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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 07:36 AM
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TX lawmaker to introduce anti-immigration bill.
This is one ugly domino from Arizona that I don't think will fall,
but it's still damm ugly. However, both Bill White and Rick Perry
are saying that immigration law is the responsibility of the federal
government, and nobody seems to think that the bill will get anywhere.

http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/texas-lawmaker-to-introduce-anti-immigration-bill-636331.html
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 07:37 AM
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1. Because if the nut jobs do get a similar law passed in Texas
the racist GOP knows that it will be the death-knell of their party in this state.

dg
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TheOther95Percent Donating Member (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 07:42 AM
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2. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
Latinos comprise a huge (or is it hugh?) voting bloc in Texas.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 07:44 AM
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3. Many Latinos are legally here and would support a law enforcing immigration laws.
Edited on Wed Apr-28-10 07:45 AM by ShortnFiery
Their numbers are significant albeit you don't see them out protesting. :shrug:
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 08:58 AM
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7. Even the most conservative Hispanics aren't going to support racial profiling laws in big #s
Edited on Wed Apr-28-10 08:59 AM by SemiCharmedQuark
Sorry.

Supporting a AZ-like law would be a death wish for the Texas GOP.
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 02:20 PM
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9. One of my friends is a naturalized citizen, born in Mexico
she & her family came here legally. She doesn't like it that people come here "illegally," but she's thisclose to going to Arizona without any documents just so she can sue the shit out that state.

dg
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callous taoboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 07:44 AM
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4. Texas will be blue again once Latinos are in the majority. The sooner the better. n/t
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 09:01 AM
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8. Oh yes, they do.
There are more Latinos in Texas now than there are Caucasians.
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onestepforward Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 03:12 PM
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10. The Latino population in Texas is about 36%.
Texas was officially deemed a "majority-minority" state by the Census Bureau in 2005, meaning that the total number of all minorities are greater than non-minority white population. There are 3 other states with this status: California, Hawaii and New Mexico.

Texas will turn blue, sooner than later. :)
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 08:46 AM
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6. exactly-plus,the employers here depend on slave labor
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020801812.html
http://stxc.blogspot.com/2008/04/ice-raids-shipleys-do-nuts-in-houston.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nationworld/stories/051008dnnatraids.3c69dea.html
http://www.click2houston.com/news/21788517/detail.html
http://www.bloggernews.net/114838
http://migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/more.php?id=1326_0_4_0
http://www.ww4report.com/node/4289
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pampango Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 07:45 AM
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5. It wasn't in your OP so I was kind of wondering which party this Texas rep belonged to.
"Is it possible that a Democrat could propose such a law?" A silly question I knew.

After clicking on the link, the truth was revealed that he was, surprise, surprise, surprise, a republican. :)
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vercetti2021 Donating Member (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 03:43 PM
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11. Sooner
That texas is blue again the better!! I hate rick perry.
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RobertPlant Donating Member (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 05:23 PM
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12. so the lawmaker is from Tomball
isn't that a suburb of Houston?
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onestepforward Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 05:32 PM
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14. Tomball is a city about 28 miles north of Houston.
The population is around 10,000. It is in the same county as Houston, which is Harris Co. From my experience, most small cities outside of Houston are very red.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-28-10 05:30 PM
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13. Debbie Riddle = the Cryptkeeper with make up
She's a right wing hack. Her best years were before the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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