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Texas Teabagger – Dump immigrants at congressional doorsteps

Arizona doesn’t have all the nutcase legislators. Texas has a few of our own, including state Rep. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) who recently introduced a bill that would force law enforcement officials to take undocumented migrants to a Congressional or Senate office and dump them on the doorstep. The bill reads: A law enforcement agency that has

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Young-Hartley continues to embellish her “story” of what happened on Falcon Lake

In an interview with the Rio Grande Valley’s “Action 4 News”, Tiffany Young-Hartley, dry eyed and stone faced, recounts how they moved to Reynosa, naive to the violence that had been confronting the borderlands. To her, the violence came as a “complete shock”. In the interview with Action 4′s Katie Lopez, one of the valleys

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Federal judge questions immigration prosecutions

Published on 2010/02/06 by in News & Views

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

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Democratic frontrunner Kinky Friedman withdraws from Texas Governors Race – Seek Ag Commissioner post instead – Former Houston Mayor Bill White in the race

Published on 2010/01/13 by in Uncategorized

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

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