Posted on 04/28/2010 6:08:11 AM PDT by tobyhill
A Texas lawmaker says she plans to push for a law similar to Arizona's get-tough immigration measure.
San Antonio Express-News and Houston Chronicle report Wednesday that Republican Rep. Debbie Riddle of Tomball says she will introduce the measure in the January legislative session.
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Why not call a meeting on this now? The American people will be behind her. Just adopt and enforce the federal laws that are on the books already. That's all Arizona did.
In Texas they only meet once every two years unless the Gov calls a special session.
Unfortunately, the Left/RINO coalition can't seem to make the leap to that very obvious conclusion.
We have a POTUS that worries about health care, cap and trade......(legislative things) but won't act like a Commander in Chief. The only things he's done come national security is cut the Zumwald boat, FCS, F22, missile defense, unilaterally declare the US won't use nor develop it's nuclear arsenal, voluntarily go into a bilateral agreement that reduces our nuclear stockpile, declare that we're withdrawing from Iraq, go after former CIA interrogators, redefine the roles of the CIA and FBI pushing interrogations to the FBI even in foreign lands and of foreign nationals etc., close GITMO..........
We are a nation where the Federal government isn't doing what it's supposed to, but butting in everywhere else. We have a legislator in chief who ignores his actual role as head of our nations intel, defense, and law enforcement......... Things are going to become real funny in the future!
YES! We need the states moving on this as fast and furious as possible. The more states that adopt this the better. The feds don’t want a patchwork of laws? How about if all the states adopt the SAME law?
I agree and if the Governors would all call special sessions just for immigration then it would send a strong message to the feds to do their damn jobs.
You're 100% correct. If a couple more states got some guts and moved quickly it would take a lot of heat and pressure off Arizona....and we know the pressure is murderous, from the president and attorney general on down to the tomato-smearers.
If more states got involved, chances are no one state would get wobbly under the pressure.
But conservative lawmakers move like molasses is January, while the Left is trained to mobilize quickly when action is needed.
Leni
True. I was going to send my Rep. a letter requesting this legislation be presented...so, I’m glad to see this Tomball rep has started the process. Hopefully, many others will join with her.
>> Texas lawmaker to introduce anti-immigration bill
Anti-immigration bill?
Or, illegal immigration enforcement bill?
Not to beat a dead horse, but granting the guy’s right to title his work as he wants, the strict truth is we haven’t yet had a Civil War. We had a secession and a consequent war of reconquest. That’s not the same thing at all.
(I grant the resulting butcher’s bills are remarkably similar and cannot help noting them as horrific)
We all know the MSM is trying to stir the pot up by playing the word game and we all know the Arizona law is about ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS UNLAWFULLY CROSSING OUR BORDERS OR STAYING HERE BEYOND THE CONDITIONS SET.
Texas Governor Rick Perry will not call a special session of the legislature to address this.
He is too scared of the backlash that might come before his re-election in November.
After he’s re-elected (and he WILL be re-elected) he will just wait until the legislature convenes in January 2011.
Perry will ALWAYS stick his finger in the air to detect the wind direction before making his moves.
This is going to give Obama a stroke, he is one pissed off dude at Arizona right now, he is coming absolutely unglued about a state ignoring him.
Must feel really tingly knowing that America is ignoring you Barry.
Go Debbie, Go Debbie...
Are these people just dumb or evil? It’s not anti-immigration.
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