Texas Leaders Unite To Urge Passage Of A Permanent Legislative Solution For DACA Recipients
Texas Opportunity Coalition will work to build bipartisan support for effort among Texas congressional delegation
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AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, the Texas Business Immigration Coalition (a member of the American Business Immigration Coalition) and the Texas Business Leadership Council, along with more than thirty Texas leaders in business and higher education launched the Texas Opportunity Coalition, a new initiative that promotes and supports targeted immigration reform. The Texas Opportunity Coalition is dedicated to securing passage of a federal Dream Act, which would provide young undocumented immigrants (Dreamers) in Texas and across the country the right to work, pursue higher education, contribute to their local economies, and obtain permanent legal status.
Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program gathered in Washington, D.C., in 2019 as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the 2017 Trump administration decision to end DACA was lawful. Credit: USA Today Network via REUTERS
With the support of U.S. Sen. John Cornyn â and the arrival of a Democratic president â a new Texas business coalition is launching to advocate for a permanent legislative solution for young people whose parents brought them illegally to the United States as children.
In addition to the state s senior senator, the Texas Opportunity Coalition includes nearly three dozen chambers of commerce, other economic development groups and institutions of higher learning. They believe the moment is ripe in Washington, D.C., to end the yearslong uncertainty â prompted by executive action â and pass a federal DREAM Act that would give permanent legal status to those known as Dreamers.
With John Cornynâs Support, New Texas Coalition Forms To Push For Congressional Fix For ‘Dreamers’
The Texas Opportunity Coalition includes chambers of commerce, other economic development groups and institutions of higher learning.
February 2, 2021, 2:10 PM
Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program gathered in Washington, D.C., in 2019 as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the 2017 Trump administration decision to end DACA was lawful.
With the support of U.S. Sen. John Cornyn â and the arrival of a Democratic president â a new Texas business coalition is launching to advocate for a permanent legislative solution for young people whose parents brought them illegally to the United States as children.
Four strategic team members join UBS in Houston
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HOUSTON, Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ UBS Wealth Management USA announced today that four strategic team members have joined the firm in Houston, Texas as the Truscott Wealth Management Group. Brian Truscott, Amy McMillen Jay, Lindsay Arvin, and Victoria Browning will be located in the Clear Lake office, overseen by Tom Drake, Senior Vice President-Wealth Management and Branch Manager. The Complex Director of the Clear Lake location is Scott Skinner, Executive Director at UBS. We re excited to welcome Brian, Amy, Lindsay and Victoria to the firm, said Craig Vandegrift, Managing Director and South Texas Market Head at UBS Wealth Management USA. Each of them provides their clients with exceptional advice, quality service and integrated financial planning. They are strong additions to our team, and we re excited to see what their future with UBS holds.
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Adán Medrano, chef and food writer, savors a beef cheek taco at Vera s Backyard Bar-B-Que in Texas Rio Grande Valley.
While the taco long ago conquered America, some aficionados believe this ancient, handheld food reaches its pinnacle in the Texas-Mexico borderlands.
A book out last year
American Tacos: A History of the Taco Trail North of the Border directs taco lovers to Brownsville, the southernmost city in Texas. Brownsville gets a bad rap in the national news because it s often the dateline for stories about border barriers and desperate migrants. But there s a
deliciosaside to this laidback city. Among the palm trees, ox-bow lakes and 19th century buildings, the adventurous foodie can discover where the humble taco has been, and where it s headed.