Human Trafficking
What to know: President Biden’s open border policies have led to a spike in human trafficking.
The TPPF take: The Biden administration has allowed criminal cartels to take control of the U.S. border.
“The migrant-smuggling economy along the southern border now tops $20 billion, and that doesn’t even account for how much cartels profit from drug trafficking with the high increase of border crossings,” says TPPF’s Selene Rodriguez. “Mexican migrants now pay an average of $8,600 per person to be smuggled into the U.S. Those from outside of Mexico pay even more, sometimes up to $50,000 for those from China.”
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Parent Empowerment
What to know: Rural students benefit from parent empowerment, a new study says.
The TPPF take: All Texas parents should be empowered to make the educational decisions for their children.
“Florida’s experience shows that parent empowerment benefits everyone—even rural areas,” says TPPF’s Roy Maynard. “Rural parents are like the rest of us. They want to be sure their children are graduating college or career ready, and have educational and/or job opportunities that allow them to drop roots and start a family in their hometown.”
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Unreliable
The TPPF take: The Texas electric grid doesn’t need more unreliable power; it needs more reliable power.
“Energy producers have moved away from reliable fossil fuels and toward unreliable renewables because it’s nearly impossible to compete with taxpayer-funded subsidies tipping the scales so heavily,” writes state Rep. Jared Patterson for The Cannon Online. “The Texas Legislature must resist the siren song of renewable energy subsidies and shift its focus to affordable, reliable sources like natural gas, clean coal, and nuclear — the only generators we can count on to perform when we actually need them.”
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