At our Hot Seat conversation at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, state Reps. Tom Craddick, R-Midland, and Tryon Lewis, R-Odessa, and state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, discussed cuts to public and higher education and other by-products of the 82nd Session.
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Juan Reynoso
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Fellow Texans, we must not compromise, we must support Arizona and all the states that are in support of enforcing our immigration laws; we have immigration laws and what we need is to enforce our laws, do not let the Austin corrupt politicians play on your sentiments. I love people, Mexicans are my family, I have family in Mexico and South America, but I Am an American and I will Not betray my country, I will not be part of the destruction of this beautiful country that give me the opportunity to enjoy freedom and become the best I can be.
Fellow Texan, if you call yourself an American, it is your duty to demand from this corrupt government to enforce our immigration laws. You decide freedom or economic slavery, because this issue is about greed for power and money, it has nothing to do with love, humanity or social justice. If the politician are concern about social justice, they should work with Mexico to finish the exploitation of Mexicans human capital and to stop the destruction of the agriculture of Mexico by the exportation of cheap corn and other products to Mexico; This United States destroy millions of Mexicans jobs that is why millions of Mexicans come to our country illegally. This is the truth but not one dare to tell the truth, not La Raza, The Border Network for Human Rights, LULAC or the rest of the Mexicans organizations that claims to be concern about Latinos or Mexicans, they are a joke, because they know that this will not be done, they are using the Latinos to gain political power only.
The truth is that this corrupt government deceive us, they never attempted to enforce our immigration laws; they created this invasion of illegal aliens an immigration crisis that they claim is impossible to enforce. and they are working to sell us again the same solution that fail to work before and created the situation worse. Today we are living this nightmare created by President Ronald Reagan's solutions to fix this country's illegal immigration problem of the 1980's and we are not buying it. We want real solutions, we know the problem because we are Americans of Mexican heritage, we actually lived through and knew then that it would not work, as we can see it today and definitely will not work now. In Texas illegal aliens take over one million jobs from us Native-Born and American citizens and cost the Texans taxpayers billions of Dollar in education, Medical, incarceration and social service. Today the Mexican exodus had created a crisis in our school system, Texas schools are in a crisis, but not one wants to tell the truth; also this huge immigration is a threat to our security as drug cartel members are moving to Texas and buying property because this corrupt government made easy for them to move to Texas to do their dirty business.
We must ask this corrupt government to secure our borders and enforce our immigration laws.
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Alice Taylor
So, here's what Craddick, Lewis and Seliger said. If your'e a white, upper-class middle-aged Republican male with ties to the oil industry, life is good. If your're not, it's sucks to be you.
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Alice,
Couldn't have said it better myself!
This video is 'blah blah blah blah' without saying anything, really, they are saying so much. So frustrating. How can Texas continue to allow these people to stay in power?
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Ok, having him in the senate for public education...what the what???
gypsy314 ne
Hell just had out all the seats to illegal aliens so our elected leaders will look good to the illegal aliens.
Anyone BUT the fraud Obama and the liars democrats!