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Greg Casar: “We'll have the biggest Democratic Hispanic caucus ever.”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Published December 7, 2022 | Video Starts at 14:46

That is where a lot of the folks that work hardest on immigration reform are. And there are now nine freshmen Democrats headed into the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. We'll have the biggest Democratic Hispanic caucus ever. And it includes a lot of Latinos in tough districts and in very blue districts like mine who all care about this issue. (14:46–14:50)

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Asserts that the upcoming Democratic Hispanic caucus will be the largest ever.

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“The federal government wouldn't confirm [the ICE raids].”
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“Congressman Cuellar, one of the more conservative members of the delegation.”
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“Congressman Doggett, known as one of the most progressive Democrats in the delegation.”
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“I think it should be ended entirely so that you have citizen boards that help draw districts.”
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“The district is created for a gerrymandered purpose, to basically have more Republican representation.”
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“There are 35 to 37, depending on how you count it, new freshmen Democrats in the Congress.”
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“During lame duck there be protections for our DACA youth so that dreamers aren't potentially separated.”
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“The child tax credit...pulled out of poverty and then just so needlessly dropped back into poverty.”
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“The Senate filibuster...archaic and sort of senseless.”
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“In our caucus meetings, they said they were going to go push on the House side.”
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“A lot of the conversation was about how I'm trying to find every, every tool we could in the toolbox to get around the filibuster.”
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“Immigration is a lower priority on voters minds. That's not what I hear at the doors or in real conversation in the community, certainly not…”
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“You used to be able to come back and forth so much more easily and it's... you actually had less problems.”
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“We shouldn't have second class citizens in our community.”
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“When folks actually work here and live here and have decided to establish their lives here, then you should have the rights that everybody…”
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“Oftentimes it's not addiction that actually drives homelessness.”
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“The shredding of so much of that social safety net in the Reaganomics era and thereafter, a lot of folks have just been able to correlate…”
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“Around the country, as rents go up, homelessness goes up.”
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“We need to do things like repeal the Faircloth Amendment.”
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“We shouldn't fall into all of the tropes about public housing that ultimately shredded something that now ends up causing us a lot of…”
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“All those things are way more expensive than, you know, caring for some folks, ending a lot of people's homelessness, getting them back on…”
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“We're banned from doing [a millionaire's tax] at the state level.”
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“Latinos still voted for Democrats over Republicans 2 to 1 in this election.”
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“Texas 15, which was gerrymandered to become a little bit more Republican, be a Trump voting district.”
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“The DCCC pulled out of that race and the National Republican Committee doubled and tripled down on that race.”
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“We see an unprecedented wave, unprecedented, at least in my lifetime, let's put it, wave of people organizing in their workplaces.”
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“In places like Texas, there are a lot of people who say, oh, I thought there's laws against me having a union.”
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“We support a full Department of Labor investigation to make sure that if you weren't paid what you were paid or if there were dangerous…”
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“This is the only Congress we have. So this is the only place where immigrants can get the relief that they need.”
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“This is the only place where we can fix the Supreme Court. So it's not taking people's rights away, but actually adding to people's rights.”
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“It's the only place you can legalize abortion or same sex marriage nationwide.”
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“We held an event for them asking for an assault weapons ban.”
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“Black and brown folks, and especially black folks, are arrested and jailed at such a higher rate when, you know, folks use marijuana equally…”
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“The day that I passed and authored the policy that ended the criminalization and police resources on chasing down folks for personal…”
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