Despite representing a district whose constituents are overwhelmingly Hispanic, U.S. Rep. Robert “Beto†O’Rourke, D-El Paso, is ineligible for membership in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
https://www.texastribune.org/2013/07/24/city-el-paso-lacks-voice-hispanic-caucus/The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, a 26-member group established in 1976 and currently chaired by U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Edinburg, includes as its goals “voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States, Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,†according to the organization’s mission statement. It also includes task forces on civil rights, education and labor, and diversity and inclusion.
O’Rourke, whose nickname is popular among Latinos, is not a member because he lacks Hispanic heritage.