Texas Republicans on Saturday adopted another get-tough policy on immigration and bilingual education that some say will make it hard for the party to attract votes from the state's ever-growing Hispanic population.
The platform encourages state lawmakers to create a Class A misdemeanor criminal offense “for an illegal alien to intentionally or knowingly be within the State of Texas.”
It opposes amnesty “in any form leading to citizenship for illegal immigrants.”
The platform also emphasizes border security, encouraging “all means” to “immediately prevent illegal aliens.” Texas Republicans also want to limit citizenship by birth to those born to a U.S. citizen, “with no exceptions.” And the platform calls for an end to day-labor work centers.
The party's education platform calls for the end of federal government-sponsored pre-school and opposes mandatory pre-school and kindergarten.
Bilingual education should end after the third year, according to the platform, and noncitizens should not be eligible for state or federal college financial assistance.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/gop_seeks_migrant_crackdown_96232934.html
The TX GOP plank is a great start. But we have to work on the lukewarm Republicans (e.g., Rick Perry) to turn this party plank into state law.
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