 days.

Israel does not deserve more American money for weapons.

Prime Minister Netanyahu has taken Israel down an ugly path. Self-defense does not include indiscriminately bombing homes, hospitals, churches, schools or refugee camps.

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I mourn the loss of two military heroes that made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the nation. I am praying for their families and for the recovery of several other servicemembers who were injured during the attack.

Our nation should not be involved in this war.

43 adults and 17 children have been killed in Haiti. In one strike, a woman lost her 3-year-old daughter and husband. The mother found her daughter with holes in her body. She did not have enough money to bury them.

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Another person has died at the hands of ICE in Biddeford, Maine. This tragedy comes less than a week after an agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. Our communities deserve answers and a full investigation.

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A person was killed in an ICE-involved shooting in Maine, state official says. It comes days after a man was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Texas. https://cnn.it/4wKTLTH

Welcome home, Hebert! After after everything you have endured, it was wonderful to celebrate your homecoming with your wife, family, friends, and mariachi brothers and sisters. You have a special place in our San Antonio community!

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Still in his mariachi attire, a detention facility worker taunted him: "If you sing me a song, I'll let you go." What was meant as mockery, mariachis across San Antonio have turned into an act of solidarity and are banding together to sing for his release.

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In the cases of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero, they have engaged in cold-blooded murder.

In the face of this administration's racial hatred and bigotry, we have to stand up together and refuse to be silent.

Thank you to the Salgado family and the entire city of Houston for the incredible courage you have shown standing up to injustice. Ronaldo and Lorenzo, your father will never be forgotten.

La muerte de Lorenzo Salgado Araujo en manos del ICE se parece cada vez más a un asesinato a sangre fría.

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The Supreme Court confirmed what we have always known: being born in America makes you an American.

We remember the 139 lives lost in catastrophic flooding that devastated the Texas Hill Country a year ago today. I am grateful to the heroes and first responders who saved countless lives. We must continue to work at the federal, state, and local level to prevent future tragedies.