In an order filed Friday, a federal judge in Austin questioned U.S. prosecutors for seeking criminal convictions in court against some illegal immigrants, writing that the practice “presents a cost to the American taxpayer … that is neither meritorious nor reasonable.”
The order by U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks comes as his docket, like others [...]
Following weekend meetings with Mayor Bill White and Farouk Shami, Kinky Friedman announced today that he is abandoning his campaign for Texas Governor and entering the race to become the Democratic nominee for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture.
“This has never been about me; this has always been about what is best for the people of Texas [...]
Gov. Rick “Slick Rick” Perry’s border Web camera program has run out of money, and in its first full year of operation failed to meet nearly every law enforcement goal.
Last year, Perry gave the Texas Border Sheriffs Coalition a $2 million federal grant to install cameras along the U.S.-Mexico border and broadcast the footage live [...]
By:Grits for Breakfast
To understand Texas’ border security policy, you don’t actually need to know anything about security, but it sure helps to know about elections.
Since at least 2005, Texas Governor Rick Perry’s re-election priorities have openly dominated Texas’ border security policy. Campaign ads stoking fears of “terrorists” crossing the border were the centerpiece of Perry’s [...]
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