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Agreed. I think this is just another example of our government paving the way (sorry for the pun) for the Mexicans to flood into our country. The immigration hearings just made the intent become crystal clear.

I think this is just another example of our government paving the way (sorry for the pun) for the Mexicans to flood into our country. The immigration hearings just made the intent become crystal clear.

And exactly how would this new road accomplish that? Be specific.

With these illegals willing to walk for days in the desert, do you really think that being able to shorten the trip from Laredo to Dallas by a few hours is going to be their deciding factor in whether to come north? If this road is primarily for illegal aliens, why is the first section only being built from San Antonio to north of Dallas (finished around 2015), while the Laredo-San Antonio portion isn't going to be built until probably at least 2025?

I think a lot of this is revenue generation and lobbying - it's not just the TTC, but Perry (or rather the people he has appointed) have been pushing for turning public roads into toll roads (double taxation anyone?) and Perry is a big fan of public transportation. Lot of money flowing around Austin from companies that would benefit from all of this. Who it's going to would be interesting to look at it.

It's unfortunately we didn't get to vote on the TTC - I think if people understood just how big and expensive it was...