‘Unconscionable’: Hispanic lawmakers lambaste DPS for English-only Uvalde shooting updates
Steven McCraw, right, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, is seen at a news conference last month in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers.
Hispanic members of Congress are demanding that the Texas Department of Public Safety also provide information pertaining to the May 24sent Friday to director Steven McCraw, House Democrats, including San Antonio Rep. Joaquin Castro, lambasted the agency for issuing most information and news briefings following the shooting at Robb Elementary School only in English.
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