U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) and Tampa Bay’s tourism leaders today rallied at Busch Gardens around the pro-travel provisions of comprehensive immigration reform. The JOLT Act (Jobs Originated through Launching Travel) is part of the Senate-passed comprehensive immigration reform bill and the JOLT Act’s provisions are estimated to facilitate the arrival of nearly 100 million visitors by 2020 and support 1.3 million new domestic jobs, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Read more »

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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) today highlighted the often-overlooked but critical boost that comprehensive immigration reform would provide to Social Security. Read more »

Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, met with Tampa business leaders Friday to discuss immigration reform on the heels of a deal in the U.S. Senate that would spend tens of billions of dollars to double the number of border patrol agents and increase other security measures. Read more »

La Congresista Demócrata de Tampa, Kathy Castor, denuncio la enmienda anti-migratoria aprobado ayer por los Republicanos en la Cámara de Representantes, la cual deportara a los estudiantes llamados DREAMers. El voto es un ataque directo a la Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia, una iniciativa para proteger cientos de miles de inmigrantes jóvenes de ser deportados si fueron traídos por sus padres a los Estados Unidos sin permiso cuando eran niños, pero han cumplido con sus deberes y las leyes. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL) today denounced a Republican anti-immigration vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to deport Dream Act students. The vote is a direct attack on the "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" initiative that protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation if they were brought to the United States as children and have since led law-abiding lives. Read more »

Today, the Florida Board of Bar Examiners issued a positive letter on Jose Godinez-Samperio’s character and fitness for entry to the Florida Bar. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor’s special guest to President Obama’s State of the Union on Feb. 12 is Jose Godinez-Samperio, who has been profiled over the past year in the media as an example of a local student who has achieved academic success, despite many obstacles, but now is unable to pursue his professional career because of his undocumented status. Read more »

Florida, la congresista demócrata Kathy Castor, se mostro optimista de que se logre una reforma migratoria en el 2013, a la que señaló como una de las prioridades del Presidente Obama para estimular la economía. Read more »