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Nasdaq counters upstart Texas Stock Exchange
DALLAS – The Dallas Morning News reports that Nasdaq is creating a new division headquartered in Dallas-Fort Worth as it faces potential competition from the upstart Texas Stock Exchange. The New York-based stock listing company has created a new regional management division that will operate from the companyâs existing office at 5030 Riverside Drive in Irving. Nasdaq appointed Texas native Rachel Racz as Senior Vice President, head of listings for its Texas, Southern U.S. and Latin America division, the company announced Thursday. Racz will be based in Irving and travel throughout the region.
Racz told The Dallas Morning News that they plan to be in Texas for decades longer. The multinational financial services corporation opened its Irving office in 2013, the first exchange with a Texas office. The company currently has 150 employees in Texas. Racz said she will relocate to Dallas-Fort Worth and build out a âmore substantialâ team to connect with local stakeholders. âIt will be my teamâs home base,â she said. âTexas is â Iâve said this over and over â a powerhouse for innovation and business. … This is where we are going to be connecting with the community more deeply. We think that this is a great hub for business in Texas. So, itâs the right spot for us to be at.â Thursdayâs announcement comes months after Texan James Lee announced he had raised approximately $120 million to start the Texas Stock Exchange in Dallas with investments from BlackRock and Citadel Securities. A veteran of the oil and gas industry, Racz previously oversaw Nasdaqâs listings franchise in Texas before leaving the organization in 2019. Nasdaq will also form East and West Coast divisions as part of the move. The new regional structure is designed to allow clients to better leverage Nasdaqâs âenterprise-wide capabilitiesâ while allowing Nasdaq greater connectivity with its client base.
State Fair gun ban remains in effect
AUSTIN – The Texas Tribune reports that the Supreme Court of Texas on Thursday night denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s emergency filing seeking to overturn the State Fair of Texasâ policy banning all firearms from its fairgrounds. The fair is set to start Friday.
“It should go without sayingâthough perhaps it cannot be said often enoughâthat a judgeâs role in this case is not to decide whether the State Fair made a wise decision. Our job, instead, is to decide whether Texas law allowed the State Fair to make the decision for itself. The State declines to take a position on that essential question but nevertheless asks this Court for an injunction overriding the State Fairâs decision,” the court said in its ruling. “It should also go without saying that our answer, for now, must be no.”
The ruling comes two days after a Dallas County District Court struck down a request from Paxton on the fair’s gun policy. The District Court Judge agreed with State Fair officials that they could enforce a gun ban as a private nonprofit.
Paxton, who said hours later on social media that he would ask the state’s Supreme Court to overturn the ban, has maintained that the fair’s gun ban violates state law, which bars most government bodies from prohibiting weapons. State Fair officials say it has the right as a private nonprofit, and the city of Dallas says it has no role in the fair’s gun policy.
FDA approves first new drug for schizophrenia in more than 30 years
(SILVER SPRING, Md.) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved the first new drug to treat people with schizophrenia in more than 30 years.
Cobenfy, manufactured by Bristol Myers Squibb, combines two drugs, xanomeline and trospium chloride, and is taken as a twice-daily pill. In clinical trials, this combination helped manage symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking, which are common in schizophrenia.
âSchizophrenia is a leading cause of disability worldwide. It is a severe, chronic mental illness that is often damaging to a personâs quality of life,â Tiffany Farchione, M.D., director of the Division of Psychiatry, Office of Neuroscience in the FDAâs Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in the approval announcement.
âThis drug takes the first new approach to schizophrenia treatment in decades," Farchione continued. "This approval offers a new alternative to the antipsychotic medications people with schizophrenia have previously been prescribed.â
Cobenfy offers new hope for people with schizophrenia, providing an innovative treatment option that could change how this condition is managed, according to Jelena Kunovac, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the Department of Psychiatry.
"We are overdue for a medication that targets schizophrenia with a different mechanism of action," Kunovac told ABC News.
The first drugs for schizophrenia, including chlorpromazine and haloperidol â also known by the brand names Thorazine and Haldol, respectively â were introduced in the 1950s and revolutionized treatment of the disease. However, there have been very few new medications since then, with most subsequent FDA approvals being for variations of these older drugs.
Most schizophrenia medications, broadly known as antipsychotics, work by changing dopamine levels, a brain chemical that affects mood, motivation, and thinking, Kunovac explained. Cobenfy takes a different approach by adjusting acetylcholine, another brain chemical that aids memory, learning and attention, she said.
By focusing on acetylcholine instead of dopamine, Cobenfy may reduce schizophrenia symptoms while avoiding common side effects like weight gain, drowsiness and movement disorders, clinical trials suggest. These side effects often become so severe and unpleasant that, in some studies mirroring real-world challenges, many patients stopped treatment within 18 months of starting it.
In clinical trials, only 6% of patients stopped taking Cobenfy due to side effects, noted Dr. Samit Hirawat, chief medical officer at Bristol Myers Squibb. "That's a significant improvement over the 20-30% seen with older antipsychotic drugs," he added.
The most common side effects of Cobenfy are nausea, indigestion, constipation, vomiting, hypertension, abdominal pain, diarrhea, increased heart rate, dizziness and gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to the FDA announcement.
"It may prove advantageous to those who don't tolerate what has been available," Dr. Leslie Citrome, a clinical professor of psychiatry and expert in psychopharmacology at New York Medical College, told ABC News regarding Cobenfy. "This will provide a new approach that may work out quite nicely."
Citrome emphasized that patients who have trouble tolerating the side effects of traditional schizophrenia medications may benefit most from Cobenfy, and that a different mechanism of action holds hope for those who have not responded adequately to existing treatments.
Schizophrenia is a mental health disorder that affects about 24 million people worldwide, or roughly one in 300 people, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It often leads to significant challenges in daily functioning, work, and relationships, impacting both patients and their families.
The disorder typically begins in late adolescence or early adulthood and can lead to lifelong disability if not properly managed, according to the WHO, further highlighting the need for effective treatment options.
Following approval, doctors could start prescribing Cobenfy by the end of October, according to Adam Lenkowsky, executive vice president and chief commercialization officer at Bristol Myers Squibb.
Experts hope that the drug's unique mechanism and reduced side effects will help set a new standard of care for schizophrenia patients. Studies for additional therapeutic uses, including the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and bipolar disorder, are also underway.
Jake Goodman, MD, MBA is a psychiatry resident physician and a member of the ABC News Medical Unit.
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Tyler is the best city in the nation for retirees
TYLER — The City of Tyler was named the best in the nation for retirement, a recent study said. According to our news partner KETK, a USA TODAY research team ranked 329 cities to determine which offers the best retirement experience based on factors like tax friendliness, housing costs, healthcare availability and number of leisure activities. âTyler is the best city for retirees, featuring affordable homes, no income tax and prices 7.7% lower than the national average,â Kristina Zagame, a contributor for USA TODAY said.
Not only does Tyler top the list of best cities for retirees but a March-released study of the best cities to move to in Texas.
Researchers at USA TODAY Homefront found per 1,000 residents, Tyler has a crime rate of 28.7, and 9.9 senior-relevant care providers. The typical Tyler home is valued at $257,181 and the city is considered a most tax friendly. Continue reading Tyler is the best city in the nation for retirees
Southwest Airlines says it will introduce assigned seats and premium perks in 2026
DALLAS (AP) â Southwest Airlines executives on Thursday unveiled their vision for Southwest 2.0, an airline that for the first time will give passengers assigned seats, charge them extra for more legroom and offer red-eye flights. And bags still will fly free.
The airline will also repackage its sale of vacation packages. It will seek partnerships with international airlines, starting with Icelandair next year, that executives say will make Southwest credit cards and frequent-flyer program more attractive.
The changes will amount to the biggest ever at Southwest, which is the original low-cost airline but is now well into middle age and suffering from sagging financial results.
Southwest executives pitched the new offerings as they came under increasing pressure from an activist investor who wants to replace the airline’s management and force a review of its strategy. Southwest’s annual profit is on pace to decline for a third straight year, and its stock price has fallen by more than half since early 2021.
âOur model is not broken,â CEO Robert Jordan declared, but he said it needs tweaking and âenhancement.â
âWe are not producing the financial results that we are capable of delivering,â he said at a meeting with investors at the airline’s Dallas headquarters.
Southwest said its multi-year plan, including changes to its flight network, will add about $1.5 billion in pretax earnings in 2027.
Southwest had previously given the outlines of changes including assigned seating and extra-legroom seats, but it gave more details about them Thursday.
Executives detailed how each of Southwest’s four airfare tiers will come with perks that get better as the price rises. Executive Vice President Ryan Green said the cheapest fares will not allow customers to pick a seat when they book a flight, which could increase the incentive for consumers to move up to the next fare level.
Jordan said it will take time to make significant changes at an airline with 800 planes.
Southwest’s reservation system is capable of handling assigned seating, Jordan said, but “we have dozens and dozens of other systems of the company that are geared for open seating … and those have to be changed.”
âThere is a lot of risk if you do this poorly,â the CEO said.
Southwest stopped short of changing another of its longtime characteristics: letting passengers check up to two bags for free, a break from fees that are charged by all other leading U.S. airlines. Executives said it’s the most important feature in setting Southwest apart from rivals.
U.S. airlines brought in more than $7 billion in revenue from bag fees last year, with American and United reaping more than $1 billion apiece. Wall Street has long argued that Southwest is leaving money behind.
Southwest, which has built years of advertising campaigns around bags-fly-free, estimated that bag fees would raise about $1.5 billion a year, but eliminating the perk could drive away passengers, costing the airline $1.8 billion, or a net loss of $300 million a year.
Southwest had contemplated an overhaul for months, but the push for radical change became even more important to management this summer, when Elliott Investment Management targeted the company for its weak financial performance in recent years.
The hedge fund blames Southwest leaders, portraying them as hidebound and insensitive to changing consumer tastes. Elliott, controlled by billionaire financier Paul Singer, wants to replace Jordan and most of the Southwest board.
The hedge fund dismissed Southwest’s turnaround plan as too little, too late.
âAnother promise of a better tomorrow from the same people who have created the problems we face today,â two Elliott officials said in a statement. âWithout credible leadership that can execute, this plan â filled with long-dated promises of better performance â risks becoming the latest in Southwestâs long series of failed improvement initiatives.â
Elliott, the airlineâs second-largest shareholder, said it plans to call for a shareholder meeting as soon as next week that could include voting on Southwest directors. Elliott has a slate of 10 board candidates, including former airline CEOs.
Southwest gave ground this month, when it announced that six directors will leave in November and Chairman Gary Kelly will step down next year. On Thursday, it named a former AirTran and Spirit Airlines CEO to its board, which now numbers 16.
Jordan argued that the plan he has laid out should satisfy investors.
âWe do not believe that a proxy fight is in the best interest of the company, and we remain willing to work with Elliott on a cooperative approach,â Jordan said.
Before Thursdayâs event started, Southwest announced a $2.5 billion share-buyback program designed to make existing shares more valuable.
Southwest also said that third-quarter revenue will be better than expected partly because it gained passengers who were stranded by other airlines during the CrowdStrike global tech outage in July. Delta Air Lines was particularly hard hit by the outage.
Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. gained more than 5%.
5 executions have happened over a week’s span in the US. That’s the most in decades
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) â Death row inmates in five states have been put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions that defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the use and support of the death penalty in the U.S.
The first execution was carried out on Friday in South Carolina. Two more death row inmates, in Missouri and Texas, were pronounced dead Tuesday evening following executions, and an Oklahoma inmate was executed Thursday. When Alabama used nitrogen gas later Thursday to execute a man, it marked the first time in more than 20 years â since July 2003 â that five were held in seven days, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center, which takes no position on capital punishment but has criticized the way states carry out executions.
The United States has reached 1,600 executions since the death penalty was reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976, said Robin Maher, the centerâs executive director.
Here are some things to know about executions set this week across the country.
How did 5 executions get set for a 1-week span?
Experts say five executions being scheduled within one week is simply an anomaly that resulted from courts or elected officials in individual states setting dates around the same time after inmates exhausted their appeals.
âI’m not aware of any reason other than coincidence,â said Eric Berger, a law professor at the University of Nebraska with expertise in the death penalty and lethal injection.
Berger said some factors can result in a backlog of executions, such as a state’s inability to obtain the lethal drugs necessary to carry them out, which happened in South Carolina, or a moratorium that resulted from botched executions, like what happened in Oklahoma.
South Carolina
The first of the five executions took place on Friday when South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death for the 1997 killing of a convenience store clerk during a robbery. It was South Carolina’s first execution in 13 years, an unintended delay caused by the inability of state prison officials to obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections. To carry out executions, the state switched from a three-drug method to a new protocol of using a single sedative, pentobarbital.
Missouri
In Missouri on Tuesday evening, Marcellus Williams was put to death by lethal injection for the 1998 stabbing death of a woman in the St. Louis suburb of University City. Williamsâ attorneys argued on Monday that the state Supreme Court should halt his execution over alleged procedural errors in jury selection and the prosecutionâs alleged mishandling of the murder weapon. But the stateâs high court rejected those arguments, and Gov. Mike Parson denied Williamsâ clemency request, paving the way for his execution to proceed.
Texas
Also on Tuesday, Texas death row inmate Travis Mullis was executed by lethal injection. Mullis, a man with a long history of mental illness who has repeatedly sought to waive his right to appeal his death sentence, was sentenced to death for killing his 3-month-old son in January 2008. In a letter submitted to U.S. District Judge George Hanks in Houston, Mullis wrote in February that he had no desire to challenge his case any further and stated that âhis punishment fit the crime.â The 38-year-old is the fourth inmate put to death this year in Texas, the nationâs busiest capital punishment state.
Alabama
Alabama carried out the nationâs second execution ever using nitrogen gas on Thursday, after becoming the first state to use the new procedure in January. Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:38 p.m. local time at a south Alabama prison. The execution method involves a mask being placed over the inmateâs head that forces the inmate to inhale pure nitrogen. Miller, who was given a reprieve in 2022 after his execution was called off when officials were unable to connect an intravenous line, was sentenced to die after being convicted of killing three men during back-to-back workplace shootings in 1999.
Oklahoma
In Oklahoma, Emmanuel Littlejohn received a lethal injection on Thursday after being sentenced to die for his role in the 1992 shooting death of a convenience store owner during a robbery. Littlejohn admitted to his role in the robbery, but claimed he did not fire the fatal shot. The state’s Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 last month to recommend Gov. Kevin Stitt spare Littlejohn’s life, but the governor rejected the recommendation.
Texas official indicted, accused of making fake social media posts during election
HOUSTON (AP) â The top elected official in a county in suburban Houston was indicted on Thursday over allegations he created fake and racist social media posts when he ran for re-election in 2022.
A grand jury indicted Fort Bend County Judge KP George on a misdemeanor charge of misrepresentation of identity of a candidate.
The indictment alleges that on Sept. 26, 2022, he posed as a Facebook user named âAntonio Scalywagâ in a campaign communication posted on George’s Facebook page âwith intent to injure a candidate or influence the result of an election.â
The indictment did not specify the election that was allegedly influenced or the candidate that was injured. But at the time, George, a Democrat, was running for re-election as county judge against Trever Nehls, who is the twin brother of Texas congressman Troy Nehls. A county judge serves as the chief executive officer of a county in Texas.
George was indicted after authorities accused him in a Sept. 17 search warrant of working with his former chief of staff, Taral Patel, to use the âAntonio Scalywagâ alias to post racist social media posts targeting George in order to garner sympathy for the county judge. After the search warrant was issued, Georgeâs cell phones and computer were seized.
George, who was born in India and later became a U.S. citizen, is the first person of color to serve as county judge in Fort Bend, a diverse county located southwest of Houston. It has been one of the fastest growing counties in the U.S. in recent years. He was first elected as county judge in 2018.
Patel, who is running for a county commissioner position in the Nov. 5 election, was indicted earlier this month on four charges of online impersonation and four charges of misinterpretation of identity. Authorities allege Patel also used the âAntonio Scalywagâ alias to make racist posts to help him in his own race for county commissioner.
George was disappointed charges were filed against him but was confident âwhen all the facts are presented, justice will prevail,” he said in a statement. “In this country, you are innocent until proven guilty and I fully intend to prove my innocence in court.â
George said he turned himself in to authorities Thursday evening and was later released on a personal recognizance bond.
The Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office, which led the investigation, said it had expanded its investigation of Patel to include George and the county judge was indicted âas a party to the offense for which Taral Patel was indicted.â
Frank Yeverino, an attorney for Patel, did not immediately reply to a call seeking comment.
At least one Fort Bend County commissioner, Vincent Morales, called for George to resign following his indictment.
âI have no intention of stepping down,â George said.
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A previous version of this story incorrectly spelled the last name of former Chief of Staff Taral Patel by using the spelling Patal.
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Suspects in alleged Smith County dogfighting ring relinquish custody
TYLER â According to our news partner KETK, the public hearing to determine custody of nearly 60 dogs from an alleged dogfighting ring was cancelled 45 minutes before it was scheduled to start on Thursday.
âThe owners of the dogs agreed to divest ownership of those animals and allow the state or the county to take ownership or possession of those dogs,â said Thomas Wilson, Assistant District Attorney for Smith County. âI have been in contact with the Humane Society of the United States and they are getting me in contact with a lady who is a behavioralist or a behavioral specialist, specifically for your game bred pits and dogs like that, to come do an evaluation on all the dogs that are here to kind of see what the next step for them means,â said Amber Greene, supervisor for the Smith County Animal Control.
The next step for the dogs is to be assessed for fosters and adoption. The Humane Society will pay for this case worker to fly in from Florida to individually assess the health and behavior of the animals in the coming days. Although a decision has been made regarding the custody of these dogs, the criminal portion of this case is still being actively investigated. Sheriff Smith said earlier this month that they will continue looking into all leads and track down other people tied to this large operation.
Chapel Hill ISD mourns the death of one its student
SMITH COUNTY â Chapel Hill ISD is grief-stricken after Bulldog Band member and 11th grade student, Diego Rodriguez, died of leukemia on Thursday. Diego was a junior trombone player in the Bulldog Band.
âWe are deeply saddened at Chapel Hill High School with the loss of Diego. I was fortunate to have been Diegoâs principal for the last three years. I will miss his infectious smile and kind heart the most,â said Linda Godwin, assistant principal at Chapel Hill High School.
There is information on services and visitation for Diego. You can find it here.
Senate Democrats are making a late push in red-leaning states
WASHINGTON (AP) â Democrats looking to preserve their Senate majority in the face of a difficult election cycle announced Thursday they were making a âmulti-million dollar investmentâ in television advertising in Texas and Florida races with the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee saying heâs âvery confident thereâs going to be more coming.â
Sen. Gary Peters, chair of the DSCC, discussed the new spending during an appearance at the National Press Club. Peters declined to be more specific about the amount of money the committee will invest in the two Republican-leaning states, but emphasized that the investment wonât come at the expense of Sen. Jon Tester of Montana, who is viewed as the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent seeking office.
âThere is no world that you can conceive of that Iâm not going to be in the Montana race to the very end,â Peters said. âJon Tester will have everything that he needs to win.â
The Texas race features Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who is seeking a third term against Rep. Colin Allred. Cruz won his last race by less than three percentage points with 51% of the vote. The Florida race features Sen. Rick Scott., who is seeking his second term against former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. Scott won his race six years ago with 50% of the vote.
Democrats hold a slim majority but are likely to lose a seat in West Virginia now that Sen. Joe Manchin is retiring. Republicans would only need to flip one more seat to take the majority and much of their focus is on Montana, which former President Donald Trump won by more than 16 percentage points four years ago. There, Republican Tim Sheehy is hoping to unseat Tester, who is completing his third term in the Senate.
Philip Letsou, a spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, responded to Petersâ announcement by saying it was âeffectively an admission from Chuck Schumer and the DSCC that Jon Tester, who is polling very badly, looks like a lost cause.â
He went on to criticize the two Democratic challengers, saying âAllred and Mucarsel-Powell are bad fits for Florida and Texas, and voters will reject them.â
Peters cited the close wins that Cruz and Scott experienced six years ago in explaining the decision to go on the offense in the Republican-leaning states.
âTed Cruzâs numbers are worse now than they were when he ran last time,â Peters said. âIn Florida, Rick Scott has run several statewide races, and even when he has a wind at his back with a strong Republican year, heâs never won by just a hair over one point.â
Democrats are also hoping a Florida referendum on abortion will benefit Democratic candidates on the ballot. Florida law currently bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant. If approved by 60% of voters, the ballot initiative known as Amendment 4 would ensure that abortions are legal until the fetus is viable, as determined by the patientâs health care provider.
Peters said data was âdefinitely showing some great momentumâ for Democrats in Florida.
âWe expect thereâs a lot of upside, particularly when folks get to know our candidates better,â Peters said. âItâs pretty powerful in terms of the numbers, so we made the decision that weâve got to start investing.â
Update: Boil water notice rescinded in Troup
Update: Boil water notice was rescinded late Saturday morning by Troup city officials.
TROUP â A water line break in Troup has put several residents in the southeast parts of the city under a boil water notice. That’s according to our news partner KETK.
While under a boil water notice, it is recommended that all residents under the notice bring water to a vigorous boil for at least two minutes before use and consumption. Alternatively, bottled water an be used instead of boiling water.
The City of Troup said that a public notice will be issued once the boil water notice is rescinded. Anyone with questions regarding the boil water notice can contact public works director John Odom at 903-842-3128.
To see the map of the area under the boil water notice. Go here. It’s provided by our news partner KETK.
Police: 19 Longview stores sold alcohol to minors
LONGVIEW â The Longview Police Department in multiple operations during the summer that revealed multiple stores sold alcohol and tobacco products to underage people. According to our news partner KETK, from June through August, police used underage people posing as customers in four âcompliance operationsâ.
Department spokesperson said that 20 businesses were visited for tobacco sales, two of them sold tobacco products to underage persons. With alcohol products, 37 stores were visited to obtain alcohol. 19 stores sold alcohol products to customers posing as underage individuals.
According to Longview PD, each violation had a citation issued or a case filed with the Gregg County District Attorneyâs Office. Current law in Texas states that a person must be 21 or older to purchase or possess alcohol or tobacco products.
Common sense on illegal immigration.
Former president Donald Trump is pledging to deport millions of illegal aliens if he is elected. That sounds great to a whole lot of voters.
The simple fact is illegal immigration has long ago quit being a border state issue. There are few places in the country in which the negative fiscal and social consequences of having allowed 10+ million unvetted, mostly poor, mostly uneducated, and often criminally inclined people into the country arenât being felt.
So, Trumpâs pledge to begin deporting them is getting a sympathetic hearing in many quarters. Polling suggests that upward of 70 percent of Americans are in favor of mass deportation of illegal migrants.
But missing from Trumpâs pledge is any detail as to how such a mass deportation might happen. Weâre talking something north of 10 million people. Rounding up and deporting that many human beings presents logistical and political challenges on a cosmic scale.
One such challenge is the optics of it all. The images of armed federal officers descending upon âimmigrant communitiesâ and forcibly putting âgood people who just want a better lifeâ into vans and busses to be shipped out of the country will not play well. The Trump-hating media will have a field day.
The inevitable video of a frightened and crying little girl clutching her stuffed animal as she is stared down upon by a rifle wielding ICE officer will tear at the hearts of even the hardest of secure border hardliners.
But that doesnât mean that we can or should avoid the clear necessity of drastically reducing the population of people living in the United States illegally. No nation that wishes to call itself sovereign can live with what is going on now.
So, letâs be smart about it. Start with rounding up gang bangers and criminals. That roundup wonât evoke much sympathy (except from the lefty-loon âdefund the policeâ crowd).
But forcibly gathering millions of non-criminals and deporting them is a logistical nightmare. Fortunately, thereâs self-deportation. Those millions came in one by one, and they can leave one by one. And thereâs a very simple and legal way to bring that about.
Cut off the goodies.
No more free cell phones. No more EBT debit cards for free groceries. No more driver licenses. No more free housing in hotels.
Also, to further weaken the magnet that is attracting so many illegal migrants, put real teeth in the enforcement of existing laws regarding employment eligibility. Severely punish a few employers and other employers will take notice.
Do these things and the illegal migrant population in the U.S. will begin to shrink.
The Left will call it xenophobic and (wait for it) racist.
But for some clarity, take a look at the Brits. It says plain as day on the stamp they put in your passport when you enter their country, âEmployment and Recourse to Public Funds Prohibited.â
Are the Brits xenophobic and racist?
Or is it perhaps that one nationâs xenophobia and racism is a more discerning nationâs common sense?
Sergeant placed on leave after âuse of force incidentâ
EMORY â The Rains County Sheriffâs Office said a sergeant has been placed on administrative leave after a âuse of force incidentâ happened at the Rains County Jail on Sept. 4 according to our news partners at KETK. The âincidentâ reportedly involved a Rains County Jail inmate and is currently under investigation by the Texas Rangers. Rains County Sheriff Michael Hopkins said the sheriffâs office will do an internal compliance investigation of the case after the Texas Rangers complete their investigation. The sergeant involved has been put on administrative leave while the investigations are underway as per policy. The sheriffâs office said that no other information will be released until the investigations are complete.