RICE UNIVERSITY TO HOST IMMIGRATION FORUM

Rice University is hosting a forum with political leaders and scholars to discuss one of the hottest social issues of the year—immigration—on Wednesday, April 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the Rice Memorial Center. Titled “USA Immigration: Truths and Myths,” the forum will seek to inform and shed light on the complicated issue of Hispanic immigration.

“It is imperative that the community at large be better informed on immigration issues and have an opportunity, in a nonpartisan setting, to participate in the formulation of future U.S. Immigration policy,” says Dr. Dorothy Caram, co-chair of the event. The panel will consist of four speakers: State Representative Rick Noriega, Attorney Monty Jacob, University of Houston sociologist Nestor Rodriguez, and University of Texas A&M sociologist Rogelio Saenz. Rice University professor Richard Tapia will be the moderator, and Attorney Adan Vega will coordinate the roundtable discussion.

The immigration forum is being sponsored by The Houston Hispanic Forum, Society of Latino Alumni of Rice (SOLAR), the Hispanic Association for Cultural Enrichment at Rice (HACER), the Republican National Hispanic Assembly (RHNA), and the Harris County Tejano Democrats.

To get to the Rice Memorial Center, take entrance 20 off Rice Boulevard. For a map, visit http://www.rice.edu/maps/maps.html.

Said it before, I'll say it again. :)

The Year 2006 is an election year. After watching all the Democrats over the past few days talk of granting rights to illegal aliens I got a brainstorm of an idea: put some illegals on the ballot against them.

We could do it in New York against Senator Hillary Clinton and in San Francisco against Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Since no Republican will ever carry either place we could put them on the Republican ticket.

What would the Dems say against this? That the people they're against are illegal? They want "rights" for these people. Isn't one right the ability to run for office? If the left raises a big stink, we'll just accuse them of racist, sexist, homophobia. We'll have our candidate recount tales of his family wandering the desert bare foot through cacti.

I'd really love to see what the Dems would say. Our candidate could even promise to work for half the salary of a Congressman (dare I say, do the work for a wage no American would accept?) It's okay though - he'll never see the money drained away in income taxes (if Congress even pays them.) He'd be an illegal.

I can even tell you how to answer tough questions:

#1 What do you think of the war? I think it's good. Who cares if a bunch of Americans die, we won't be taken away for the fighting: we're not citizens.

#2 What do you think of Abortion? My Catholic upbringing says that I need to be against it. It's okay though - if I ever need one I'll go home to Mexico (where it's legal) for the weekend.

#3 What do you think of gun control? I don't care about it. I'm not a citizen, I'll carry a gun if I want too.

So there you have it. I urge all Americans living near these areas to go in and vote for our illegal candidate. So what if you'd break the law to do it? We never really liked those laws anyway.

Our Republican Leadership have really screwed up!

Instead of promoting greater HomeLand Security by securing our borders from all illegal crossings they allowed the senate led by McKennedy to put forth a immigration bill that grants illegal immigrants 'earned' amnesty BEFORE securing our borders!

Now instead of having overwhelming support from the base, the party is mad at The President for not upholding existing immigration laws and siding with McKennedy and his 'Earned Amnesty'.

Conservatives would be far more open as to what to do with those illegals already here if our borders were really secure and the illegal flow was stopped.

From my email inbox:

Congressman John Culberson will host town hall meetings on ... and Thursday, April 20. The April 20 town hall meeting will be held at Stratford High School, in west Houston. This meeting will focus primarily on the issue of border security and the reconstruction of the Katy Freeway.

Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, April 20
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Stratford High School
14555 Fern
Houston, Texas 77079

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