Joaquin Castro

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2241 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515

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The Trump administration filed for expedited deportation proceedings against 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family days after a federal judge ordered them released from 11 days of detention at the Dilley family detention center in Texas. Liam and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, had been detained in Columbia Heights, Minnesota on January 20 while returning home from school. Rep. Joaquin Castro publicly disclosed the expedited removal filing, calling it retaliatory. At the February 6 hearing, the immigration judge granted the family a continuance, postponing the case.

On June 20, 2022, Eric Greitens — the embattled former Republican governor of Missouri running for U.S. Senate — releases a 38-second campaign video. Greitens, armed with a shotgun and with a handgun holstered at his side, leads a group of men in tactical gear who throw what appears to be a flash-bang grenade before bursting through a door. "Today, we're going RINO hunting," Greitens says with a smile, sliding his shotgun. "Get a RINO hunting permit. There's no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn't expire until we save our country." RINO stands for "Republican in name only" — a term used to target moderate or anti-Trump Republicans. The ad's imagery directly depicts violent tactical assault against political opponents. Twitter flags the video and removes it for policy violations; Facebook takes it down for violating rules against violence and abuse. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) says: "This is sociopathic. You're going to get someone killed." Greitens is one of 21 Republicans in the Missouri Senate primary. Despite widespread condemnation — including from some Republicans — Greitens loses the primary but is not censured by Republican leadership.