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u.s. news Dialuna 19 Juli 2021

Biden pledges appeal of ‘deeply disappointing’ DACA ruling

(AP) — President Joe it circumvented Congress. Congress to pass the Ameri-
Biden said Saturday that U.S. District Judge Andrew can Dream and Promise Act,
the Justice Department Hanen in Houston agreed, and I now renew that call
intends to appeal a federal and while his ruling left the with the greatest urgency,” he
judge’s ruling deeming il- program intact for existing said. “It is my fervent hope
legal an Obama-era pro- recipients, it barred the gov- that through reconciliation
gram that has protected ernment from approving any or other means, Congress
hundreds of thousands of new applications. will finally provide security
young immigrants from to all Dreamers, who have
deportation and he re- In his statement, Biden urged lived too long in fear.”
newed his calls for Con- Congress to move forward
gress to create a perma- with legislation to perma- The House approved legisla-
nent solution. nently protect those covered tion in March creating a path-
migrants to an uncertain fu- ents, commonly known as by the program. “Only Con- way toward citizenship for
He said in a statement that ture.” “Dreamers,” have now been gress can ensure a permanent those impacted, but the mea-
Friday’s decision was “deeply in the U.S. for a decade or solution by granting a path sure has stalled in the Senate.
disappointing,” and although The program has allowed longer. to citizenship for Dreamers Immigration advocates hope
the judge’s order did not af- thousands of young people that will provide the certainty to include a provision in
fect those already covered who were brought illegally But Texas and eight other and stability that these young sweeping budget legislation
by the Deferred Action for into the United States as chil- states sued to halt DACA, ar- people need and deserve,” Democrats want to pass this
Childhood Arrivals pro- dren, or overstayed visas, to guing that President Barack the president said. year, but it’s unclear whether
gram, it ”relegates hundreds live, work and remain in the Obama lacked the power to that language will survive.
of thousands of young im- country. Many of the recipi- create the program because “I have repeatedly called on

Dozens treated after chemical leak at Texas water park

(AP) - A chemical leak at a
Houston-area water park
left dozens suffering from
minor skin irritation and
respiratory issues Satur-
day, authorities said.

Twenty-nine people were
taken to local hospitals fol-
lowing the incident at Six
Flags Hurricane Harbor
Splashtown in Spring, the
Harris County Fire Marshal’s
Office tweeted. Thirty-nine ized in stable condition. highest priority and the park
others declined to be taken was immediately cleared as tion, the park has been closed from first responders today
for the day.”
at Splashtown,” Houston’s
to a hospital after undergoing The chemicals involved in- we try to determine a cause,”
decontamination procedures. cluded hypochlorite solution Hurricane Harbor Splash- Authorities are investigat- chief elected official, Lina Hi-
ing the cause of the incident, dalgo, tweeted. “We’ve issued
and 35% sulfuric acid, offi- town spokesperson Rosie which they said was con- a closure order to investigate
KPRC-TV reports that some cials said. Shepard said in a statement, tained to one attraction at the and ensure the park meets all
of those who became sick “The safety of our guests and according to news outlets.
were children, including a team member is always our “Out of an abundance of cau- park. requirements before reopen-
“Grateful for the swift action ing again.”
3-year-old who was hospital-
Tribe claims remains of kids who died at assimilation school

(AP) — The remains of is about 20 miles (32 kilome- were historic and thanked the others will be interred at was founded by an Army of-
nine Native American ters) west of the Pennsylvania young people for bringing family graveyards, tribal of- ficer and opened in 1880, was
children who died more capital Harrisburg. the remains back. ficials said. the first of its kind off a res-
than a century ago while U.S. Interior Secretary Deb ervation and set an example
attending a government- It made several stops along “This is going to make us that Haaland last month an- later used by other schools to
run school in Pennsylva- the way, including in Yankton much stronger as a people as nounced a nationwide in- assimilate Native American
nia meant to assimilate and Whetstone on Friday for we reclaim who we are,” he vestigation into the boarding children into white culture.
them into white culture emotional ceremonies with said. “Indian Country na- schools that attempted to as- It took drastic steps to sepa-
have been returned to tribal members. Another cer- tionwide is rising up. We’re similate Indigenous children rate students from their In-
their South Dakota tribe emony was held earlier Friday going to be stronger as we go into white society. digenous cultures, including
for burial on its reserva- at a Missouri River landing forward.” cutting their braids, dressing
tion. near Sioux City, Iowa, which Haaland, the first Native them in military-style uni-
was where the children, who Christopher Eagle Bear, 23, American to serve as a Cabi- forms and punishing them
The Rosebud Sioux planned died between 1880 and 1910, who was part of the youth net secretary, said “forced as- for speaking their native lan-
to rebury the remains during boarded a steamboat for their council responsible for similation practices” stripped guages. They were also forced
a ceremony on Saturday, the journey east. bringing returning the re- away the children’s cloth- to adopt European names.
Argus Leader reported. mains, said, “On this day, it is ing, their language and their
“This is a common sorrow an honor to be Lakota. Hope- culture. She said the gov- More than 10,000 Native
The effort to return the re- we share, but on this day we fully, what we do here can in- ernment aims to locate the American children were
mains took nearly six years. have a common celebration,” spire another youth group to schools and burial sites and taught at the Carlisle school
A caravan of young adults Ben Rhodd, a member of move the road further than identify the names and tribal and endured harsh condi-
tasked with bringing the re- the Rosebud Sioux, told the what we have started.” affiliations of children from tions that sometimes led to
mains home to the reserva- gathering in Yankton. the boarding schools around death from such diseases as
tion set out Tuesday from the Some of the children will be the country. tuberculosis.
site of the former Carlisle In- Rodney Bordeaux, the tribe’s reburied in a veterans’ cem-
dian Reform School, which president, said Friday’s events etery on the reservation and The Carlisle school, which