06/05/2006
A reader writes
This news account doesn’t show any overlap between the Texas GOP and Bush on immigration.
PLATFORM APPROVED The party approved a platform Saturday that urges no amnesty for illegal immigrants, stiffer penalties for employers who hire illegal workers and suspension of automatic U.S. citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.
Highlights from Texas Republican convention, Austin American-Statesman June 3, 2004I didn’t find the state party’s platform online, but the apparent kickoff speech by the state party’s chair (woman) is full of astonishingly good stuff including this amazing sentence: "A good immigration policy should be based on a stable ceiling whose goal is to meet the needs of America and stabilize its population."
“I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag” By Tina J. Benkiser, Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas] Here’s another sentence: "What kind of attitude is 'you can’t stop it so you may as well legalize it?' Americans deserve better than that."