More state politics that make it not so easy to pass state anti-immigrate legislation .
El Paso leaders decry state immigration legislation - El Paso Times: "Texas Gov. Rick Perry is turning Texas into an outcast by elevating immigration issues to an emergency level and by insisting that local law enforcement officials be allowed to enforce immigration laws, El Paso's four highest-ranking elected officials said Friday.
If Perry and the state Legislature pass such laws --some of which have already been filed -- El Paso's status as the safest city will be jeopardized, said U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas.
Reyes was one of four city-wide elected leaders who gathered Friday in El Paso to blast Perry's immigration agenda. The others were newly elected state Sen. José Rodríguez, D-El Paso, newly elected County Judge Veronica Escobar and Mayor John Cook. All four said the governor's immigration agenda will hurt El Paso and Texas."
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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