Posted on April 28th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Politics
AUSTIN — With the Texas House poised to consider a border security bill and state budget writers deciding how much to spend, Gov. Rick Perry told a Pittsburgh newspaper some border-crossers with al-Qaida ties have been apprehended.”The information that we have is that there have been individuals who have crossed, and some that have [...]
Filed under: Rick Perry, Texas Rick Perry, border, double-speak, illegals, immigration, scare tactics, texas, texas border | No Comments »
Posted on January 14th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Smokers roll with tax
Nydia Lopez
KENS 5 Eyewitness News Texas’ new cigarette tax doesn’t exactly have smokers rolling on the floor laughing, but it does have them rolling.
Two weeks into the new tax, retailers have made a curious observation, smokers are rolling their own cigarettes to save money.
Smokers, it seems, have discovered it’s cheaper to [...]
Filed under: Mexico, excise tax, smoking, texas, texas border, tobacco | No Comments »
Posted on January 2nd, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Report shows 2 failings of border wall plan: Effectiveness and cost:
And in 1990, the U.S. Border Patrol started building a 14-mile wall in the San Diego area, then a hot spot for illegal crossings. Congress authorized construction of a “secondary layer of fencing” to bolster that wall in 1996.
This 14-mile dual-layer border barrier — [...]
Filed under: George W. Bush, WaLL-k, border, border fence, immigration, texas, texas border, texas border waLL-k | 1 Comment »
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 October 9th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
KGBT 4 - TV Harlingen, TX: Man Gets Creative In Protesting The Border Fence
I always love to see people taking their voices to the streets.
1.2 billion dollars is an outrageous amount for us to spend on a fence that will do no good. Not to mention it is politics as usual given they [...]
Filed under: Del Rio, Jay J. Johnson-Castro, WaLL-k, border, border fence, illegals, immigrants, immigration, politics, protest, scare tactics, slush fund, texas, texas border, texas border waLL-k, texas politics | 2 Comments »
