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@JoaquinCastrotx

Texas Congressman, Member of and House Intelligence Committees, Chairman Elect of & host of

San Antonio, Texas
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Joined December 2010
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Dec 14

    On Tuesday, the will lead a delegation to Station in , to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of . Any Members of Congress interested in attending, please contact .

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    6 hours ago

    Instead of paying for a wall, Congress should pay for doctors and medical facilities to keep children in CBP and ICE custody alive. If you take custody of a child you are responsible for that child.

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  3. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    The tragic loss of Felipe Alonzo-Gomez comes just a little more than two weeks after the death of Jakelin Caal. We need answers. I join with in calling for a full Congressional investigation.

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    6 hours ago

    Why does President Trump keep attacking Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell over rate hikes? Trump owes Deutsche Bank about $340 million of debt with interest rates that will rise whenever the Fed raises rates.

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    5 hours ago

    NYT spoke with the daughters of Dr. Larry Braunstein, a foot doctor in Queens who rented his office from Fred Trump. He apparently diagnosed Donald Trump with bone spurs to avoid the Vietnam draft as a courtesy to the elder Trump.

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    5 hours ago

    Border agency announces changes after second child dies in immigration custody

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    12 hours ago

    Edgewood ISD's issues sum up Texas' record of neglecting students of color

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  8. Retweeted
    Dec 25

    We say a prayer for him today. And we must change policy. We don’t need to put families seeking asylum into detention. It’s time to end that.

    BREAKING: U.S. immigration authorities say an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala has died in government custody. It's the second instance this month of an immigrant child dying while being detained.
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    17 hours ago

    “Congress should investigate this tragedy upon its return to session,” says . "The Administration’s policy of turning people away from legal ports of entry, otherwise known as metering, is putting families and children in great danger.”

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    Dec 25

    Trump claims that “many” federal workers want the government to stay closed: "Many of those workers have said to me, communicated, stay out until you get the funding for the wall. These federal workers want the wall."

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    21 hours ago

    .: "With two deaths that we know about just in the last few weeks, Congress will continue to press until we get answers to all our questions.”

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    21 hours ago

    . Chair Elect : "I’m deeply saddened by the death of 8-year-old Felipe Alonzo-Gomez last night in custody and offer my condolences to his family." Full statement here:

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    Dec 25

    : SCOOP: Early this morning, an 8-year-old Guatemalan child died in CBP custody at a hospital in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Official cause of death is still unknown.

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    Dec 24

    Watch honor the first Hispanic U.S. Senator, Octaviano Larrazolo. He was a defender of civil rights and was nicknamed the “silver-tongued orator” because of his bilingual speeches. He is a .

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    Dec 24

    Trump's White House tried to calm markets this weekend. It backfired. The S&P 500 is now in a bear market, a 20% decline from the all-time high in September. Technically, this ends the longest bull market in post-WWII era.

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    Dec 24

    In case you forgot just how dominant Tim Duncan was, take a look back at his '02-03 MVP season 💪

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    Dec 23

    Congressman Scalise— I’d invite you to visit the Texas southern border. I’m sure my colleagues who represent the border region would be happy to host you and, while doing so, disabuse you of the notion their districts are “in crisis.” Spoiler: we don’t need a wall.

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    Our southern border is in crisis, and our brave border patrol agents are being attacked. We need to give them the tools to stay safe while keeping us safe. We need to build the wall.
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  18. Retweeted
    Dec 22

    We need to stop catering to politicians’ self-delusion. We have more border patrol agents, ICE agents, dentention centers than ever before with less migration than in years past. We became the most powerful, prosperous nation on earth without a wall.

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    Dec 22

    Here’s how much I’ll vote to pay for Trump’s wall: $0. The people I represent in Texas don’t want it.

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    Dec 22
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    Joaquin please make sure to harp on the drug issue as well. Since 90% of drugs come through ports of entry, some through planes, and some through tunnels, the wall will address maybe 5% of drug traffic and not even entirely stop that. We could spend a fraction of that at ports.

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  21. Dec 22

    We need to stop catering to politicians’ self-delusion. We have more border patrol agents, ICE agents, dentention centers than ever before with less migration than in years past. We became the most powerful, prosperous nation on earth without a wall.

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