Mr. Beat
Why Illegal Immigrants Can Attend Public School | Plyler v. Doe
In episode 26 of Supreme Court Briefs, illegal immigrants get kicked out of public schools in Tyler, Texas and a local district starts charging them to attend school there because they're illegal.
Mr. Beat
Plyler v. Doe
Tyler, Texas 1975 Under the leadership of James Plyler, the Tyler Independent School District begins charging $1,000 a year for unauthorized immigrant students to attend school there. It had justified this decision by a recent Texas law...
Hip Hughes History
The DREAMers and DACA Explained
Who are the DREAMers and what is DACA? Why does President Drumpf want to repeal it and who supports it? A comprehensive look at immigration reform at it relates to this crucial issue.
Curated Video
Texas’ 90,000 DACA recipients can sign up for Affordable Care Act coverage — for now
Nearly 90,000 DACA recipients in Texas — and more than 500,000 across the nation — finally get a chance at signing up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. (Scripps News)
Bloomberg
Texas Governor Is Eyeing the CME, Other Businesses
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, says he's trying to get the CME Group to relocate to the Lone Star State. He says other Chicago firms may also be interested in moving. Abbott also weighs in on the migrant crisis facing his...
Bloomberg
NYC Mayor Declares Emergency Over Migrant Crisis
New York Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency over the city's migrant crisis, saying that the recent arrivals of more than 17,000 asylum-seekers from Central America and South America are straining the city's resources. He says...
Curated Video
US citizens patrol Mexican border
1. Meeting to prepare border patrol
2. Close-up people leaving meeting
3. Various of cars on dirt roads heading to border area
4. Wide view, dawn
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dave Jones, Arizona Minuteman:
"I know what I am doing is...
Curated Video
A look at volunteer border patrols by controversial Minutemen
1. Meeting to prepare border patrol
2. Close-up people leaving meeting
3. Various dawn shots of cars on dirt roads driving through darkened landscape to border area
4. Wide shot of dawn
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dave Jones, Arizona...