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HISPANICS INCLUDE IMMIGRATION REFORM PLANK IN GOP PLATFORM DURING FT. WORTH CONVENTION
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<span>By <b>Bob Price</b></span><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span>From: www.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; ">Texasgopvote.com</span><div><span>Once again, Texas Republicans showed leadership on the issue of immigration reform.</span></div><div><span>This past Friday night, in Fort Worth, Texas, the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) took a historic step toward finding solutions for our nation’s broken immigration policies.</span></div><div><span>Since Monday, members of the Platform Committee heard testimony from a wide variety of people on the issues of border security and immigration reform.</span></div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCHZj40-eHCBvd7-eXO9yuuPSvORkvb-YNxqBwKhwgfMyen7mjxiHH6ItmBtpFE9Wo16aI1GA4cWXtLwwWuuF6uh_5utKK04A4WJTTsVqhFhyvRbozKrJm5UYL1Mx04mMyGkV2VoLnIU/s400/2012-Texas-GOP-Convention.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5752849525411613074" /><div><span>On most nights, members worked all night until all who wanted to speak were able to do so. The result is a new plank in the platform of the party called “The Texas Solution”.</span></div><div><span>The concept behind this solution is to provide a practical set of guiding conservative principles to define potential solutions to these issues. It then puts the burden of details on the legislators at the state and </span><span>federal level to create and implement real solutions.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; ">The Texas </span><span style="font-family: georgia; ">Solution points out the failure of the federal government to </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; ">live up to one of its primary constitutional duties â€" defending the borders of this nation.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; "> </span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; ">It recognizes that mass deportation is not an equitable, nor practical solution to decades of the government’s ignoring the enforcement of immigration law. Nor is amnesty a reasonable or acceptable solution. This is an important step for the party as we continue to reach out to conservative Hispanics across Texas. Prior versions of the platform were used by Democrats to create a false impression that Republicans were both anti-immigrant and anti-</span><span style="font-family: georgia; ">Hispanic. Nothing could be further from the truth.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; ">The plank calls for the federal government to secure the border. It calls for a practical approach to applying technology and manpower to ending the lawlessness that exists along our borders. It demands safety and security for all Americans living along the border and across Texas.</span></div><div><span>The plank calls on the government to create an effective and secure guest worker program and an update for long outdated Social Security card. The guest worker program should be created in a way that will be self-funding. It would require criminal background checks of all applicants. Applicants ap</span></div><div><span>plying who have prior immigration offenses would be required to pay a fine. Applicants, and their employers, would have to prove they can provide adequate health insurance. They would not be entitled to any form of public entitlement programs. </span></div><div><span>In order for the program to work properly, applicants would be issued a biometric identification card that would track all address changes in addition to criminal and civil court appearances. They would also only be allowed to work for employers who properly classify them as employees and who will withhold taxes and match social security taxes.</span></div><div><span>For several years, people across Texas have been working hard to </span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn63o8CPgOU0bzrBVtberrpIVrunS4hKqfFUp-ynZPx6-0J3dMQGXWKe8MSBoX5RtkjLWfLsvyR4acu-szy2ZsXsQvmwrubPF3feDLSwFKNy3RUgMLXvCLvJtkMVLw6Qd29gqlsQUn5GE/s200/Art-Martinez+De+Vara.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5752848269421734578" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 198px; " /><div><span>bring the conservative message of the Republican Party to conservative Hispanics around the state, particularly in South Texas where the Republican Party is expanding rapidly. People like Aaron Peña and J.M. Lozano have shown the way through their brave decision to switch to the Republican Party. Candidates like Adela Garza, running for Congress in the newly created 34 District and Miriam Martinez running for the Texas Legislature are proving voters in South Texas with a real choice in elections in South Texas.</span></div><div><span>This plank in the platform reflects a consensus of people from a wide variety of backgrounds. These people came together and expressed frustration about the status quo where nothing is being done to move a solution forward. Texas, once again, leads the way and brings forward a true solution to the long standing problems of border security and illegal immigration.</span></div><div><span>Thank you to the hard work of individuals such as Norman Adams, Art Martinez de Vara, Brad Bailey, and Nelson Spear for working so tirelessly to get this plank passed!</span><div class="byauthortop" style="font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; margin: 1em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-style: normal; "></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-201834858788799362?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2012/06/hispanics-include-immigration-reform.html

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DESPITE HEAT, CONJUNTO FANS CROWD MELISSA'S MERCADITO
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<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcKxotPpUtHSwgEYSDaz8W1t0Akj9havRO2QhhsfwCQxI3hpPOu-hpVLbASMYutPjGXhqBuUhIo37WdOrUD7rDSbzccSc5WVikEvnlE11n4pKQjqM8A1O-VaukDVnNw0D5r3onAlcAGc/s400/marcado.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5752809380948431602" /></div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">By<b> Juan Montoya</b></span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Scores of conjunto fans and Market Square denizens bore 90-plus degree heat Saturday at Market Square to listen to a handful of groups rock the joint in the historic d<span style="font-size: 100%; ">istrict.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Spectators gathered in groups below the shade of palm trees and live oaks surrounding the fountain and under the tiled overhang of the old bus terminal. The bands played atop an aluminum stage that looked as hot as they probably felt.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">"I think that in future summer shows they might make it a little later," said Ernesto Elizondo, a down</div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREbxmZbKnNSG8jTFGVEYzikKDWBPkEMnAsl4F13728FigBr6z4c0y4A0oUV6MwWM4C1xnXDF6uiNBzAwK-gWbrtk1ICVqwkkmJWZ354lbNaMLycad1Mu7VlPWndsl-1ZG7F7HLSYCJks/s320/drummer+boy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5752808107515283554" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 259px; " /></span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">town business owner and Market Square enthusiast. "It's just too hot to be</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">out there in t<span style="font-size: 100%; ">he middle of the street."</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Nonetheless, the people did come and a few even braved a quick dance on the asphalt dance floor. Melissa Castro, a main mover of Market Square Mercadito events and her skeleton crew managed the acts and moved their equipment to set up and take down their instruments. Between acts, a few spectators wandered into neighboring cantinas to quaff a couple of cold ones before the next act took the stage.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">"Thank God a few of these places are open," said a frazzled spectator. "A cold one at about this time hits the spot. It feels like 100 degrees out on the street."</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">The last strains of music faded just as the sun set behind the old facade of the old Whitman Pawn Shop n the west side of Market Square. An "amazing" light show is scheduled for next weekend sponsored by Elizondo and a few other local downto<span style="font-size: 100%; ">wn promoters.</span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nxEMPHuk30kxkkU2EaOACa9BdjhgKZe_BZhpixWOEo-ESMwLyXVursHAqX8amXFi1mulXpy0U8gkrMqnfuM-sa2fkfOwbPtJDG_PXtc8P9st4ypb1qcGxTIFFdsxWQIuAtVrK1b1x7o/s400/mercado1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5752813582662764754" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px; " /><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-2158621862368353915?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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