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Dear Friend,
I hope you had a good week. I am honored to share these updates with you and let you know what my staff and I have been up to this week. As always, if I can be of any assistance to you, please call my office in San Antonio at (210) 348-8216 or my office in Washington at (202) 225-3236.
Dallas Morning News Op-ed: “Gutting Texas Dream Act is a Mistake”
The Texas Dream Act has invested in Texas Dreamers and given them a fighting chance at achieving their dreams. Their participation in sectors like healthcare, energy, tech and more has enabled the Texas economy to boom. To gut the law is a mistake. Read my op-ed in the Dallas Morning News here.
San Antonio
New Leaders Council Capstone Community Day
This past weekend, I had the honor of speaking at the New Leaders Council (NLC) Capstone Community Day in San Antonio. We honored the newest cohort of the NLC and discussed the importance of investing in local, place-based leadership pipelines, community empowerment, and fostering cross-sector collaboration to build a more equitable San Antonio.
Legislative Updates
Statement on Israel-Iran Conflict
No place, no city or community in our country has a monopoly when it comes to military sacrifice. Our service members serve because they believe in the values of our country. But that trust and goodwill has sometimes been abused by political leaders who sent our service members to fight in wars under false pretenses based on bad or biased intelligence.
Read my full statement on the Israel-Iran conflict here.
Social Media Highlights
On the Tragic Flood in San Antonio
See post here.
On the Targeted Attack in Minnesota
See post here.
Father’s Day!
See post here.
On Juneteenth
See post here.
Article of the Week
San Antonio Express News: “Castro to Trump: U.S. bombing of Iran ‘not in our interests’”
Read the article here.
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That’s all for this week. Talk soon.
Sincerely,
Joaquin Castro
Member of Congress |
