JoaquinCastro

Biden admin says it supports legal status for asylum-seeking kids and parents separated at border

The Biden administration has said that it supports legal status for the thousands of asylum-seeking children and parents cruelly ripped apart at the southern border by the previous administration …

Wed Feb 2, 2022

Human rights organization calls on DOJ to 'act swiftly' and halt Greg Abbott's border scheme

Human Rights Watch says that more than 1,500 migrants have been arrested and detained under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “discriminatory and abusive” Operation Lone Star scheme. As previously noted, many …

Tue Nov 23, 2021

Advocates urge San Diego district attorney to probe brutal 2010 killing at hands of border agents

It has been over a decade since the killing of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), who was “tased, stripped and beaten by a mob of border & customs officers in 2010,” …

Thu Nov 18, 2021

Joaquin Castro leads lawmakers in calling on DHS, DOJ to investigate Greg Abbott's border scheme

Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro leads two dozen House Democrats in calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ( to open a federal investigation into Gov. Greg …

Mon Nov 1, 2021