Well Of Course They Did
What to know: The Texas Tribune tracked down an “expert” to say things aren’t as bad at the border as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says.
The TPPF take: The crisis at the border is real.
“The crisis at the border is a humanitarian one,” says TPPF’s Kevin Roberts. “Even as Vice President Kamala Harris continues to laugh off the crisis, far more children languish in detention centers than were ever ‘caged’ by the Trump administration. Families remain separated, women and children continue to be trafficked into prostitution, and deadly drugs continue to flow into our country.”
For more on the border, click here.
See For Yourself
What to know: TPPF has released a new video titled “Border Crisis: Cartels & Drug Trafficking.”
The TPPF take: Texas is ground zero of the border crisis.
“What we learned on a recent trip — talking with the sheriff, talking with Border Patrol officers and veterans, and most of all talking to the men and women who have made their lives in this part of Texas — was shocking,” says TPPF’s Brian Phillips. “While the humanitarian tragedy grips the headlines, the unprecedented level of dangerous drugs flooding the border threatens to do considerable damage. The threat is existential.”
To watch our new video, click here.
The Facts Say Otherwise
What to know: In a report about student loan debt, The Atlantic repeats the myth that colleges and universities raised tuition rates because states cut funding.
The TPPF take: Colleges aren’t suffering from a lack of funding—especially from the state.
“The conventional wisdom holds that higher education has been suffering from cuts to state funding, but the data show that states have increased state funding per student over time,” says TPPF’s Andrew Gillen. “Despite the myth that the state has disinvested from universities, the opposite is true, and that state funding has led to remarkably well-resourced colleges and universities.”
For more on higher ed funding, click here.