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As border apprehensions hit 20-year high, Biden faces growing political pressure

Written by Stephen Loiaconi
Published by KATV

 

Regardless of one's political persuasion, the flood of "irregular migrants" at our southern border presents one of the most immediate security threats facing the United States today.

Two local airports are among 23 across Arkansas sharing nearly $1.4 million in federal grants as part of the Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act approved by Congress in December.

The funding is to help with offsetting costs and maintaining jobs as a result of COVID-19, according to the state's congressional delegation.

The House has already passed, for the second time, a sweeping reform of the H-2A guestworker program which would allow a year-round workforce and provide a path to citizenship for farmworkers. That measure, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, however, faces unlikely odds in the Senate.

ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - Two bills regarding the Pine Tree Research Station sale made progress in the legislative session this week.

WASHINGTON -- The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will provide Arkansas with $1.7 billion in state fiscal relief, the White House said Friday.

Another $1 billion is earmarked for local relief.

The state's public schools will receive more than $1.2 billion as a result of the legislation, which President Joe Biden signed Thursday.