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Two Texas school districts are among the top 20 districts across the country to experience the largest reduction under the funding plan. Houston ISD, with a poverty rate of 33.9 percent, will experience a cut of $17.1 million. Dallas ISD, with a poverty rate of 36.8 percent, will experience a cut of $13 million, according to the report.

U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, said he often had a chance to talk to Sutherland when meeting with Angle in Washington.

"He was a very low-key guy, very quiet, but just a really good guy," Veasey said. "He was very nice, very respectful and he always worked really hard."

Sutherland believed in his work at the Lone Star Project, said Gosar, a legislative correspondent and aide for Veasey.

"He was a really kind, very gentle person, and he honestly believed in the Texas progressive cause," he said. "He wasn't from Texas, but he was ready and willing to help."

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., was in town Saturday talking about immigration and the San Francisco snafu.

"I have two daughters, two beautiful daughters, and my heart aches for this young woman whose life was snuffed out because everyone ignored the record of a career criminal," he said on a visit for neighborhood forums with U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth.

Gutierrez said the suspect should "rot in hell."

House Republicans have failed to move forward to fix our broken immigration system. As a result, many immigrants and their families anxiously await a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on whether U.S. Customs and Immigration Services can begin accepting applications for deportation relief under the expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans.