Perry faces Tea Party heat over immigration
Texas Tea Party leaders are unhappy with Gov. Rick Perry’s immigration-related positions and want him to call another special legislative session to give state lawmakers a third opportunity to ban...
View Article(UPDATE) No Spanish-speaking debate scheduled
UPDATE: Cruz and Dewhurst have both said they are willing to debate each other in Spanish, but that neither of them is issuing a challenge. Matt Hirsch, spokesman for Dewhurst, said he has accepted...
View ArticleCruz, Dewhurst must distinguish themselves on immigration policy
In vying for the Texas Senate seat, candidates Ted Cruz and David Dewhurst have maintained a mostly congruent position on immigration, but constituents may be watching more closely for a crack in...
View ArticleDewhurst, immigration and the missing link
The link to a 2007 speech by Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in which he said he supported a guest worker program “for those here today illegally” is no longer accessible on his official state Web site. The...
View ArticlePerry: State law unaffected by Obama policy on immigration
Gov. Rick Perry says the Obama administration’s policy to defer deportation of many young immigrants who are here illegally doesn’t change any laws denying benefits to them. Perry, in a letter to state...
View ArticleU.S. Senate race poll released by Sadler
A poll released by U.S. Senate candidate Paul Sadler shows the former lawmaker 17 points behind his Republican opponent Ted Cruz, but also provides insight on issues on which Sadler says Cruz is most...
View ArticleDriving permits for undocumented immigrants gets spiked
Tea Party-backed Rep. Van Taylor successfully torpedoed a plan Friday aimed at giving undocumented immigrants in Texas illegally the chance to get specialized driving permits. The driving permit...
View ArticleHouse to resurrect driving permits for undocumented immigrants
Lawmakers pushing a proposal to offer undocumented immigrants specialty driving permits will try again today to attach an amendment onto a Senate bill set to hit the House floor (read more on the...
View ArticlePatrick launches border security TV ad
Note: Updates below with responses from the three Republicans running against Patrick: Sen. Dan Patrick, one of four Republicans running for lieutenant governor, released his first TV ad Tuesday, using...
View ArticleTodd Staples’ next immigration headache?
AUSTIN — Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, one of four Republicans running for lieutenant governor, is already coming under fire from opponents for voting as a state senator in 2001 to approve a...
View ArticleFront and center in governor’s race: In-state tuition for immigrants
AUSTIN – Attorney General Greg Abbott is gingerly entering the debate about in-state tuition for certain immigrants here illegally, but at least two other candidates seeking the governor’s office are...
View ArticleUT student group plans ‘Catch an Illegal Immigrant’ event
UPDATE: UT response (a snippet of the UT press release condemning the event). “If the members of YCT carry out their plan for “Catch an Illegal Immigrant,” they are willfully ignoring the honor code...
View ArticleDems tie “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game” to Abbott campaign
UPDATE: Response from the Abbott campaign below: “Our campaign has no affiliation with this repugnant effort. Illegal immigration and the failed policies of the Obama Administration are not a joking...
View ArticleUT student group cancels ‘Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game’
AUSTIN— Amid resounding backlash, a conservative student group at the University of Texas has canceled plans to play a “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game” on campus later this week. The UT Chapter of the...
View ArticleData belies Dan Patrick’s ‘illegal invasion’ claim
State Sen. Dan Patrick is no stranger to over-the-top statements about immigrants and immigration. He's repeatedly claimed there is a massive influx of undocumented immigrants across the U.S./Mexico...
View ArticleImmigrant crime stats don’t match Dan Patrick’s claims
When Dan Patrick spoke about immigration in January at a forum for business groups, he chose to focus on violent crime. When asked where he got the statistics from, Patrick campaign spokesman Logan...
View ArticleWatch: Julián Castro, Dan Patrick debate
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro and state Sen. Dan Patrick faced off in a discussion on immigration policy as a result of months of back-and-forth on social media.
View ArticleState health officials dispute Patrick’s claims tying immigration to diseases
In 2006, Patrick claimed that undocumented immigrants were responsible for spreading diseases largely banished from developed countries. “They are bringing Third World diseases with them,” Patrick...
View ArticleFirst draft of state GOP 2014 platform has revamped planks on immigration,...
Fort Worth — The first blueprint of the Republican Party of Texas’ 2014 platform contains a revamped immigration plank that emphasizes a beefed-up plan for border security and a proposes a visa program...
View ArticleGreg Abbott, Dan Patrick help shape controversial ‘Texas Solution immigration...
Fort Worth — Attorney General Greg Abbott and state Sen. Dan Patrick, the respective No.1 and No.2 on the Texas Republican ticket, helped shape the state party’s highly-divisive immigration plank,...
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