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Published Brownsville Herald 8/6/2006

My favorite columnist, Ruben Navarrette, again focused his sights on an issue that I have been thinking about for some time but just had not gotten around to delving into.
In his column After immigration policy, lets reform Congress. He went on to assert that “Apparently the august institution is more broken than the U.S. –Mexican Border.”
If you just look at the Senate immigration bill and the spending mandated in it that seems only there to satisfy political friends. The House bill appears to be so unreasonable that it can only serve to keep the power of life and the future of immigrants in their hands, so they will continue to have a product/largess to exchange with labor and lawyer organizations in return for support, both political and financial.
I have written “ad-nauseum” regarding immigration reform and will attempt to focus a little “Common Sense” into Congressional reform, a place that seems devoid of such stuff.
I am guided by a pocket copy of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence given to me by Congressman Ron Paul, a Libertarian with a Republican label. One of the lights in a dark place. Read the rest of this entry »