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DACA deal for “Dreamers” fizzling as Texas Republicans prioritize border security
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WASHINGTON — When President Joe Biden took workplace and Democrats took management of Congress, a number of Texas lawmakers had hoped this is able to be their shot to codify protections for migrants who got here to the nation illegally as youngsters below Deferred Motion for Childhood Arrivals. However with solely three weeks left within the legislative session during which Democrats have management of each chambers, they nonetheless don’t have a deal.
Over 100,000 DACA recipients reside in Texas, and their standing in the USA continues to be topic to authorized challenges, together with from the state of Texas itself. However the Texas Republicans who had been beforehand open to a DACA deal say time is working out, and the state’s Democrats concern no progress will probably be made within the subsequent legislative session when Republicans may have management of the U.S. Home. The curiosity from the state’s Republicans to work out a deal on DACA can also be shortly waning in favor of laws to harden border safety.
“That is like now or by no means for ‘Dreamers,’” mentioned Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston. “I imply, they’re hanging by the thread.”
Sen. John Cornyn, a key Senate Republican who had expressed early curiosity in passing a deal, mentioned final week that he was now uncertain a deal will be capable of get throughout the end line in time. The Home and Senate nonetheless have to move an enormous invoice to maintain the federal government funded by the top of the yr — a important precedence occupying a lot of the legislative highlight this month.
“Leaving all this in the previous couple of days earlier than the omnibus [appropriations package] is simply impractical,” Cornyn informed reporters. DACA laws “is a really, very heavy raise. It’s unlikely to occur earlier than the top of the yr, and even subsequent yr it’s going to be very onerous.”
The Home handed the American Dream and Promise Act in March 2021, which might permit DACA recipients — or “Dreamers,” primarily based on never-passed proposals in Congress known as the DREAM Act — to use for everlasting residency and finish the authorized limbo that has repeatedly jeopardized their potential to remain in the USA. This system’s legality has confronted authorized challenges since its inception, with critics saying then-President Barack Obama didn’t have the authority to create such a sweeping program with out Congress’ approval. Challenges in federal court docket look like leaning within the critics’ favor, with a federal appeals court docket blocking future candidates for this system final fall although it will probably proceed in the intervening time.
Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, additionally launched his personal model of the DREAM Act in 2021 and appeared optimistic of its prospects in November. Durbin mentioned he had a minimum of 4 Republicans in thoughts who may assist DACA laws. He would want 10 to beat the filibuster and vote it into legislation.
Cornyn confirmed some early assist for a DACA cope with Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina. Each are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over DACA. The 2 felt DACA was illegal however acknowledged the logistical and humanitarian fallout that might outcome from an entire cancellation of this system and proposed another plan that might supply safety just for energetic DACA recipients however wouldn’t broaden this system to new candidates.
Since Obama launched DACA in 2012, many DACA recipients have grown up and began households of their very own. They’ve gone to school, entered the workforce and contributed to the nation’s financial system.
“We’re in a really inflationary state of affairs, so the taking of 100,000 employees and people who find themselves going to schools and universities out of the workforce for a state like Texas that’s booming would have very severe financial penalties,” mentioned Glenn Hamer, president and CEO of Texas Affiliation of Enterprise.
However the Cornyn-Tillis plan by no means went by way of the legislative committee course of to go to the ground. The final two years of Democrats’ legislative agenda was largely centered on passing Biden’s infrastructure, social program and local weather agenda — a gargantuan to-do checklist handed by way of fierce negotiating that at occasions introduced the get together to the brink of an existential disaster. Immigration was pushed to the backburner.
Democrats had been additionally extensively bracing to have their ranks thinned on this yr’s midterm elections, with Biden going through low approval scores and the president’s get together historically dropping management of Congress in his first midterm elections. Democrats wanted to indicate voters they might ship on their legislative agenda, and a pathway to authorized standing was a step too far for conservative Democrats on their huge social spending bundle, to the chagrin of extra progressive members.
Democrats ended up performing significantly better in November than anticipated, protecting management of the Senate and dropping their Home majority by solely an eight-seat margin. With the election out of the best way, Durbin got here out in earnest to speak a couple of DACA deal in November.
“I’m ready to take a seat down with any Republican within the Senate who needs to speak about this situation,” Durbin mentioned at a information convention final month. “I’m inviting some in. We’re speaking privately, we’re assembly and drawing our folks collectively. We now have to be sure that this can be a excessive precedence this month of December.”
Tillis and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the previous Arizona Democrat who final week left her get together to be an unbiased, struck a tough deal that would supply a pathway to citizenship for two million immigrants who got here into the nation illegally as youngsters, The Washington Publish reported earlier this month. It could additionally goal a number of Republican priorities similar to added sources to hurry up asylum processing, sooner removing for migrants who don’t have credible asylum claims and a one-year most continuation of Title 42, which turned again migrants below the guise of attempting to curb the unfold of COVID-19. It could additionally present extra funding for Border Patrol. The factors mirror lots of the proposals in Tillis’ earlier settlement with Cornyn.
Texas Home Democrats had been eager to chime in on the proposal as its contours are nonetheless being labored out, notably since they’d been mulling related concepts for growing border infrastructure funding. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, spoke with Sinema on Wednesday concerning the invoice, although it’s nonetheless in its early phases and the small print stay in flux. Cuellar, Sinema and West Virginia’s Sen. Joe Manchin get pleasure from a detailed private relationship as centrists unafraid to stay it to get together management and work throughout the aisle.
However most Texas members have but to see something or have substantive discussions with Sinema on the invoice. Cornyn mentioned he hasn’t seen the plan. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, has reached out since October to the senator, however has thus far not been in a position to schedule a gathering along with her or her crew.
“There are people like me prepared to make compromises and who convey new concepts to the desk that might assist brokers, communities and migrants as properly,” Escobar mentioned. “I want we had a seat at that desk.”
Hannah Hurley, a spokesperson for Sinema, mentioned the senator and her crew “are working with leaders from border states on either side of the aisle.”
The year-end authorities funding bundle is one other avenue for elevated funding for Border Patrol. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Price, is the highest Republican appropriator within the Home and mentioned she was decided to make sure there was sufficient funding for Border Patrol within the spending bundle.
However she and different Texas Home Republicans say the border should be absolutely secured from unlawful crossings earlier than they will do severe work on a DACA deal. Republicans assert the true humanitarian disaster is human trafficking on the border, which they argue has elevated due to the Biden administration’s reversal of Trump-era immigration insurance policies.
“I’’l ensure now we have the funds however we’ve added extra funds and extra funds and extra funds, but it surely isn’t stopping what’s occurring and it’s a tragedy,” Granger mentioned.
Nearly your complete Republican delegation unveiled a framework on border safety Thursday that might spend money on bodily border infrastructure together with a wall and patrol roads, require Border Patrol to show away migrants with out credible asylum claims and enhance penalties for violating immigration legal guidelines. It could additionally reinstate one of many Trump administration’s extra controversial immigration insurance policies that required asylum-seekers to attend out their instances in Mexico. Biden overturned that coverage shortly after taking workplace.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, one of the conservative members of the Texas delegation, spearheaded the hassle with the backing of all of the state’s Republican members. The proposal wouldn’t be thought of till subsequent yr when Republicans take management of the Home and maintain the levers on committee hearings and the legislative course of. Roy guffawed on the thought of passing immigration or border safety laws earlier than the top of the present legislative session.
“Oh, hell no,” Roy mentioned.
Roy is a vocal critic of the procedural quirks that permit lawmakers to move laws exterior of normal order and insisted any main invoice on immigration or border safety must undergo committee hearings, debate and a vote on the ground. Given the lengthy timelines that always entails, that in all probability means no DACA deal earlier than the top of the session.
And in contrast to Democrats, Republicans are making it clear that immigration and border safety will probably be high of the agenda once they take over. Border safety, together with gasoline costs, has been amongst Republicans’ favourite assault factors on Democrats and the administration since Biden first took workplace. Republicans accused the administration of being asleep on the wheel as a file variety of migrants are apprehended on the border and so they have demanded Biden go to the border for himself.
Republicans vow to launch investigations into Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, dangling the prospect of impeachment overhead. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, is a high contender to guide the Home Homeland Safety Committee and would have a significant position in any investigation of Mayorkas. Crenshaw mentioned he has a protracted checklist of transition staffers he would need to probe, however stopped in need of calling for impeachment with out first conducting hearings.
Mayorkas has lately traveled to Latin America to barter along with his counterparts on addressing migration and cross-border crime and will probably be visiting the border in El Paso on Tuesday. Mayorkas has made no indication of stepping down from his submit.
However regardless of earlier curiosity from Senate Republicans in DACA laws, it doesn’t seem excessive on the get together’s immigration checklist for the following yr. Throughout a Senate Judiciary listening to final month, Cornyn informed Durbin that “the border is on hearth and the American individuals are irate and fully justified in being irate by this self-inflicted border disaster because of the inaction of the Biden administration. I simply don’t see a path ahead at the moment” on DACA.
Rep. Mayra Flores, whose brief time in workplace ends in early January, mentioned Democrats blew their likelihood to move significant DACA laws within the two years they’d management of each chambers and the presidency.
“Y’all preserve utilizing this situation with Hispanics simply to get our assist, simply to get our vote. You’ve executed nothing,” Flores mentioned. “You’ve had a possibility to do one thing about DACA and also you’ve executed nothing.”
Democrats, nevertheless, rebuffed the Republican proposal as drained insurance policies which have been confirmed to not work. Escobar, who has additionally known as for extra funding for border processing infrastructure, mentioned the Republican plan would trigger overcrowding at detention facilities and “create inhumane circumstances for youngsters” by going after the Flores settlement settlement, which limits the detention of migrant minors. And Escobar didn’t categorical a lot hope for a severe Republican proposal for DACA within the Home within the subsequent yr, underscoring the necessity to move laws earlier than Jan. 3.
Nonetheless, Cuellar didn’t quit hope on a deal between Senate negotiators, whether or not or not it’s the Sinema-Tillis deal or one thing else. Even when there are just a few weeks left within the legislative calendar, Cuellar mentioned protections for DACA recipients was wise and pressing sufficient to have an opportunity of success.
“I’ve seen Congress transfer fairly quick,” Cuellar mentioned. “If there’s an settlement, it may be executed in in the future.”
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Fort Worth's Sky Elements Will Be Droning North Texas with Fourth of July Celebrations
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A moment from Sky Elements’ record-setting 2023 July 4th drone show [Photo: Sky Elements]
Last month, the Fort Worth-based drone light show company Sky Elements put their dazzling nighttime sky skills on national TV with an appearance on “America’s Got Talent,” earning a “golden buzzer” from Simon Cowell himself.
The 400-foot-tall, 300-foot wide display in the skies outside the the show’s studio featured a rocket liftoff and an image of Cowell in the sky as a waving, space-walking astronaut, capped by the AGT logo.
“It was really patriotic,” Cowell told the Sky Elements team after the demonstration. “And I think the way you told the story, the use of music, whether you’re 3 years old, whether you’re 100 years old, I think you’re absolutely going to love that audition.”
You can watch that AGT clip here for a cool, behind-the-scenes look at how the team’s drone show takes off.
See for yourself this coming week
Or you can watch Sky Elements in action yourself all over North Texas in the next week:
Tomorrow, Saturday June 29 at Toyota Stadium, Sky Elements will give a performance during FC Dallas’ 7:30 p.m. game against FC Cincinnati.
On Wednesday July 3, Sky Elements will perform Fourth of July shows in two local cities. The first will be the Denton Independence Day celebration at Quakertown Park, with “flight times” at 9:15 p.m. and 11 p.m.
The second will be held Wednesday during day 1 of a 2-day Sparks & Stripes celebration in Irving, with a drone and fireworks show at 9:20 p.m. at Levy Event Plaza over Lake Carolyn.
First drone light show to get FAA fireworks approval
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“Pyro drone show” with fireworks on drones by Sky Elements [Video still: Sky Elements]
In May, Sky Elements announced that it had become “the first U.S.-based drone light show company to receive FAA approval to attach fireworks to drones.”
The company had been working on obtaining the waiver for 26 months before the FAA finally granted its approval. The FAA green light allows Sky Elements to legally attach and launch fireworks from drones during their shows, creating what they call “pyro drone shows.”
It’s not the first time Sky Elements has made history. On Fourth of July 2023, the company snagged a Guinness World Records title for the largest aerial formation of words created by drones (by using 1,002 drones). Then last December, the company broke two more Guiness World Records with a 1,499-drone show in North Richland Hills.
And when Major League Cricket held its historic opening night last July in Grand Prairie, Sky Elements was there to mark the occasion with a drone light show.
Not just all over North Texas—all over the U.S., too
The DFW shows coming next week are just a glimmer of the stunning amount of events Sky Elements is booked for across the U.S. You can check out the company’s master list of performances by going here—including a patriotically astounding amount of shows it’s doing around this year’s July 4th.
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Massive dust plume from Sahara Desert to bring hazy skies to Florida, Texas
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A new tropical disturbance is now being monitored for development in the eastern Atlantic Ocean just in the wake of Invest 95L, which is on the cusp of becoming a tropical depression or Tropical Storm Beryl.
HOUSTON — A massive plume of dust from Africa’s Saharan Desert is blowing across the entire Atlantic Ocean this week, set to reach the shores of Florida and Texas in the coming days and casting a haze over typically blue skies.
The plume is currently forecast to skirt South Florida late Friday night into early Saturday morning, then push into the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend.
Eventually, the plume is forecast to move into Southeast Texas Sunday into Monday, with Corpus Christi and perhaps Houston likely to see some of the effects.
Coastal communities along the Florida Peninsula and the Gulf Coast are accustomed to seeing plumes of Saharan dust over the summer, which can impact air quality, produce colorful sunrises and sunsets, and reduce the chances of precipitation.
182 million tons of dust a year carried away from Africa
As daily triple-digit heat bakes the Saharan Desert, hot, dry air rises from the surface and carries fine particles of dust from the sands. That dust-laden air climbs to the highest reaches of the atmosphere, where winds called the Easterlies or Trade Winds (blowing from east to west) carry that dust about 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean into the Western Hemisphere in what’s known as the Saharan Air Layer (SAL).
5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE SAHARAN DUST PLUME
According to NASA, about 182 million tons of dust leave Africa every year, though that amount can vary depending on the amount of rainfall south of the Sahara region.
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Depending on the amount of dust being carried by the plume, air quality can be drastically affected. This means that people who have certain types of breathing problems can experience difficulty. People in the path of the plume can also experience eye, nose and throat irritation because of the fine dust particles in the air, according to WebMD.
The dry air from the hot, sandy desert also works to suppress tropical development and significant plumes of dust and dry air are common in the Atlantic during the first two and a half months of the hurricane season.
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However, the current situation is a bit unusual in that there is quite a bit of tropical activity percolating in the Atlantic even with a significant dust layer.
Invest 95L and another tropical disturbance just to its east are holding positions just south of the dust layer, and are feeding off available moisture to their south to skirt the edges of the dust layer as they trek west.
However, the dust layer may become an important variable in the storms’ future development depending on their track.
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The Growing Financial Strain of Charter School Expansion on Texas Public Schools
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Every year, the State Board of Education (SBOE) approves new charter schools following a comprehensive application, review, and public hearing process that culminates in late June. The commissioner of education also approves dozens of new charter schools through the charter expansion amendment process each year, a process which lacks SBOE input and involves minimal accountability and transparency with no public notice or hearings.
To support SBOE members in making informed decisions about approving or vetoing new charter applications, Texas AFT collaborates with a broad coalition of public education advocates to analyze Texas Education Agency (TEA) data on school districts’ finances, enrollment, transfers, and cost of recapture. The rigorous analysis we provide to SBOE members aims to:
- Estimate the current revenue loss experienced by school districts within new charters’ proposed geographic boundaries due to students transferring from their home school districts to charter schools (“charter transfers out” or “charter transfers”).
- Project the additional estimated revenue loss these districts would face if new charters were approved based on their requested maximum enrollment.
- Connect charter expansion with other relevant fiscal impacts, such as districts’ costs of recapture. Every new charter student increases districts’ recapture payments to the state that fund charter schools.
This data-driven approach not only aids SBOE decision-making but also supports local advocacy efforts. School district officials, parents, educators, and community organizations use this information to voice their concerns to the SBOE, especially in districts facing rapid charter school expansion and its negative fiscal impacts. Across Texas, charter expansion is contributing to growing budget deficits, forcing many districts to consider closing neighborhood schools and holding Voter Approval Tax Rate Elections (VATREs) to balance their budgets.
In response to public education stakeholders from across the state voicing their concerns, the SBOE vetoed two of the five Generation 29 charter applications in its preliminary vote on Wednesday, June 26, including two of the three new charters that our union has been most concerned about. One of the proposed charters was to be located within Arlington ISD, the school district with the ninth highest total estimated loss of revenue to charter transfers from the 2019-2020 through the 2023-2024 school year. These results were upheld in the final vote on Friday, June 28.
Texas AFT extends the use of this district-level data to our legislative advocacy. During legislative sessions and the interims between them, we meet with current and prospective Texas Legislature members to discuss public education advocates’ concerns about charter school expansion and share data on how expansion affects the school districts they represent. This data-driven approach is effective to demonstrate the fiscal impact of charter schools even among legislators who were initially unconcerned about charter expansion. These hard facts help counter misleading claims made by charter school marketing campaigns and the many well-funded lobbyists employed by the charter industry.
Detailed analyses of charter expansion’s fiscal impact on affected school districts can be found on our website. The results of our updated analysis on estimated revenue loss due to charter transfers are alarming. School districts statewide are experiencing a large and growing drain on their resources due directly to charter expansion, as charters enrolled about 8 percent of Texas students (ADA) in FY 2023 but received about 20% of Foundation School Program state aid for public education.
Major urban districts like Houston ISD and Dallas ISD continue to experience significant fiscal impacts due to unlimited charter expansion, while smaller school districts have seen a comparatively small number of charter transfers translate into a large impact on their budgets. School districts in the Rio Grande Valley and the Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, El Paso, and Austin areas have seen the most charter expansion over the past several years. Charter schools are rapidly expanding into rural Texas as well.
These figures represent a significant financial burden, diverting resources that could otherwise enhance educational services and student experiences in public schools. The scope of this issue is expanding, as evidenced by the increasing number of affected districts and the rising total estimated revenue losses:
- 2019-2020: $2.82 billion (at least 297 districts affected)
- 2020-2021: $3.25 billion (at least 309 districts affected)
- 2021-2022: $3.32 billion (at least 312 districts affected)
- 2022-2023: $3.56 billion (at least 322 districts affected)
- 2023-2024: $3.60 billion (at least 325 districts affected)
When considering these figures, it is also important to realize that the number of charter transfers, total estimated revenue loss, and tally of affected districts are undercounts because the number of charter transfers out from a school district are sometimes not available (i.e. masked) to comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Masked numbers are typically small although larger numbers may be masked to prevent imputation.
However, the available data reveals a growing financial strain on public education resources:
- The number of districts experiencing revenue loss due to charter transfers increased from at least 297 in 2019-2020 to at least 325 in 2023-2024.
- At least 377 districts have faced some level of revenue loss due to charter transfers over the five-year period.
The implications of these findings extend beyond district finances to the communities they serve. The growing financial pressure could lead to:
- Increased class sizes, layoffs, and cuts to pay and benefits as districts struggle to balance budgets without necessary funding.
- Reductions in extracurricular and academic programs, particularly those serving economically disadvantaged communities where charter expansion has been most prevalent.
- Potential school closures, which have devastating effects on local communities and economies, leading to longer commutes for students and job losses for educators and support staff.
The trends of increasing revenue losses and the broadening impact across more districts are unsustainable and demand immediate attention from policymakers. Action is needed to mitigate further adverse effects on public schools and ensure a more equitable approach to public and charter school funding. The data clearly shows that the financial viability of many districts is at risk, which has severe implications for educational quality and equity across the state.
These stark realities underscore the need for robust, data-driven discussions among policymakers, educators, and community stakeholders. As we advocate for a more equitable approach, we must consider:
- Implementing a more rigorous approval process for new charter schools and expansions, with greater emphasis on their potential impact on existing public schools and taxpayers.
- Developing funding mechanisms that do not disproportionately disadvantage public school districts when students transfer to charter schools or create a funding advantage for charters.
- Increasing transparency in charter school operations and finances to ensure they are held to the same standards of accountability as public schools.
- Investing in public schools to enhance their ability to meet diverse student needs, reducing the perceived need for inefficient, parallel systems such as charter schools or private school vouchers.
- Establishing a moratorium on new charter schools and on the expansion of existing charter school networks through charter expansion amendments.
- Conducting a comprehensive study of charter school impact on public education, including the fiscal impact on public school districts, the state budget, students, school employees, and taxpayers.
Texas AFT remains committed to using data-driven advocacy to protect and strengthen our public education system. We call on all stakeholders – legislators, educators, parents, and community members – to engage in this critical conversation about the future of public education in Texas. By working together and making informed decisions based on comprehensive data, we can ensure that all Texas students have access to high-quality education without compromising the financial stability of our public school districts.
The challenge before us is significant, but with continued advocacy and collaboration, we can work towards a more equitable and sustainable educational landscape for all Texas students to thrive.
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