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Title: Immigration Will Be Hot Topic for Texas Legislature
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Published: Jan 12, 2009
Author: Norris Deajon
Post Date: 2009-01-14 13:06:48 by X-15
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Immigration will once again be a hot topic in the upcoming legislative session. More than a dozen bills have already been filed as some state lawmakers are tired of waiting for the Federal Government to reform immigration. In 2006, throngs of people hit the streets in every major city in Texas to protest laws aimed at driving illegal immigrants out of the country. Almost three years later, more than a dozen bills related to immigration have already been filed in the Texas Legislature. One seeks to deny automatic citizenship for children born to illegal immigrant parents. Another would assess an 8% fee for money sent to Mexico by undocumented people. Yet another would outlaw in-state college tuition for undocumented students. Also, one would allow officers to charge illegals with a state trespassing charge. "Farmers Branch has fought it, Farmers Branch has lost." Representative Roberto Alonzo of Dallas has filed a bill to prevent landlords from denying housing to illegal immigrants because they're illegal. It's an attempt to block an ordinance Farmers Branch voters passed to fine landlords who house illegals. A half-million dollars in legal fees later, that ordinance has never been enforced. Alonzo said, "It's costing every city that kind of money and the example is Farmers Branch. We need to stop that kind of rhetoric and we need to stop it now." Farmers Branch mayor Tim O'Hare said, "In Farmers Branch, people voted overwhelmingly for this ordinance to go into effect and certainly we're fighting lawsuits, but we'll continue to fight them as long as our people want us to." Many people we spoke to at the Farmers Branch Library are not as excited now about driving away illegal immigrants. Matt Wenthold said, "We can't spend two or three million dollars a year on these lawsuits destined for failure." Rachel Grzywinski said, "There just too much negative publicity. This has made everybody want to rethink it and get it out of our backyard, so to speak." It's uncertain whether any of these immigration bills will pass. The incoming Speaker of the House, Joe Straus, has said he will not support any controversial bills that don't have bipartisan support. The legislative session starts on Tuesday.
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#1. To: X-15. Texans (#0)
God help us.
(Anybody hear from Richard 90201 lately?) U.S. military report warns 'sudden collapse' of Mexico is possible By Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Times Posted: 01/13/2009 03:49:34 PM MST EL PASO - Mexico is one of two countries that "bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse," according to a report by the U.S. Joint Forces Command on worldwide security threats. The command's "Joint Operating Environment (JOE 2008)" report, which contains projections of global threats and potential next wars, puts Pakistan on the same level as Mexico. "In terms of worse-case scenarios for the Joint Force and indeed the world, two large and important states bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse: Pakistan and Mexico. Could Mexico collapse? Do you think it is possible that the Mexican government could collapse in 2009? Yes, the drug lords are taking over. No, the government is still strong and will control the violence. I'm not sure, it could still go either way. "The Mexican possibility may seem less likely, but the government, its politicians, police and judicial infrastructure are all under sustained assault and press by criminal gangs and drug cartels. How that internal conflict turns out over the next several years will have a major impact on the stability of the Mexican state. Any descent by Mexico into chaos would demand an American response based on the serious implications for homeland security alone." The U.S. Joint Forces Command, based in Norfolk, Va., is one of the Defense Departments combat commands that includes members of the different military service branches, active and reserves, as well as civilian and contract employees. One of its key roles is to help transform the U.S. military's capabilities. In the foreword, Marine Gen. J.N. Mattis, the USJFC commander, said "Predictions about the future are always risky ... Regardless, if we do not try to forecast the future, there is no doubt that we will be caught off guard as we strive to protect this experiment in democracy that we call America." The report is one in a serious focusing on Mexico's internal security problems, mostly stemming from drug violence and drug corruption. In recent weeks, the Department of Homeland Security and former U.S. drug czar Barry McCaffrey issued similar alerts about Mexico. Despite such reports, El Pasoan Veronica Callaghan, a border business leader, said she keeps running into people in the region who "are in denial about what is happening in Mexico." Last week, Mexican President Felipe Calderon instructed his embassy and consular officials to promote a positive image of Mexico. The U.S. military report, which also analyzed economic situations in other countries, also noted that China has increased its influence in places where oil fields are present.
Yep, I'm scared to death that my Republican representative, Todd Smith (an attorney!!) will step in it. He's always carping about EDUCATION to the exclusion of all other issues. He won't touch illegal immigration because he's a little coward.
If mexico had collapsed on Bush's watch, the "compassionate conservative" would have annexed mexico in a drunken fit of "compassion".
He wouldn't have to. He'd just send them an twelve digit bailout (paid for with taxpayer dollars, or just by printing more fiat money), following Clinton's precedent when the Peso tanked in the mid-90's.
He's a personal injury trial lawyer, the worst kind of legal beagle weasel. Read: John Edwards.
It's just as likely that we will 'collapse' (whatever that means) as Mexico. The markets are certainly doing their part...
the 6 scariest words in the english language
the american government is a disease masquerading as its own cure The legislative session starts on Tuesday.
#2. To: X-15 (#0)
http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_11444354
#3. To: lodwick (#1)
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#4. To: Jethro Tull (#2)
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#5. To: X-15 (#4)
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If mexico had collapsed on Bush's watch, the "compassionate conservative" would have annexed mexico in a drunken fit of "compassion".
#6. To: X-15 (#3)
Todd Smith (an attorney!!)
#7. To: X-15, Jethro Tull, all (#4)
#8. To: X-15 (#0)
The legislative session starts on Tuesday.
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