Texas officials discuss Border Security and unaccompanied immigrant children. On newsmakers, rajiv shah discusses ebola, and u. S. Foreign aid. Newsmakers on cspan. Next, a debate on what to do with undocumented immigrant children known as dreamers. It is the Texas Tribune festival in austin. This is an hour and 10 minutes. Good afternoon. Thank you for being here today. Im manny fernandez. Im the Houston Bureau chief for the new york times. And on behalf of the Texas Tribune, im very happy to welcome everyone to the Fourth Annual Texas Tribune festival and to our panel today, entitled what to do with the dreamers. Our panelists are george baldor, a dallas businessman who started a website supporting the texas d. R. E. A. M. Act, also known as hb 1403. The website is keephb1403. Com. Veronica escobar [applause] the county judge of el paso county. She become the top elected official in texas this sixth largest county in texass six largest county in 2011. We also have gabby pacheco, Prog
Officialed attributed to fatigue underestimated. There is no roadway test. Fatiguedness. We do not have a fatiguealyzer as we do a breathalyzer. State reporting practices are inconsistent and theres little or no Police Training in identifying drowsiness as a crash factor. Self reporting is unreliable. Do know. We any resulting loss of life is tragic, needless and preventible. A drowsy driver can be a deadly driver. Even one night losing two hours of sleep is sufficient to significantly impair our a little bit attention, reaction time, Decision Making can all be significantly reduced by 20 to 50 , and driving in this condition, that could mean not brake lights in front of us or not seeing the traffic light turning red. Fatigue alone can be deadly. It also multiplies the adverse effects of other forms of pairment that lead to crashes such as drugs, alcohol and distraction. Every other form of impairment may be exacerbated when the basic requirement for sleep is disrupted. Weve identified
Good afternoon. Thank you for being here today. Im manny fernandez. Im the Houston Bureau chief for the new york times. And on behalf of the Texas Tribune, im very happy to welcome everyone to the Fourth Annual Texas Tribune festival and to our panel today, entitled what to do with the dreamers. Our panelists are george baldor, a dallas businessman who started a website supporting the texas d. R. E. A. M. Act, also known as hb 1403. The website is keephb1403. Com. Veronica escobar [applause] the county judge of el paso county. She become the top elected official there in 2011. We also have gabby pacheco, Program Director of a National College Scholarship Fund for undocumented students called the dream. Us. Last april, she became the first undocumented latina to testify before congress. [applause] we also have with us jerry patterson, the texas land commissioner. Hes a former state senator who helped the Texas Republican Party adopt a more moderate position on immigration in its 2012 of
Conservative activists and lawmakers will try once more this coming legislative session to stop what has become known as the texas dream act. The texas Republican Partys official 2014 platform calls for repealing the law. Nationally, meanwhile, comprehensive Immigration Reform has stalled in washington, as dreamers and other advocates are pressing congress for an overhaul that would create a formal path to citizenship for young people who came here as children. Dreamers have become an influential political voice, appearing on the cover of Time Magazine and playing a key role in shaping immigration policy. Gabby, id like to start with you, if i could. Sure. Who are the dreamers, and how many are there in the United States . So there are about 2. 1 million dreamers who came to the United States when they were children. They are usually categorized as people who came to the United States before the age of 16. And we have seen different d. R. E. A. M. Act legislation. So the majority of th
On the recent decline in gas, prices and other energy issues. And well take your calls and join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Next. A discussion about what to do about undocumented youth coming into the United States. Well hear from a Tea Party Member ofa democratic congress, a county judge, a texas land commissioner, and a the firstwas undocumented latina to testify before congress. This discussion was part of the annual Texas Tribune festival at university of texas at austin. Its an hour and 10 minutes. Good afternoon. Today. Ou for being here im manny fernandez. Im the Houston Bureau chief for the new york times. Behalf of the Texas Tribune, im very happy to to the fourthne annual Texas Tribune festival today, entitled what to do with the dreamers. Panelists are george baldor, a dallas businessman who started a website supporting the texas act, also known as hb1403. Is keephb1403. Com. Veronica escobar [applause] the county judge of el paso county. Top electedhe official