How Illegal Immigration Reshapes Housing And Family Budgets In Texas

Your rent, your shot at homeownership, and even your decision to start a family can all get rocked by policies that feel far away. We walk through a new Federal Reserve Bank-linked paper that concludes illegal immigration during the Biden administration accounted for a major share of recent housing price growth, then connect that claim to the basic reality of supply and demand in Texas housing markets. If you care about housing affordability, border policy, and the real cost of living, this conversation puts those pieces in the same frame. From there, we tackle the anxiety so many young couples carry right now: “Can we even afford kids?” A recent report pegs the cost of raising a child in the Houston area at more than $22,000 a year, driven by child care, food, medical expenses, and housing. We push back on the assumptions behind those numbers, talk through how families actually tighten budgets, and make the case that children are worth the sacrifice and that the culture’s fear narrative is doing real damage. In the second hour, we’re joined by Aaron Anderson of Texas Scorecard to cover two urgent Texas justice stories. We break down why multiple states are moving to authorize the death penalty for child rape, how Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008) stands in the way, and why Texas may revisit the issue in the next legislative session. Then we dig into the Lorena ISD lawsuit where the district’s lawyers want to depose a 10-year-old abuse victim, plus what happens next in court. We also hit a Harris County landfill lawsuit and a bigger point conservatives should not dodge: protecting clean water and neighbors’ property rights doesn’t require climate hysteria.************************************************Listen every day to our strong conservative programs on Patriot Talk 920 AM.  Tune-in on your radio in Houston to KYST 920 AM or download our app by visiting 920app.com or search for "Patriot Talk 920" from your app store!