Hispanic Caucus Chair on Joe Biden: I 'Peered Into His Heart' and He Wants a Path to Citizenship On 5/13/21 at 1:57 PM EDT Ruiz sat down with Newsweek for a Q&A-style interview to talk about being a physician and a lawmaker during a pandemic, the ins and outs of getting Biden and Congress to move on immigration, the Latino vote, disinformation campaigns, and more. Newsweek: When people hear the name Coachella they think of the music festival, but you grew up in Coachella, California. The child of farmworkers you achieved your dream of becoming a physician and have been in Congress almost a decade.