Immigration Reform
Our immigration system in this country is broken. Executive action does not solve the problem but neither would any attempt at a mass deportation. The United States needs to identify the people who are here and ensure they are properly taxed.
May 1st, 2010
Protesters gathered around the nation today to rally and call Congress to enact on immigration reform and to show anger toward Arizona's tough new law, SB 1070. According to the The New York Times:The protests added...
April 30th, 2010
Hundreds of thousands of pople assembled in Washington, DC March 21st for a March For America protest. On May 1st, Reform Immigration For America is holding more March For America protests across the nation
April 27th, 2010
If you lived in Phoenix, and you had a phone call informing you your 7 year old child had just been abducted from a school playground, you might have been first in line demanding Governor Jan Brewer sign SB 1070 into law....
April 21st, 2010
Manny Rosales, Deputy Director in the Coalitions Division of the Republican National Committee (RNC) was in Tomball this morning and spoke at a meeting organized by Barbara Tague, Harris County Republican Party Precinct 529...
March 30th, 2010
Over the last few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of meeting with the Mayors, City Council members, and other representatives from cities across Texas as they visit Washington to discuss local issues. I have met with delegations...
March 24th, 2010
With victory on health care in hand, the Obama administration begins to move toward other targets including cap and trade, union card checking, as well immigration reform. But there is theme that is starting to coming up;...
March 21st, 2010
11:00 (EST): A sunny day in Washington, DC today. There are 50,000 people expected to attend the March for America at the National Mall today.1:30 (EST): Thousands of marchers from across the United States ascend upon the...
March 17th, 2010
Though NumbersUSA would like to be considered as part of the Tea Party movement, the Tea Partiers are keeping their distance.
March 10th, 2010
Lou Dobbs was on The O'Reilly Factor last night to discuss illegal immigration and the Senate's proposed national identification card. The major points include:
March 4th, 2010
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, high ranking Republicans are starting to tone down harsh rhetoric toward immigration and trying to recruit more Latino candidates in "response to the party's soul-...
May 1st, 2010
I wrote the following op-ed for the Houston Chronicle:The political and economic climate in our country is right for American leaders to fix our broken immigration system. Although they don't...
April 28th, 2010
The following was sent in from The Republican Party of Texas:In the wake of cross-border killings and kidnappings, increasing drug violence in Mexico and the threat of international terrorism, the nation is embroiled in a...
April 22nd, 2010
TexasGOPVote blogger and Texans for Sensible Immigration Policy (TXSIP) Co-Founder Norman Adams joined me on Newsradio 1080 KRLD in Dallas/Fort Worth to talk about the latest efforts in Washington to pass immigration reform...
April 7th, 2010
The following is a response I wrote regarding George Will's article stating kids of non-citizens have no right to U.S. citizenship:Dear Mr. Will:
March 26th, 2010
Dr. Steven Hotze of Conservative Republicans of Texas has personally been promoting the TxSIP position on Sensible Immigration Policy.Resolutions for the state platform start at the precinct caucuses on the night of the...
March 23rd, 2010
With Washington focused like a laser lately on health insurance reform, there hasn't been too much attention given to another system that needs reform badly: Our broken immigration system. Some protesters gathered at the...
March 20th, 2010
March For America is a protest taking place Sunday, March 21st in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this protest is to demand that Obama and Congress keep their promise to enact immigration reform legislation. TexasGOPVote...
March 15th, 2010
Harris County Precinct 805 had its regularly scheduled Precinct Convention at 7:30 pm, right after the polls closed on a highly contested gubernatorial primary race. The polling location and meeting place was the same as it...
March 9th, 2010
(The late Richard Nadler was a close friend and mentor to me and others including John Berlau of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review. His death last summer left a void in the...
March 4th, 2010
Following are the resolutions I have proposed for Precinct #0054.Resolution on Pro-Life:BE IT RESOLVED that mandatory ultrasound legislation should be passed and that all provisions of the current platform...