Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

July 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM

Paxton spent July 4 in ENGLAND

# [#]Friend, Ken Paxton is in BIG trouble in Texas. Recent polls show Ken Paxton and James Talarico statistically TIED in the race for Senate, just four months out from Election Day. But while Talarico barnstorms the state to meet as many voters as possible, Ken Paxton has been all over the news f…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

June 30, 2026 at 8:16 PM

At midnight tonight

# [#]I have a quick favor to ask, Friend. I’m helping lead the charge to hold ICE accountable and END detention of children in ICE prisons by the Trump administration. But taking on a federal agency and shining a spotlight on Trump’s abuses takes resources. And they’re spending billions of dol…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

June 29, 2026 at 11:25 PM

This is how I used my speech

# [#]Friend, This weekend I spoke at the Texas Democratic Party Convention. But instead of talking about politics, I used my time to talk about one issue: ending child detention in the U.S. Under Donald Trump, children and infants are being imprisoned by ICE — deprived of adequate food, wat…

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  Team Castro · [email protected]

June 27, 2026 at 7:02 PM

Really quick

# [#]We'll make this quick, Friend. As you know, since Trump took office Joaquin has been relentless in fighting to release children and families imprisoned by ICE. He's made nearly a dozen visits to detention facilities. He’s met with families who are detained. And he’s used his oversight authori…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

June 24, 2026 at 8:41 PM

Trump has lost Republicans

# [#]Friend, Trump’s war with Iran has been a disaster. 13 American servicemembers have been killed. Hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent. Gas and grocery prices have skyrocketed. And the American people want it to end. That’s why yesterday, a handful of Republican senat…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

June 17, 2026 at 9:47 PM

WATCH: I brought cameras to Dilley

# [#]Friend, I’ve made it my mission to end the detention of children by ICE. And I’ve made nearly a dozen visits to the Dilley detention center to fight for their release. But my last visit was different – because I brought cameras with me. MS NOW ’s Jacob Soboroff recently joined me and my coll…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

June 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM

A feeding frenzy of corruption

# [#]Friend, Yesterday, on his birthday, Donald Trump hosted a UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House — and YOU paid for it. [[link removed]] Billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and David Ellison attended the event alongside government officials. And the entire White House South Lawn was co…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

June 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM

500 BABIES

# [#]500 BABIES. Since Trump took office, ICE has imprisoned 500 babies and toddlers, according to a new analysis from MS NOW. On average, ICE has imprisoned 25 children under 3-years-old per day since January. That’s 10 times higher than the previous year under President Biden. The Trump a…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

June 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM

Texas BBQ is in trouble

# [#]Friend, Texas BBQ is in trouble. Trump’s absurd tariffs and reckless Iran war has spiked costs for ranchers. Severe droughts have limited grazing. And a “screwworm” parasite has been discovered in Texas livestock in recent weeks. [[link removed]] As a result, U.S. cattle supply has dro…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

June 3, 2026 at 8:43 PM

Disband ICE

# [#]Friend, ICE is completely out of control. New reporting this week shows that ICE agents arrested and detained a U.S. CITIZEN for 25 days. Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales, a 22-year-old woman from Maryland, was arrested by ICE in December. But despite telling agents multiple times that she is …

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

June 1, 2026 at 9:39 PM

I won’t let them look away

# [#]Friend, This weekend I visited the Dilley detention center for the sixth time since Trump took office. And this time I brought news cameras with me to shine a national spotlight on what’s happening inside of ICE detention. I’m going to tell you what we saw. But first, if you support my work…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

May 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM

People are starving

# [#]Friend, People keep asking me: “why are you so focused on what’s happening inside ICE detention facilities?” Let me tell you. Across the country, thousands of people and families are being stuffed inside cramped prisons – deprived of adequate food, basic health care, and contact with t…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

May 27, 2026 at 5:06 PM

Game on.

# [#]Friend, It’s official: Texas is the biggest battleground in the nation. Yesterday Republicans officially nominated Ken Paxton — a notoriously corrupt, criminally indicted, Republican-impeached extremist — to be their nominee for Senate in Texas. And I couldn’t be more excited. Game on [link…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

May 20, 2026 at 5:56 PM

TEXAS is ours to win

# [#]Friend, Yesterday Donald Trump endorsed Ken Paxton over John Cornyn in the race for the Senate in Texas... ….and we couldn’t be happier. secure.actblue.com/donate/jc20260520 [secure.actblue.com/donate/jc20260520] FLIP TEXAS >> [[link removed]] Ken Paxton is a corrupt, criminally-indi…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

May 18, 2026 at 9:33 PM

BLOCK Trump’s illegal slush fund

# [#]This is a five-alarm fire, Friend. This morning Trump announced he would drop his lawsuit against the IRS—an agency he controls—in exchange for creating a $1.7 BILLION taxpayer-funded slush fund to pay out his criminal allies, including the people who stormed the Capitol on January 6th. M…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

May 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM

San Antonio and Washington Updates

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

May 13, 2026 at 7:05 PM

Billion dollar ballrooms

# [#]Friend, Inflation just reached its highest level since 2023. Gas prices are expected to hit $5/gallon soon. And last month we saw the biggest jump in grocery prices in four years. Texans are being hit HARD by Trump’s reckless war in Iran and his disastrous tariff agenda. And his actions have …

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

May 11, 2026 at 10:42 PM

Dems MUST fight fire with fire

# [#]Friend, Donald Trump and his allies are attempting to rig an election before a single vote is cast – and a pair of court decisions just helped him advance his power grab. Democrats need to fight back with everything we have. We MUST match fire with fire. If you agree, chip in $15, $25,…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

May 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM

What we saw in Dilley

# [#]Friend, Yesterday I made my EIGHTH visit to an ICE detention facility – and I brought some friends with me. A group of lawmakers joined me at the Dilley detention center, where we inspected the facility, and met with a San Antonio family that was detained while they were waiting for the s…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

May 5, 2026 at 9:29 PM

Help me put ICE in check

# [#]Friend, Across the country, immigrants are being abducted from their communities and imprisoned in ICE detention facilities which are hidden from the public. And this week a new report from the Washington Post revealed that ICE has used physical force or chemical agents at least 780 times…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

April 30, 2026 at 7:54 PM

We MUST ban gerrymandering

# [#]Friend, Yesterday the Trump-stacked Supreme Court gutted the most critical section of the Voting Rights Act. The conservative majority essentially eliminated Section 2 of VRA, which makes it illegal for states to draw voting maps that discriminate against voters of color. secure.actblu…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

April 29, 2026 at 9:04 PM

NEW POLL: Texas is up for grabs

# [#]Friend, This November, Democrats have the opportunity to take back the House AND Senate — and Texas is up for grabs. Texans are turning on Donald Trump and his allies in Texas. They’re tired of gas and grocery prices continuing to climb. They’re tired of Trump’s warmongering abroad. Th…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

April 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Texans are PISSED

# [#]Friend, Across our southern border, Texas families, ranchers, and communities are fighting tooth-and-nail to keep their land from being stolen for Trump’s border wall. Dozens of residents living near Big Bend National Park in West Texas have received threatening letters from the Trump adminis…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

April 23, 2026 at 6:21 PM

Greg Abbott lost.

# [#]Friend, Donald Trump may have started the fight on redistricting — but Democrats are finishing it. When Trump demanded that red states gerrymander their maps to help him steal the midterms, Texas Republicans like Greg Abbott happily did as they were told. Because they’re cowards. But w…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

April 22, 2026 at 11:59 PM

Protecting San Antonio, War in Iran, and ICE in our Community

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

April 22, 2026 at 1:11 AM

Attention Business Owners: You May Qualify for a Tariff Refund 

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

April 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM

8 weeks of war

# [#]Friend, When Trump launched his war in Iran, he said it would end “in two or three days.” But today marks week eight – and there’s no end in sight. Gas has passed $4 a gallon. 13 American service members have died. We’ve spent more than $55 billion in taxpayer money. And global trade remains …

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

April 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM

Same cruelty, more secrecy

# [#]Friend, You’re probably hearing less about Trump’s mass detention and deportations lately. With Trump still waging war in Iran, his immigration agenda has been out of the headlines – and that’s by design . He knows his cruelty towards immigrants has been extremely unpopular. But let me…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

April 14, 2026 at 10:06 PM

Trump attacks faith

# [#]Friend, MAGA is in a full revolt against Trump after a week of attacking people of faith while waging a war against Iran. In the last week alone, Trump: * Pledged to wipe out a civilization * Attacked the Pope * Reposted an AI image of himself as Jesus Trump has alway…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

April 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM

Trump wants to change the subject

# [#]Friend, Donald Trump has tried to change the subject from his disastrous mass deportation agenda. Because he knows it’s extremely unpopular. But across the country, children and families are still being imprisoned in ICE detention – and I refuse to be silent about it. That’s why this week I …

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

April 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM

Trump threatens genocide

# [#]Donald Trump must be stopped, Friend. This morning Trump threatened genocide and war crimes against the people of Iran: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” secure.actblue.com/donate/jc20260407a [secure.actblue.com/donate/jc20260407a] This is not just Trum…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

April 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM

Really quick before the weekend

# [#]Really quick, Friend, Every day, Trump and Republicans give us another reason to be outraged and concerned for our nation’s future. War in the Middle East. Gas prices on the rise. Masked agents on our streets. It seems like it never ends… But here’s the good news: we’re only seven mont…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

March 31, 2026 at 9:08 PM

I’ve been busy

# [#]This is it, Friend. The FEC’s end-of-quarter fundraising deadline is TONIGHT at midnight – the first major deadline of the general election. Let me tell you why this deadline matters: My team and I have spent the past few months fighting tooth-and-nail to get children abducted by ICE release…

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  Julián Castro · [email protected]

March 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM

(The other twin)

# [#]Hey y’all! It’s Julián Castro — former presidential candidate, HUD Secretary, Mayor of San Antonio — and, most importantly, Joaquin’s twin brother. secure.actblue.com/donate/jc20260330 [secure.actblue.com/donate/jc20260330] Being a twin can be a bit frustrating at times — people have b…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

March 26, 2026 at 9:49 PM

These fights matter

# [#]Friend, I know you get a lot of emails, especially in an election year like this one. So I’m going to keep this short. The FEC’s end-of-quarter fundraising deadline is only a few days away. This is the first quarterly deadline of the general election, so it’s critical we show STRENGTH. …

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

March 25, 2026 at 5:46 PM

Trump’s airport mess

# [#]Friend, Airports across the country are slammed with 2+ hour lines right now – because Donald Trump refuses to put guardrails on ICE. [[link removed]] Here’s the latest: * The Dept. of Homeland Security remains shut down because REPUBLICANS – who control the House, Senate, and Whit…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

March 23, 2026 at 8:22 PM

“The Congressman Helping Bust People Out of ICE Jails”

# [#]Friend, Trump’s mass deportation agenda, carried out by ICE, has been front page news since he took office. But behind the scenes, hundreds of children have been caught up in the chaos and IMPRISONED by ICE in facilities like the Dilley detention center in Texas. As the grandson of imm…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

March 20, 2026 at 7:13 PM

Trump has created a mess

# [#]Friend, Donald Trump has plunged us head first into another Middle East war in Iran – and it appears he’s completely lost control: * 13 U.S. servicemembers have been killed, and more than 200 have been injured. * Oil prices have skyrocketed, bringing gas prices to their highest leve…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

March 16, 2026 at 4:12 PM

We don’t wait for change...

# [#]Friend, Nearly 100 years ago, my grandmother migrated from Mexico to San Antonio as an orphan. She never made it past the 4th grade. But she worked 2-3 jobs at a time to support herself and my mother – so that my mom could give my brother Julián and me a chance to succeed. And two generation…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

March 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Texans are fed up

# [#]Something big is happening in Texas, Friend. Donald Trump’s approval rating is underwater in Texas. Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, and John Cornyn are extremely unpopular in the polls. And last week Texas Democrats broke a state record for turnout in a midterm primary. Instead of fighting for worki…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

March 10, 2026 at 9:28 PM

A family has been reunited

# [#]I've got great news, Friend: The Gámez-Cuéllar family has been released from ICE detention! The Gámez-Cuéllar family were detained and separated by ICE last month, despite migrating to the U.S. legally in 2023 and consistently following our immigration laws. Their two sons, Caleb and Antonio…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

March 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM

This is how we flip Texas

# [#]Friend, Let me let you in on a little secret: Texas is within reach in 2026. Let me tell you why. Democrats have been eager to flip Texas for decades. But every cycle, we’ve come up short. But the 2026 midterms are our best shot in years. Let me break it down: * Dems are fired up – De…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

March 4, 2026 at 10:08 PM

We can WIN Texas

# [#]It's a big day in Texas, Friend! First -- a big thank you to the people of San Antonio for renominating me for another term in the House of Representatives! Serving my hometown in Congress is an honor — and I look forward to continuing fighting for more opportunity for hardworking familie…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

February 27, 2026 at 9:59 PM

Rosie Castro

# [#]Friend, Sometimes people ask me: who inspired you to get into politics and fight for the most vulnerable people? And the answer is easy – my mom, Rosie Castro. secure.actblue.com/donate/jc20260227 [secure.actblue.com/donate/jc20260227] My mother raised me and my brother Julián as a single m…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

February 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM

Chaos. Corruption. Cruelty.

# [#]Friend, Last night, Trump delivered the State of the Union address…and it was nothing short of delusional. He bragged about a booming stock market - while many Americans struggle to afford housing, healthcare, and groceries. He boasted about his immigration record – while his masked IC…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

February 23, 2026 at 10:10 PM

I’ve never traded stock

# [#]Hey Friend, Fun Fact: I have never traded a single stock in my entire time in Congress secure.actblue.com/donate/jc20260223 [secure.actblue.com/donate/jc20260223] Members of Congress get access to nonpublic information that can move the stock market – and they have power to write and pass le…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

February 20, 2026 at 10:57 PM

I’m going back to Dilley today

# [#]Friend, I first ran for Congress because I wanted to increase opportunity for the people of San Antonio — and fight for the most vulnerable people who don’t have a voice in Congress. That’s still true today. And I’m incredibly proud of the work we’ve done together. Thanks to you, I was na…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

February 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM

They lie like they breathe

# [#]Friend, The Department of Homeland Security and ICE has been caught lying about their actions countless times since Trump took office. They lied about Renee Good. They lied about Alex Pretti. And they were caught lying again this week in two different cases. * In Chicago, U.S. Border …

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM

Congress has a duty on Epstein

# [#]Friend, The Epstein files are worse than we imagined. Despite the DOJ only releasing around half of the total documents, what we’ve already seen in the Epstein files is horrifying. The documents expose an elite class of wealthy and powerful people operating beyond the law – and using t…

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  Joaquin Castro · [email protected]

February 9, 2026 at 11:24 PM

What I saw in ICE detention

# [#]Friend, On Friday, I visited an ICE detention facility in Pearsall, Texas – the second facililty I’ve visited this month. I had the opportunity to talk to detainees, observe court proceedings, and meet with Texas National Guard troops that have been needlessly assigned by Gov. Abbott to assis…

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