Good Points. It is not "new" but it is "news" to many
My Rep (a Repub), Joe Wilson (no, not THAT Joe Wilson :), recently held a town hall meeting on immigration. When I brought up this CFR report he seemed surprised that I knew anything about it. That raised a red flag for me. He then went on to say no legislation has been passed to implement this, etc.*
While that may be true, other stuff is happening like the trans Texas corridor, the I-69 initiative, etc.
It's almost like they're gonna sneak this in through the back door and before anybody notices, its a done deal.
* He pretty much just brushed it off which did NOT make me happy. Due to the structure of the meeting I was unable to press him on this. But after the meeting some of the folks that attended started asking me questions about the report. I answered as best I could and directed them to the report's web site. They seemed genuinely concerned and upset that this is going on under the radar.