Texas Lawmaker Proposes Responsible Immigration Alternative - Comments Page 2

Part of: Inside Texas Politics

As the federal government fails to address the immigration issue responsibly, state governments are coming up with some good ideas.

I was not particularly impressed with Paul Workman when he ran as a Republican for State Representative in Texas district 47. I supported his opponent in the primary and kind of ignored him in the general election as I live one district over from his district. But this week he got my attention in a way which I never expected, by proposing a state bill (HB2886) to implement a guest worker program for illegal aliens under the authority of the Texas state government.…
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  • 26 - Clavos

    Mar 14, 2011 at 7:07 pm

    .but many conservatives would have them paid and compensated far less and think nothing of what would happen as a result.

    Not to worry, it couldn't get any worse than it already is...and this conservative would can 'em all and close the place down.

    And Doc: The entire USPS "suffers from bad management," and has for decades. These days, it's also losing billions of dollars a year, and has had to enlist the aid of UPS and FedEx to help it get the mail moved.

    If ever there was a poster child for bureaucratic inefficiency and mis- and malfeasance, the USPS is it.

  • 27 - Heloise

    Mar 14, 2011 at 10:04 pm

    Cannon the truth is we are both right. Wait until this group comes of age we will see the same enculturation and sense of entitlement. What is the dream act?

    I see the welfare moms and their offspring with more babies in cheap buggies. They jam the stores with 3 shopping carts and 5 kids all on our backs. Yes they work hard so do a lot of people. But hell I can't go to France and get a job The next day and I speak the language.

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