According to a news segment that I heard on the radio the other day our mayor gave an interview to NPR (national public radio).
When asked about the immigration problem he evidently said something to the effect that our biggest problem is the whole immigration system–that it has not been addressed comprehensively for 30 years.
I agree with the mayor.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Before the partial government shutdown ended (at least temporarily) the Ysleta independent school district made this announcement:
The announcement said that they would give priority to qualified furloughed federal employees if they want to serve as substitute teachers.
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Brutus
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This poster was on the wall of a local fast food franchise when I stopped in the other day:
The part that got my attention was “In most cases, employers cannot require you to be a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident”.
After researching the point I realized that evidently people can get work visas without becoming a lawful permanent resident.
The poster seems misleading to me.
We deserve better
Brutus
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I think our local candidate for the United States senate could do with some better advisers.
When he was recently asked about his nickname he told the audience that in our community if you are named Robert or Albert or Gilbert or Umberto the community calls you Beto.
His statement is not true.
If he had told us that he uses the nickname because his mother, father, other relative, childhood buddies or someone else called him that I don’t think that most of us would give it a second thought.
Instead he misrepresented our community.
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Brutus
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There is talk in some circles about impeaching our new supreme court justice.
Our constitution allows him to hold office “during good behavior”.
In our nation’s history we have never had a case where a supreme court justice was brought up on impeachment charges for behavior allegedly committed before taking office.
The question of whether a justice can be impeached and convicted for actions committed before taking office is thus an open one.
In a practical sense however the chances of removing a justice for past acts has little chance of success.
Firstly a majority of the members of the house of representatives would have to vote to impeach.
Then a trial would occur in the senate and would require 60 out of 100 votes in order to convict.
Then, because the process could be challenged, our supreme court might vote to hear the case.
Would the sitting justices allow themselves or future justices to be exposed to politically motivated removal? I doubt it.
Judicial independence from political movements is a cornerstone of our system.
We deserve better
Brutus
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