The hardline immigration rhetoric of Thomas McNutt, GOP challenger to Rep. Byron Cook, is coming under intense scrutiny now that the Dallas Morning News has revealed that McNutt’s company has a history of hiring undocumented immigrants. McNutt told the newspaper he will look into how undocumented workers could have been employed by his family’s Collin […]
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AUDIO: Former undocumented Collin Street Bakery worker calls McNutt a hypocrite
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Special Election for Texas Senate Seat Turns Nasty
BRENHAM – The mad dash to succeed Comptroller-Elect Glenn Hegar in the Texas Senate has turned quite negative in the final days leading up to this Saturday’s special election. The perceived frontrunner, Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, has sought to create a sense of inevitability through high-profile endorsements and has focused her message on border security. […]
National Guard Deployment Along the Rio Grande is Now Underway
Note: This story originally appeared on The Quorum Report. Join us there daily for coverage of Texas politics and government. BASTROP – The “force multiplier” for the border surge touted by Gov. Perry and other members of the state’s Republican leadership is now becoming a reality as up to 1,000 Texas National Guard troops begin […]
National Guard Theatrics Jeopardize Billions in Potential Growth Along the Texas Border
Note: This story originally appeared on The Quorum Report. Join us there daily for coverage of Texas politics and government. While Gov. Perry continues his national cable TV tour talking about the influx of migrant children along the border and his decision to deploy as many as 1,000 Texas National Guard Troops to the region, […]
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Two Tragedies in Different Shadows
There were two tragedies in America with high death tolls over the last week and I am taken aback by the difference in the reactions to them. One was a mass shooting in a Colorado movie theater that left 12 Americans dead. The other was a truck crash here in Texas that killed 14 undocumented […]
Obama Misses a Texas-Sized Opportunity on Immigration
We’ve entered an interesting time in American politics when a Democrat can flog a Republican with the issue of illegal immigration. For years, conservative politicians have used it to call their opponents “open borders liberals.” President Obama, during his visits to San Antonio and Austin this week, slammed the presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney for […]
Friday Morning Reading: Elected After That Illegal Immigrant College Deal
I’m hearing more and more radio ads for GOP incumbents in the Texas legislature proclaiming they were elected after tuition breaks for illegal immigrants were approved more than a decade ago. Their “true conservative” primary challengers have accused them of “coddling illegals.” Tweet Share
Kansas Bucks the Trend; Tries to Authorize Illegal Immigrants
A fascinating story out of Kansas, where they’ve passed a law that would create a state-sponsored program to help businesses recruit workers who are illegally in the United States. Tweet Share
Illegal Immigrant UT Graduate to Perry: Don’t Back Down on In-State Tuition AUDIO
I just finished an interview with a young man who was brought to Texas illegally when he was four-years-old. Jose Torres-Don attended the University of Texas and received the in-state tuition break that has caused Gov. Perry so many headaches this past week on the presidential campaign trail. Tweet Share
Fierce Immigration Debate Among Conservatives AUDIO
As President Obama traveled to Texas today to renew his push for immigration reform, some conservatives here disagreed strongly (with each other) on the issue. Tweet Share
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Scott Braddock is a journalist and political analyst based in Austin.
