Joaquín Castro

Texas lawmakers call for harder sanctions against Russia as humanitarian crisis intensifies.

A Vietnam War veteran battling stage IV cancer received a Purple Heart Monday for wounds he received in combat 55 years ago. 77-year-old Robert Briggs of San Antonio enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1962, after graduation from Robert E. Lee High School.

Castro and 25 other members of Congress argued in a letter that the policy is likely illegal, and wanted an investigation into the state's treatment of migrants crossing the border.

Latino misrepresentation in the entertainment industry results from the lack of Latino representation in the media.

The political careers of Julián and Joaquin Castro are well known in their hometown of San Antonio and beyond. The twin brothers' rise in public service, and the women in their lives who played a vital role in their success, caught the attention of award-winning children's author, Monica Brown, who chronicled their story in a new bilingual children's book, "Small Room, Big Dreams."

San Antonio Congressman Joaquin Castro, as a state representative in 2003, participated in a similar quorum break to Oklahoma with more than four dozen Democrats at the time to stop redistricting bills. Nearly 20 years later, Castro will assist his legislative counterparts during their potentially weeks-long stay in D.C. and support federal voting legislation.

Congressman Joaquin Castro led a Democratic delegation on a tour of a temporary shelter for migrant children in Carrizo Springs Friday. It is one of the many facilities the Biden administration opened to house a large number of unaccompanied minors arriving at the border. Castro spoke with TPR's Maria Mendez after the tour.

The Texas-Mexico border remains closed to many migrants and foreign travelers, but it will be bustling on Friday as various officials and political groups visit the area.

The delivery of medicine, packages, bills and letters has been delayed across the country as a result of new controversial changes issued by the…

The Texas Democrat says police violence is not associated with Latinos in the same way it is with African Americans, "but it has been a real problem for the Latino community."