Patricia Ortiz | Houston Public Media

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in January that DACA recipients' protection from deportation was lawful, but work authorization and their presence in the country was not. The latter part of the ruling was limited to Texas, and the case was sent back to a district court judge in Houston.

Trump has planned 100 executive orders starting on the first day of his second stint in the White House, the Associated Press reported, with most of them prioritizing border security and deportations.

Texas 2036 is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization. They consider the state’s future as it turns 200 years old in a little over a decade.

“The economic model was flawed from the very beginning. It hasn’t improved any… during tight periods.”