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Seat
Representative for Texas District 20
Born
September 16, 1974
Age 51
Phone
(202) 225-3236
Office
2241 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington 20515
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Texas District 20

Joaquin Castro

Joaquin Castro is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who has represented Texas's 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2013. The district includes just over half of his native San Antonio. He currently serves on the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

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Voting Record — 552
Yes39%
No57%
Present1%
Not Voting4%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Congressional District 20

U.S. Census Bureau boundary data.
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Joaquin Castro
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 20
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Joaquin's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 21 sponsored · 103 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

According to ICE’s own policies, she should never have been locked away while pregnant. What should have been a joyous time for her family became a nightmare under the Trump Administration’s cruel mass deportation machine. It is shameful. Darisbel should be released immediately.
Darisbel Quintero Morillo and her husband Gilbert were living in Dallas and hoping to start a family. Darisbel learned that she was pregnant after she had been detained and locked away in an ICE prison.
I am proud to share that three of the songs you helped nominate were selected to be inducted into the prestigious National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress—“Mambo No. 5” by Pérez Prado, “Texas Flood” by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, and “Feliz Navidad” by José Feliciano.
Victor, Monserrat, and Maria are on their way home! Thank you to the entire San Antonio community for speaking out and demanding their release from the Dilley trailer prison. We will not stop until all children are free.
Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar Barrios has been released! She should never have been locked away by ICE. As an emergency and trauma doctor, she served patients in South Texas with dedication. I am grateful that she will be reunited with her 5 year-old daughter Milena and husband.
The Uzcategui-Labrador family is coming home to San Antonio! 5th grader Victor, 2nd grader Monserrat, and stepmom Maria will be released from the Dilley trailer prison, where they were locked away after being targeted at a school bus stop in San Antonio.
The students in Victor’s fifth grade class know how much he loves playing soccer. ICE targeted him and his sister Monserrat, a second grader, and stepmother at the bus stop and are currently locked away at the Dilley trailer prison.
Olivia Andre, a 19-year-old nursing student, spent six months inside the Dilley Trailer Prison. But thanks to the advocacy of her family, Congresswoman Pingree, Miss Rachel and attorneys she’s headed home to Maine this afternoon. In a few hours she’ll be home with her family. @pingree.house.gov
Nayib Bukele has long targeted journalists with spyware and intimidated them into silence or exile. With this action against journalists at El Faro, which has done excellent work exposing Bukele's ties to gangs, El Salvador under Bukele continues its descent into authoritarianism.
ICE does not want you to see the cruel reality for children and their families locked up at Dilley. Children like Victor and Monserrat who were picked up at a bus stop miss their dad and school—and it’s not just them. 93 children remain locked up and it’s not right. #FreeOurChildren
There is too much at stake to accept ignorance. We are at war alongside Israel against Iran without knowing what their red lines are for using a nuclear weapon. I led a group of 30 lawmakers to demand an end to the ambiguity.
Kevin González is only 18. He is suffering from stage 4 colon cancer and has days to live. He’s desperate to spend his last moments with his parents, but ICE detained his mom and dad after they tried to seek humanitarian asylum.
They gave me notes to give to their father—they miss him, their classmates and teachers. Children belong at home and at school. We won’t stop until we shut down Dilley and #FreeOurChildren.
ICE targeted elementary school students, Victor and Monserrat, and their stepmother, Maria Betania, at the bus stop in San Antonio. Now, they are locked away at the Dilley trailer prison. I met with them at Dilley yesterday.
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Voting History
552 total votes
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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-01-03Election of the SpeakerNOT_VOTINGJohnson (LA)
2025-01-03Call by StatesPRESENTPassed

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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