Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Perry on Immigration

In a recent editorial on The Dallas Morning News writes about The Texas Governor Rick Perry views on immigration and how in the recent  Fox News Debate last week in Orlando, Fl shows governor Perry what the author of the editorial thinks of him as soft hearted towards the Immigration topic.
In an excerpt from the article explaining Perry’s views on education of illegal immigrants…

Romney: It’s an argument I just can’t follow. I’ve got to be honest with you. I don’t see how it is that a state like Texas — to go to the University of Texas, if you’re an illegal alien, you get an in-state tuition discount. You know how much that is? That’s $22,000 a year. …
Perry: But if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than they’ve been brought there by no fault of their own, I don’t think you have a heart. We need to be educating these children, because they will become a drag on our society.”

In my point of view I feel that Perry’s point of view is very caring especially to me because I have family who are seeking higher education here but it’s a political world and most politicians don’t see his point of view and some will not support it. The author explains how in this editorial Perry is against the idea of building a fence on the Texas-Mexican border. Perry says that “boots on the ground” will solve our states problem with immigration. In a way I would agree with that resolution but haven’t we been having this problem for over couple of decades even with soldiers guarding our borders?  Take a look at this editorial and let me know what you think. It’s a really good explanation on one of the main topics in this upcoming election.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Living Under A Tarp


It’s been exactly 3 years since Hurricane ike hit the gulf coast, and Houstonians are still waiting for the cities aid. In an article in the Chron.com website, the article explains the protesters in the city of Houston of their need of aid that was promised after Hurricane Ike left more than 2,300 people seeking government help. Many of the protesters are furious that many of them are still living with tarp on top of their houses. This article shows the way the city of Houston used the first batch of $109 million apartments, but not distributed to the many who are still living with damaged homes.






http://www.chron.com/news/hurricanes/article/Protesters-say-city-slow-to-repair-Ike-damaged-2169325.php