Republatinos Don’t Want Latinos?
The Texas Democratic Party reports that it is Republatino legislators who are fast and furiously removing Latinos from their districts, on top of voting to disenfranchise them with photo ID requirements to vote, supporting bans on Latinos (sanctuary cities), and the rest of Rick Perry’s anti-Latino agenda.
As George P. Bush visits EL Paso today with other legislators as part of their Hispanic outreach tour, likely missing from their stump speech are the facts that Hispanic Republicans have purged tens of thousands of Latinos from their legislative districts and voted to disenfranchise tens of thousands more. The Department of Justice pointed to four of the districts represented by members of the Hispanic Republican Conference (Torres/HD 33, Aliseda/HD 35, Pena/HD 41, and Garza/HD 117) as violating the Voting Rights Act when refusing to pre-clear the state house maps.
Some of the numbers are ridiculous.
Together, the six members of the Hispanic Republican Conference kicked out 180,536 Latinos from their districts. Further, all six members voted for the voter suppression legislation which could disenfranchise 73,375 registered Latinos in the counties they represent. In El Paso County, 29,908 individuals – including 19,108 Hispanics – lack a state issued driver’s license or identification card.
Why? Because Texas Hispanics vote Democratic, and given the Republican war on Latinos, that number is sure to grow if Democrats take that message to the people, and consultants aren’t chicken shits think it positive to have their clients talk about it.
Don’t even get me started on George P (en la frente) Bush.
Federal Court: Leave the Kids Alone
At least temporarily until it is further considered, a Federal Court has blocked a part of the Alabama immigration law that would federalize schools and force them to check the immigration status of children. Unfortunately, the court also allowed the part of the law that allows local cops to serve as a local migra.
We’ll keep following this for reactions from pro-migrant groups. Huff Post has a more comprehensive look at the ruling.
Kingwood Gets a Candidate Forum
The Lake Houston Chamber of Commerce is hosting a City of Houston candidate forum on Monday, 6pm at LSC-Kingwood’s new conference center. Here’s the link to the info.
I might attend with Flip camera to see how candidates respond to the inevitable anti-Latino questions on sanctuary cities, immigration, and the general measuring up of candidates to see how much they like/don’t like Latinos.
And finally…
One more big kudo and thanks to Maria Jimenez and Hope Sanford along with the others who were arrested by HPD at the federal building. Hope celebrated her birthday in the local lock-ups, too. A friend in the movement created this message for Hope:
I just think it’s more of that classic “I got mine” mentality that selfish, greedy people of all razas demonstrate — and a reason why they affiliate with the GOP.
My humble O is that Republicans seem to think that wealth is finite and thus cannot be shared with others. You’re supposed to grab all you can for yourself, fight anyone who tries to get some of yours, and scold those who aren’t acting like you for being ‘lazy’.
The kindergarten concept of sharing — along with the idea of paying it forward for the next generation — has been lost on them.