Texas GOP Vote

It is clear that border security and immigration reform are two separate issues. Yet the two must be linked together as we try to develop a responsible solution to both of these problems facing our nation. Today, in Houston, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is visiting to make a speech about border security and the job her department is doing. It is interesting that she chose Houston as the place to deliver this. Texans have been hammering her about border security from the day she took office.

The truth is, and we must acknowledge this, the border between the U.S. and Mexico is more secure now than it has ever been. One of the few good things the Obama Administration has done is to increase security along the border.

What happens if a government becomes paranoid of the very people it supposedly serves? Within the first year of the Obama dministration, a report came out dealing with “right-wing militia” and essentially reported that much of the conservative establishment is a part of possible terrorist organization.

When I read that the Department of Homeland Security bought enough bullets and arms to fight the equivalent of 24 years of the Iraqi War, I ask myself why? I had to admit, I didn’t even know that Department of Homeland Security had their own security force,

As our country has become faced with more and more labor shortages in the agriculture, construction and hospitality industries, will the DREAMers step up and provide the necessary labor? I know... Some of you are saying, "What labor shortage?" With the high unemployment rates, how could we possibly have a labor shortage? But the truth is, we do.   Read more »

As previously reported by this author, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF, BATFE) have been involved in an ongoing criminal conspiracy covering up the circumstances that led to the death of US Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry last December. Senator

The Obama administration is getting more and more sinister. Homeland Security Secretary (And Fast & Furious Felon) Janet Napolitano has released more information about the "If you see something, say something" program designed to create a Soviet style system where one citizen is asked to spy on another. In the meantime Napolitano continues to leave our dangerous southern border wide open.   Read more »

I returned last week from a trip to McAllen, Texas, which sits directly across the Rio Grande from Reynosa, Mexico. I spent my time talking with the mayor, Border Patrol agents, Texas Department of Public Safety agents, district judges and U.S. marshals. I even had the privilege to patrol the border with a Texas Ranger Reconnaissance Team. In my discussions with law enforcement officials and experts on the current border situation

This week President Obama came to Texas to discuss border security. In advance of the visit, the White House has said “President Obama believes Democrats and Republicans should come together to tackle an issue that is critical not only to our national security but also to the economy and our global competiveness.”   Read more »

NRCC - Even before they saw the details of House Republicans’ budget, to be announced Tuesday morning, a group of Democrat governors circulated a letter Monday afternoon criticizing the House GOP plan to save and protect Medicaid for those most in need:

“Seventeen Democratic governors have signed and sent a letter to congressional leaders stating their firm opposition to a Medicaid reform proposal championed by House Republicans.   Read more »

The murder of US Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and the ATF's bungling of "Project Gunrunner" have finally caught the attention of the mainstream media (MSM) or at least that of CBS News.   Read more »

Today, I questioned U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on the Administration’s efforts to secure our southwestern border during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Below is video and the transcript from this morning’s hearing.

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