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It s been 9 years since DACA started. Immigrants in North Texas still feel like they re living in limbo.
As the current administration discusses immigration and promises to make it a priority, both Luna and Chalott Barron say they are hopeful, but cautious. Author: Morgan Young (WFAA) Updated: 6:38 PM CDT June 16, 2021
DALLAS On June 15, 2012, President Barack Obama signed an executive order to implement Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. The action protected children who migrated to the U.S. from being deported.
Ramiro Luna, co-founder of the North Texas Dream Team, said he remembered how he felt the day Obama signed the order.
She’s organized walkouts, hunger strikes, marches and has experience lobbying in D.C.
She marched shoulder to shoulder with activists against police brutality in Dallas. After the death of Botham Jean, Cortez helped launch the city’s first community police oversight board.
Throughout the pandemic, she helped provide communities in District 2 with millions of masks, books and supplies for thousands of students, as well as over a million fresh produce boxes and meals.
Last summer, after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, Cortez marched for social change, budget reform and a more equitable public safety model.
When it comes to environmental issues like Shingle Mountain, she said the city needs to make zoning work for its communities. Part of that starts with ensuring residents know what developments are being proposed in and around their neighborhoods.
How the ‘most lauded chef in the world’ is feeding Dallasites in crisis
Chef Jose Andres’ non-profit World Central Kitchen is one of several humanitarian groups feeding Texans this week.
Dwight Harvey, left, and Kelan Williams package up hot food from Off the Bone Barbeque in Dallas on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Workers with the non-profit World Central Kitchen will hand out food at the Mattie Nash Myrtle Davis Recreation Center in Dallas starting at 1 p.m.(Jason Janik/Special Contributor)
When disaster strikes, chef Jose Andres and his team at World Central Kitchen (WCK) always seem to be ready.
Andres’ crew has been in Dallas since Friday, Feb. 19, serving free meals to people suffering from power outages or who are hungry and thirsty, after a wave of ice and snow blanketed the state. The World Central Kitchen team remains in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin, with plans to stay in the Lone Star State for at least another few days.