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DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) - Tens of thousands of unaccompanied children from Central America who crossed into Texas are overwhelming Border Patrol Agents.
Bill Holston heads the Human Rights Initiative in Dallas, which helps the children gain legal status in the U.S. "These are traumatized kids. They've made an arduous journey from Central America."
But immigration courts are backlogged, which means it often takes years before the children can go before a judge and find out whether they can stay or must leave.
As the congressman for a district with unemployment that's higher than the state average, and income that's lower, Rep. Marc Veasey has made jobs his top priority. Not just creating jobs, but raising salaries for the people who live in Congressional District 33 which stretches from West Fort Worth to West Dallas.
On the construction site for the Dallas Horseshoe highway project bulldozers move mountains of sand and rock while the thermometer hovers around 97 degrees.
During my tenure in public service, first as a state legislator and now as a United States congressman, it has been painful to watch our broken immigration system prevent Texas from reaching its full potential.
It's been more than a year since the Senate passed a bipartisan immigration bill, yet House Republican leadership has refused to bring comprehensive immigration reform to the floor for a vote.
The Transparent Airfares Act would help bring clarity to airline advertising and, in turn, help the industry ward off unnecessary economic pain. For this reason, it has strong bipartisan support in Congress - among cosponsors in the U.S. House are Texas Reps.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas is running out of room to house the thousands of Central American children who illegally crossed the border.
And Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, says the solution is not to continue piling them into bus stations and other makeshift shelters — including unused schools in North Texas — as officials try to find the best way to return the children safely to their families in countries as far away as Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Austin – Following is a statement from University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers regarding today's court ruling in the case of Fisher versus University of Texas. The ruling relates to the use of ethnicity as one factor in determining college admissions. "We are very pleased with the Court's ruling recognizing the constitutionality of the University's admissions policy under the Supreme Court's recent guidance.
Texas is running out of room to house the thousands of Central American children who illegally crossed the border.
And U.S. Rep. Kay Granger said Saturday that the solution is not to continue piling them into bus stations and other makeshift shelters — including unused schools in North Texas — as officials try to find the best way to return the children safely to their families in countries as far away as Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Dallas, TX -- On July 21, U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, TX-33, will join a panel of industry experts at a Minimum Wage Forum to discuss the benefits of raising the minimum wage for America's working families. Veasey is an original co-sponsor of H.R. 1010, The Fair Minimum Wage Act, which would raise the minimum wage from its current rate of $7.25 to $10.10.
Dallas, Texas— On July 21, U.S. Representative Marc Veasey will work as Concrete Batch Plant Laborerat the Pegasus Construction Yard (PLC) in Dallas as part of his Marc Means Business initiative. The series connects Rep. Veasey with constituents at their place of employment to better understand the challenges they face in their industry and daily lives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=f30UqRTjbJw
The border is secure. It's more secure than ever. It's so, so secure.