Posted on January 25th, 2008 by TechDigger
The House Elections Committee held hearings on a Texas voter ID and voter fraud.
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas/Southwest
But two Republicans on the committee, Rep. Leo Berman of Tyler and Dwayne Bohac of Houston, suggested any case of voter impersonation or non-citizen voting is too many.
“If five or 10 people cast [...]
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Posted on May 8th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Metro | State
In a rare, blistering personal privilege speech, Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, complained bitterly that Swinford refused to consider any of bills addressing illegal immigration.”That’s not what my constituents want to hear,” Berman said.
He criticized “illegal aliens” for costing Texas taxpayers $3.5 billion a year and creating chaos for public hospital emergency rooms [...]
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Posted on November 21st, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Latino backlash against GOP immigration policy a gift to Demos
Republican efforts to placate anti-immigration voters by calling for enforcement-only laws, including a 700-mile border fence, appear to have backfired.
They also offer newly empowered Democrats with a gift-wrapped opportunity to press their advantage.
An exit poll of 1,215 Latino voters in eight states, including Texas, showed [...]
Filed under: HB 28, HB 29, Leo Berman, Texas House of Representatives, Texas Legislature, border, border fence, candidates, citizen rights, election, hispanic, illegals, immigrants, immigration, latino, politics, republican, texas, texas border, texas politics, vote | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 19th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
Here is a question. Did he just realize that public education and health care were required by the Federal Government? I don’t believe that in any way shape or form since Plyler v. Doe was a case from Tyler, Texas in 1982. I understand Mr Berman wasn’t elected as Tyler’s representative [...]
Filed under: 14th Amendment, Constitution, Constitutional Rights, HB 28, HB 29, Leo Berman, Texas House of Representatives, Texas Legislature, Tyler, citizen rights, climate of fear, hispanic, illegals, immigrants, immigration, latino, political stunt, politics, republican, texas, texas politics | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 18th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
Leo Berman really came out of the gate with guns blaring at Latinos this legislation session. Beside HB 28 which wouldn’t allow citizens of the United States to go to public schools, get health care etc. etc he also introduced HB 29 .
80(R) HB 29 - Introduced version - Bill Text:
A money transmission business shall [...]
Filed under: HB 28, HB 29, Leo Berman, citizen rights, ethics, hispanic, illegals, immigrants, immigration, latino, political stunt, politics, republican, texas, texas politics | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 16th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
Tyler Morning Telegraph - QUICK IMMIGRATION REFORMS MORE LIKELY FROM LEGISLATURE:
A much tougher - and much more controversial - bill that Berman plans to file would prohibit the state from recognizing “anchor babies” as U.S. citizens. These are children born in the United States to illegal immigrants.
“The purpose of my bill would be to throw [...]
Filed under: 14th Amendment, Constitution, Constitutional Rights, Family Values, HB 28, Leo Berman, Tyler, citizen rights, education, illegals, immigrants, immigration, politics, texas, texas politics | 6 Comments »
Posted on November 15th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
In no particular order of importance.
Just a bit of an update:Star-Telegram.com | 11/13/2006 | Bill filings pouring in for Legislature:
— The U.S.-born children of people who enter the United States illegally would not be able to attend Texas public schools or receive any government-backed social services under legislation introduced Monday and in line to be [...]
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Posted on November 14th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
Early bills give glimpse of legislative agendas
Illegal immigration, sexual predators, abortion on the docket
The Texas of the future will be tougher on illegal immigrants, sexual predators and women seeking abortions if the Legislature approves a slew of legislation filed Monday, the first day for lawmakers to formally propose new laws before the upcoming session.
We all [...]
Filed under: 14th Amendment, Constitution, Constitutional Rights, HB 28, Leo Berman, Texas Legislature, citizen rights, illegals, immigrants, immigration, politics, texas, texas politics | 16 Comments »
