Posted on 05/02/2008 1:47:46 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Congressman, Texans clash over border
McALLEN, Texas (AP) - South Texas officials who oppose a border fence are stepping up their criticism of a Colorado congressman who favors the divider.
The mayors of Brownsville and Eagle Pass said Friday that U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo falsely suggested that they believe there is no border between the two countries.
In a letter Friday, Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada and Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster, who is also chairman of the Texas Border Coalition, called the suggestion "ridiculously juvenile," and noted that the Rio Grande is a clear border between the United States and Mexico.
They accused Tancredo of committing a "Washington drive-by attack" and suggested that he "grow up."
At a congressional hearing this week, Tancredo said if people in Brownsville oppose the fence, they should build it around the north side of the border city - in effect, leaving the city on the Mexican side of the fence.
Tancredo's office released a statement Thursday saying that he had written to the two mayors clarifying his comments from a congressional hearing Monday.
"This is a matter of national importance, and the American public should not be asked to sit back and allow a handful of local governments and their friends in the 'open borders' lobby to exercise veto power over something that impacts not only our national security, but our national sovereignty," Tancredo said.
Tancredo, a Republican who has served five terms in the House, ran for president on a platform of opposing illegal immigration. He dropped out of the race in December after consistently polling at the bottom of a nine-person Republican field.
For more on this story, see Saturday's Brownsville Herald.
Hostile reception for pro-fence congressmen in Brownsville
Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 5:08:58 PM by SwinneySwitch
"Late in the five-hour hearing, Tancredo returned to a comment made earlier by panelist Betty Perez, a rancher and local activist. Perez said, "It really isn't a border to most of us who live down here."
The 2 mayors owe Congressman Tancredo an apology.
Build the fence!
¡Los dos alcaldes ping!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
Cut off all Federal aid to Brownsville and Eagle Pass and advise them to get their public assistance monies from Mexico City and you’ll see how fast they can point out the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
Better yet dump all the MS13 glad handers that are caught in their city and pay em to stay and remind the population and their elected traitors of a beautiful culture they now share!
ping
Build the fence on the north side of their cities!!!
Yeah, Tom- SHUT UP, SIT DOWN, AND GROW UP, mah friend...
I really LIKE that idea! I wish YOU would run for president on the Republican ticket! You should see parts of LA and Houston, looking like Tiajuana!
Oh that is EXCELLENT! How are you Dale! Old friend!
Are you sure about that, I think they have sent their more”unsavory” characters north. Beats the cost of incarceration for them, puts the bill on us!
Ugh, every time I see something from McAllen, I cringe. My tagline used to have a quote from a San Antonio councilwoman stating the border was pretty much imaginary.
How about cutting off all federal funding to those towns. They probably suck a good 4-5 times more resources than they provide from the gov.’s coffers.
They need that additional funding because the Feds aren’t taking care of the illegal immigration problem!/SARC
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