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New mayor in Dallas suburb to target illegal immigrants
The Brownsville Herald ^ | 05/13/2008

Posted on 05/13/2008 8:20:21 AM PDT by devane617

A newly elected mayor near Dallas says his top priority will be ridding his suburb of illegal immigrants, the same focus that has drawn national attention in a neighboring city.

But Ron Branson said Carrollton will not simply copy the blueprint of Farmers Branch, where an ordinance barring apartment rentals to most illegal immigrants has been put on hold by a federal judge.

"I do not want to rubber-stamp what they did," Branson said in Monday's editions of The Dallas Morning News. "We want to make sure we're not profiling, we're following the law, and take advantage of ordinance opportunities."

The victory by Branson in Saturday's election gives Dallas neighboring suburbs with mayors who share a common goal of driving out illegal immigrants in their cities.

Voters in Farmers Branch on Saturday elected Tim O'Hare, who as a city councilman pushed for one of the country's most sweeping anti-illegal immigration measures by a local government.

Farmers Branch residents endorsed a rental ban 2-to-1 last May, but enforcement of the ordinance has been blocked by a federal judge until legal challenges are resolved. Branson said Carrollton should not implement similar ordinance now, but should be prepared to do so if courts clear the way.

Brandon said he also planned to visit regularly with O'Hare, who said he welcomed the meetings.

Allan Saxe, political science professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, said the election of the two new mayors shows that illegal immigration continues to resonate with voters.

But Saxe said he doesn't believe the elections will effect much change because the cities are already availing themselves of available federal programs.

"I don't think it will have great reverberations outside the area, except those members of Congress that represent those areas will take notice of it," Saxe said.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; carrollton; illegal; immigrantlist; immigrstion
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Why can't our Federal elected officials do the same? Only way to resolve the problem is to vote the current group out.
1 posted on 05/13/2008 8:20:22 AM PDT by devane617
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FYI...In this article you will see that the councilman from Farmers Branch that created the notoriety last year for his stance on illegals in his city, was elected Mayor of Farmers Branch, TX...


2 posted on 05/13/2008 8:22:14 AM PDT by devane617
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Dallas will be empty if they kick the illegals out.


3 posted on 05/13/2008 8:22:44 AM PDT by dalebert
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My home town of Carrollton. Good job guys.

I live in CA now, where illegals are regularly catered to. .


4 posted on 05/13/2008 8:22:53 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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The entire state of Texas would be desolate if they kicked out all illegals.


5 posted on 05/13/2008 8:25:18 AM PDT by devane617
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Interesting that this story is being reported in Brownsville. Ya think there’s a reason for that? /sarcasm


6 posted on 05/13/2008 8:26:40 AM PDT by Badabing Badablonde (New to the internet? CLICK HERE)
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The entire state of Texas would be desolate if they kicked out all illegals.

Say what? What part of Texas do you live in? The Metroplex will continue to thrive.

7 posted on 05/13/2008 8:27:58 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Forget it...I'll never be able to pull the lever for McCain!)
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The entire state of Texas would be desolate if they kicked out all illegals.

You say that as if it's a bad thing.

8 posted on 05/13/2008 8:30:05 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Night Hides Not

There are a lot of Hispanics in Texas who are multigenerational US citizens...not illegals. Yeah, there are illegals too but Texas has always had a large Hispanic/Mexican-American population generations back.


9 posted on 05/13/2008 8:31:36 AM PDT by RockinRight (Supreme Court Justice Fred Thompson. The next best place for Fred.)
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"You say that as if it's a bad thing."

Don't know how you arrived at that conclusion.

10 posted on 05/13/2008 8:35:16 AM PDT by devane617
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New mayor in Dallas suburb

A newly elected mayor near Dallas

In Dallas, near Dallas?

Hmmm. Seems someone was trying hard to associate this story with Dallas, where per capita crime rates are much higher than even Los Angeles.

11 posted on 05/13/2008 8:36:09 AM PDT by dragnet2
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My daughter briefly lived off Marsh Lane, in Carrollton. She said that there were many Asian illegals there too. Texas wasn't for her, she broke off her engagement and returned to the North East after a couple of months.

Her Dad & I were happy, the fiance was an obnoxious liberal who drank the Koolaid being served at an elitist St. Louis University a/k/a Washington U, Olin School of Business.

12 posted on 05/13/2008 8:40:01 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Vote Obama! And we'll be picking shrapnel out of our butts for decades!)
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The entire state of Texas would be desolate if they kicked out all illegals.


13 posted on 05/13/2008 8:43:21 AM PDT by dragnet2
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We want to make sure we're not profiling

Then you will miss a lot of them with that stupid policy.

14 posted on 05/13/2008 8:43:53 AM PDT by doodad
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Funny, I used to live off Marsh, too, and I also know a guy in Dallas who went to Washington U. But he is not a liberal or elitist.

I am originally from New Jersey.


15 posted on 05/13/2008 8:56:33 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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Funny, he is originally from NJ too. He turned into a flaming lib while at school. I could never figure out how a finance major could be a lib, thinking that they should be Capitalist's, given that line of work. :0)
16 posted on 05/13/2008 9:07:48 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Vote Obama! And we'll be picking shrapnel out of our butts for decades!)
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I am NOT your daughters ex, I promise. LOL


17 posted on 05/13/2008 9:17:25 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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I know, he would never be caught dead on Free Republic! His favorite site would probably be the DUmp. :0)
18 posted on 05/13/2008 9:49:32 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Vote Obama! And we'll be picking shrapnel out of our butts for decades!)
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The Metroplex will continue to thrive.

Yep! The economy would improve greatly without these criminals feeding of our tax dollars.

19 posted on 05/13/2008 9:56:48 AM PDT by SUSSA
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The entire state of Texas would be desolate if they kicked out all illegals.

No problem. Texans love open spaces!

20 posted on 05/13/2008 11:56:46 AM PDT by zeugma (Mark Steyn For Global Dictator!)
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