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Gov. Abbott Claims Victory in School Voucher Push Amid Texas House Support

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced that his school voucher plan, which would allow taxpayer dollars to be used for private school tuition, now has enough support in the Texas House to pass. Abbott claims a strong majority of 79 votes from school choice proponents, signaling a major shift in education policy for the state. The governor has previously tied increased public school funding to the passage of a voucher program, and his recent statements suggest a more conciliatory approach following Election Day. This development could reshape the landscape of education in Texas, with both public and private schools affected.

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 @FreeTradeMariaLibertarian from Illinois  commented…4mos4MO

Finally, some real progress on letting parents decide where their tax dollars go for their kids' education!

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Fresh off Texas House wins, Gov. Greg Abbott says he has the votes for school vouchers

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The Republican leader said he has a comfortable, 79-vote majority of “true, hardcore school choice proponents” in the Texas House next year.

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Trump's Deportation Storm: America Braces for Mass Exodus of Immigrants

For months, immigration advocates have been planning for the possibility of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Now, their worst fears have arrived.Immigrants’ rights groups have spent the last year preparing for a second Trump term and an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, analyzing Trump’s proposals, drafting legal briefs, coordinating messaging and organizing aid for immigrants and asylum seekers. They responded to Trump’s victory with alarm and vowed to put up a fight, setting the stage for four more years of contentious court battles with his administration.Some are already preparing to push current leadership at the Department of Homeland Security to take steps to stymie the incoming Trump team, particularly on immigrant detention and the use of AI in enforcement.“We should expect to see the devastation of immigrant communities all over the country. We should expect to see family separation,” said Kica Matos, the president of the National Immigration Law Center. “It is entirely possible that he will try to use the military to carry out deportations, so that means that Americans all over the country will see the military engaging in enforcement against civilian populations, which is horrifying.”Trump, after winning a historic victory on a platform of turbo-charged immigration enforcement, has said he will conduct mass deportations at a scale never before seen. Immigrant advocates have warned this would be expensive and inhumane, separating families and wrecking communities. The president-elect has also vowed to build huge detention camps, hire thousands more border agents, funnel military spending toward border security and invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expel suspected members of drug cartels and criminal gangs without court hearings.He has also said he would end “catch-and-release” — allowing migrants to remain free, often with monitoring, while they await immigration court hearings — and restore a policy from his first term requiring asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their cases are processed. And he has dodged questions about whether he would try to bring back family separation.

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