I love how everything the Repubs do is all about politics, but the socialists are anything but.
Dallas Morning NewsAs Republican members of Congress press for changes to the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, preventing automatic citizenship for babies born to illegal immigrants, opponents insist the debate is not really about babies.
Instead, they say it is about politics and votes – not fixing the immigration system.
Still, the debate could resonate in Texas, where not only 1.5 million illegal immigrants are estimated to reside but at least 60,000 babies are added to their households annually.
Parkland Memorial Hospital delivers more of those babies than any other hospital in the state. Last year at Parkland, 11,071 babies were born to women who were noncitizens, about 74 percent of total deliveries. Most of these women are believed to be in the country illegally.
This part gets me. I know this guy by reputation since I'm minoring in history at UNT. Looking at his class list ever semester shows that, other than the freshman survey courses, they're "Latino" something or other.
Such as Fall semester: Historical and Cultural Development of the Mexican American Community.
Or Mex-Am Civil Rights in the Spring.
And based based on what I've heard, they're pretty much "blame Whitey for all our problems." Needless to say, I won't be taking any of his classes. Of course, I only have one left, and the department is big on military history, so I'll probably take one of those...
Notice nothing about legal status. Just the Reich Wing Rethuglicans keeping the brown man down.
"The next 10 years will be an even more transformative decade demographically for Texas," said Dr. Roberto Calderon, an associate history professor at the University of North Texas and a Latin American expert following the debate.
He speculated that the Republicans probably were aware of this ongoing demographic shift and how it might threaten their party since Hispanic voters tend to support Democrats.
"Manipulating the status ... the rights and the opportunities for Latinos is the only avenue many on the conservative right see as a solution to remaining viable electorally," he said. "They're expecting what used to be safe Republican seats on the state and federal level will no longer be so safe."
