Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend,  A lot happened this week.  The president’s policies have launched us into war with Venezuela and House Republicans voted against extending ACA subsidies that help keep healthcare affordable.  All this while folks kee…

Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend,  The unemployment rate is now at a four-year high. I’m also hearing from folks who are seeing higher grocery prices at stores like Walmart. This is Congress’ last week in Washington before the end of the year, and time …

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, House Republicans are in a full revolt against Mike Johnson. For months, Speaker Mike Johnson has blocked a vote on extending subsidies through the Affordable Care Act – subsidies keeping healthcare costs for millions from skyrocketing at the …

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Over the last few weeks, Donald Trump has been stoking military conflict with Venezuela – bombing unarmed boats in the Caribbean, staging war ships off the coast, and seizing an oil tanker — all without any congressional authorization. Trump’s…

Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend, Texans are some of the most hard-working folks I know. But right now, many are struggling because of President Trump’s policies that are making life more expensive. Grocery prices are up, the economy is hurting and now h…

Joaquin Castro for Congress Hey Friend, We wanted to make sure you saw Joaquin’s announcement that he’s running for reelection! Greg Abbott and Donald Trump are doing everything in their power to keep Republicans in charge in Washington – including gerrymandering Texas’s congres…

Joaquin Castro for Congress It's official, Friend: I have filed for reelection to represent Texas’s 20th District in Congress. I love representing my hometown, San Antonio, in Congress. I’m running for reelection because I want to keep working to make life more affordable for th…

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Yesterday the Supreme Court gave the green light for Texas Republicans to use their gerrymandered maps ordered by Donald Trump – after a lower court struck them down. The Trump-stacked Supreme Court continues to use its shadow docket to give i…

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Last month there was an immigration raid on the Northside of San Antonio, resulting in 143 people being taken into custody in a chaotic scene for our community. But despite the raid taking place more than two weeks ago, there has been no infor…

Joaquin Castro for Congress Make it make sense, Friend, Trump just pardoned the former president of Honduras, who was convicted in the United States of trafficking hundreds of tons of drugs into our borders. AT THE SAME TIME, Trump is using our military to conduct extrajudicial …

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, This is a BIG week for Texas and Trump’s plot to rig the upcoming midterms. The Supreme Court may rule this week on Texas’s congressional maps — which were gerrymandered by Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans after orders from Donald Trump. Bef…

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Last week a federal court struck down Trump and Abbott’s illegal power grab in Texas – finding the new maps were racially gerrymandered to hurt Black and Hispanic Texans. But then last Friday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily blo…

Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend, Federal agents carried out a raid operation on the Northside of San Antonio this past weekend. More than 140 people were detained in the middle of the night at a food court area.  There are serious questions surroundin…

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, We’re officially in midterm season – and Trump and Republicans are in trouble. Here are just a few headlines from the past few days: REUTERS: Donald Trump’s disapproval rating jumps to 58 percent: Poll AP: More Americans are unhappy with the w…

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, After months of refusing, stalling, and keeping Congress closed to avoid a vote, Speaker Mike Johnson has finally scheduled a vote this week on releasing the DOJ’s files on Jeffrey Epstein. And we expect that it’s going to pass with bipartis…

Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend, I hope you had a good week.  Now that the government is re-opened, the fight for affordable healthcare continues. I am ready to fight for San Antonians and lower the cost of living. Texans deserve to afford groceries, h…