What do you know? A week after Arizona passed it's constitutionally questionably immigration law, Texas republicans think it would be a great idea if Texas had a similar measure. Because, you know, the best way to win over the latino vote is to openly discriminate against them all.
Texas lawmakers are closely watching Arizona's get-tough immigration law, with some Republicans saying they will push for similar action here while Democrats say the legislation is wrongheaded and the GOP would suffer politically for the attempt
How detached from reality is the GOP? The democratic party is actually trying to help them politically. That's how far off the tracks they've gone. But unlike Arizona, Texas has a higher % of hispanics, which would lead to much even better changes politically, case in point:
Jim Harrington, of the Texas Civil Rights Project, predicted “zero” chance of a similar effort here, saying Texas has “a different relationship with the Hispanic community.”
Such a push “would cause an enormous political transformation of the state a lot quicker than it's happening at this point,” Harrington said. “It would galvanize the Hispanic community astronomically.”
And business leaders are also coming out against it
The Texas Association of Business' Bill Hammond said that while it is likely similar legislation will be filed in the Lone Star State, “I think and hope there's little likelihood the Texas Legislature would pass anything so misguided as what they've done in Arizona. I think it is blatantly unconstitutional.”
You would think with that many people coming out against it, the Texas GOP would take the hint. But they may very well not, and suffer the same fate as the California GOP. But don't expect reality to hit these guys any time soon, not as long as they are feeling a since of pride for Arizona...
“I'm real proud of Arizona,” said Swinford. “A lot of this stuff we wanted to do, we just couldn't do because I didn't want Texas going bankrupt trying to defend it in the courts. ...”
Full article here:
http://www.chron.com/...
Suddenly November doesn't look as horrifying as it once did, now does it?