At a Glance

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 — 498

Yes39%

No58%

Present0%

Not Voting3%

Party align98%

Cross-party0%

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District Map

Congressional District 20

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Official site Bluesky X @JoaquinCastrotx Facebook Instagram YouTube

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Joaquin Castro

U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 20

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Joaquin's ATmosphere Activity

20 recent posts · 21 sponsored · 101 cosponsored

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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 16(source)

Today with great sadness, we remember the life of Dr. Manuel P. Berriozábal and the mark he made on San Antonio. A professor of mathematics, and a faculty member of UTSA since 1976, his passion for education touched the lives of countless San Antonians.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 16(source)

I’m glad to hear that he will be released and am grateful to all of the doctors and folks who spoke out.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 16(source)

Dr. Ezequiel Véliz will be home soon! He was living in the states for nine years with his U.S. citizen husband and practicing medicine in an underserved South Texas community when ICE targeted him. He should have never been locked away.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 15(source)

It was great to meet with the Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Albert Ramdin to discuss how the United States and the Latin American & Caribbean region can work to promote fair elections. I look forward to our continued work strengthening the region and our partnership.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 14(source)

The 5-year-old daughter needs dental surgery but ICE refuses care. The oldest daughter has been separated from the rest of her family. I have met with the family at Dilley. The children are bright, gracious, and innocent. They must be released.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 14(source)

Hayam El Gamal and her five children have been locked away at the Dilley trailer prison for almost a year. The mother has fluid near her heart and is in severe pain but won’t be given proper care. The 16-year-old son had delayed treatment for appendicitis.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 13(source)

He should be at home with wife, Stephanie, and their children. Thank you for speaking up for Juan and those like him who have been unfairly targeted by the Trump Administration.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 13(source)

He’s dealing with kidney stones and has lost lots of weight because of gastrointestinal issues.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 13(source)

Just visited Juan Velasco. He’s an honest, hardworking Dreamer who works in healthcare. Today he’s sitting in a prison in Laredo, TX missing his family that includes a two month old baby girl. youtube.com/shorts/q7pDf...

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 13(source)

He is a DACA recipient who did everything the right way. Today, I met with Stephanie and her husband Juan to check on them and work toward his release. The Trump Administration must stop targeting Dreamers who make our country great.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 13(source)

Stephanie Villarreal is a U.S. citizen and mother of 3—her youngest is 9 weeks old. Her husband was on the way to visit their newborn daughter in the NICU when ICE arrested him. He has been locked away in Laredo, Texas, at a for-profit detention center—unable to hold his baby and raise his children.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 13(source)

Going to Laredo to visit Juan Velasco, a DACA recipient picked up by ICE while on his way to visit his newborn in the NICU. The Trump Administration has arrested hundreds of DACA recipients since January 2025. These are good, hardworking people. Not criminals. youtu.be/PEdzeF4HVNc?...

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 13(source)

ICE is targeting physicians who serve our communities. It is ripping families apart and hurting patients. The Trump Admin should release Dr. Bolivar immediately and end its indiscriminate mass deportation campaign.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 13(source)

Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar works at an ER in South Texas and is passionate about educating the public about staying healthy. She was traveling to California with her 5-year-old daughter, who is a U.S. citizen, when ICE detained her despite having work permits and a pending asylum case.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 11(source)

His family and his beloved Bronx community are in my thoughts and prayers. May he rest in peace.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 11(source)

Former Rep. Eliot Engel was a dedicated public servant who made New York & our country a better place. I had the honor of serving with him on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Under his skilled leadership as Chair of the committee, he helped advance U.S. interests & human rights around the globe.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 9(source)

Dr. Véliz should be released immediately.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 9(source)

The Trump Admin’s mass deportation campaign is destroying lives. ICE is not going after the worst of the worst, they are targeting people like Dr. Véliz, who has been living in the U.S. for nine years, married to a U.S. citizen, and meeting the healthcare needs of a severely underserved population.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 9(source)

Last year, Dr. Ezequiel Véliz was named 2025 Resident of the Year at UT Health, Rio Grande Valley. Last week, ICE detained him in McAllen, Texas—ripping him away from his family, his life, and his patients.

Joaquin Castro@joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialApr 8(source)

Update: Just left Dilley. More secrecy, same cruelty under the new DHS Secretary. youtu.be/uTNZQlhNpwc?...

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Sponsored Bills(21)

H.R. 7675 (119th)
Securing Partner Supply Chains Act
H. Res. 1012 (119th)
Recognizing and honoring Cristina M. Rodríguez for her historic appointment as dean of Yale …
H.R. 7059 (119th)
To prohibit the use of funds to use military force in or against Mexico, and for other purpo…
H.R. 6910 (119th)
To strengthen the development mandate of the United States International Development Finance…
H. Res. 969 (119th)
Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 8, 2025, as "Natio…

Cosponsored Bills(101)

H. Res. 1210 (119th)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic …
Joined: 2026-04-23
H.R. 8494 (119th)
To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or…
Joined: 2026-04-23
H. Res. 1186 (119th)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump, his Specia…
Joined: 2026-04-16
H. Res. 1185 (119th)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Justice must com…
Joined: 2026-04-16
H.R. 8202 (119th)
To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to provide for a ten-year statute of limitati…
Joined: 2026-04-06

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Voting History

498 total votes

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Date	Bill	Question	Position	Party Maj	Align?	Result
2025-11-20	H.R. 5107 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-20	H.R. 5214 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-19	H. Res. 888 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-11-19	S.J. Res. 80 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-19	H.J. Res. 131 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-19	H.J. Res. 130 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-18	H. Res. 888 (119th)	Motion to Refer	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-11-18	H. Res. 878 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-18	H. Res. 879 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-18	H. Res. 879 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-18	H.R. 4405 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-11-18	H. Res. 878 (119th)	Kill the motion	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-11-18	H.R. 2659 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-11-17	H.R. 1608 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-11-13	H.R. 5371 (119th)	Accept Senate changes	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-12	H. Res. 873 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-19	H. Res. 719 (119th)	Approve resolution	NOT_VOTING	YES	—	Passed
2025-09-19	H.R. 5371 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-19	H.R. 5371 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-09-18	H.R. 1047 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-18	H.R. 3015 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-18	H.R. 3062 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-17	H. Res. 713 (119th)	Kill the motion	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-09-17	H.R. 5143 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-17	H.R. 5125 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-17	H. Res. 722 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-17	H. Res. 722 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-16	H.R. 5140 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-16	H.R. 4922 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-16	H.R. 2721 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-09-16	H. Res. 707 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-16	H. Res. 707 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-15	H.R. 3400 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-09-15	H.J. Res. 117 (119th)	Kill the motion	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-11	H.R. 3486 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-11	H.R. 3944 (119th)	Instruct negotiators	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	YES	✓	Agreed to
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Agreed to
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Agreed to
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Agreed to
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Agreed to
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Agreed to

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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