7/5/14, "City Leaders Shut Out Of Plan To Shelter Immigrant Kids," dfw.cbslocal.com, Grand Prairie, Brian New
"As Dallas County prepares to help with the overwhelming number of unaccompanied children crossing the border, one local city says it’s being left out.
“We are just totally in the dark,” said Grand Prairie Mayor Pro Tem Tony Shotwell.
A week ago, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins publicly welcomed as many as 2,000 unaccompanied border children to North Texas.
Two days ago, he announced three possible locations to house the children once they arrive. One of which, the old Lamar Alternative Education Center, is located within the Grand Prairie city limits. However, City of Grand Prairie leaders say they were never notified until hours before the site announcement made public.
The City of Grand Prairie sent a letter to Judge Jenkins and the Grand Prairie Independent School District asking why city leaders were not included in the discussion to make Lamar School a potential
shelter site.The stern letter, signed by the mayor, says going forward the city must to be included in all talks concerning sheltering the children, who are due here by the end of the month.
In the letter, the mayor writes whether its police or EMS, city services will be impacted once a shelter open.
Shotwell said his frustration at the process in no way reflects the city’s stance on housing these children.
“I want to really make this clear,” he said. “We will go into this with open hearts and open minds, but we have to know what we are going into.”
Jenkins told CBS 11′s Brian New that he did notify Grand Prairie’s mayor that Lamar was one of the sites the night before making the announcement. (Dallas Judge) Jenkins said, “Community input is important as we find the best way to moved scared and traumatized children from incarceration on the border to compassionate care in Dallas County.”
No word on when there will be a community meeting here in Grand Prairie, but city officials say they hope it’s soon."
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"As the chief-elected official of the county, Judge Jenkins is also responsible for the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department that provides around the clock staff to protect Dallas County citizens through coordinated security and emergency-management resources with regional and national partners."...
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In Jan. 2008 George Bush erased the southern US border as he'd longed to do.
A Jan. 1, 2008 law signed by George Bush provides special protections for illegal alien children from non-contiguous countries. The law said they must be turned over to HHS as we're seeing today:
7/2/14, "Obama seeks change to law that protects immigrant kids," USA Today, Alan Gomez
"The 2008 law, which passed both chambers of Congress by unanimous consent and was signed into law by President George W. Bush, dictates exactly how children caught crossing the border without their parents must be treated.
For children coming from "contiguous countries" – in other words, Mexico and Canada – a Border Patrol officer has the authority to determine whether the child is eligible to stay in the country....
But for children from all other countries, any repatriation to their home country involves a plane flight and more preparation. The law dictates that after being caught, the child must be turned over within 72 hours to the Department of Health and Human Services to care for them and find them safe housing. HHS is also urged to find them legal counsel and child advocates who can explain the process of applying for asylum or identifying other ways to stay in the country."...
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Jan. 3, 2008, "William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008," HR 7311
"To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000."...
HR 7311 was sponsored by California Democrat Rep. Howard Berman.
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4/6/14, "Jeb Bush says illegal immigration often 'an act of love'," Reuters, Peter Cooney
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Liberalism is a fatal mental disorder. Border security is about border security. It's not about "children" invited here by George Bush, Jeb Bush, and other millionaires. Residents believe their taxes will be used to pay expenses. And this is only the beginning.
7/4/14, "Clay Jenkins expects fierce debate over immigrant housing plan," Dallas Morning News, Gromer Jeffers, Jr., Political Writer
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Jenkins, the Dallas County judge, said a fierce debate has been raging about the merits of the proposal. Activists on both sides are expected to attend meetings of the commissioners court, as well as community forums in order to be heard....
“I hope people will listen to their greater angels and see these children as children
and not the others,” Jenkins said while attending Rep. Dan Branch’s annual Fourth of July picnic....
Texas has been the main entry point for the more than 50,000 children who’ve come illegally to the U.S., many without adults, from Central American countries ravaged by gang violence and political unrest.
The flood of unaccompanied minors in the country has renewed the passionate, often testy debate over immigration reform and border security.
Some conservative activists have called for tighter measures to secure the border, with some folks calling for the children to be sent back to their countries of origin. Others contend that the crisis highlights the need for Congress to, at long last, approve legislation that deals with illegal immigration, including a guest worker program and a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally.
Jenkins has been criticized for politicizing his own plan, including his campaign developing an online fundraising appeal that mentioned the plan to house the immigrant children, and the fact that he first announced the proposal during his speech last week at the Texas Democratic Convention....
State Rep. Jason Villalba, R-Dallas, said Jenkins had shaken a wasp nest by taking a unilateral and wrongheaded approach.
“We have an already overburdened public school system and health care delivery infrastructure that will be severely taxed by the addition of persons who have no ability to contribute to the costs of such services,” Villalba said.
“To rely on the federal government to provide the requisite resources for this action, when the Obama administration’s unconstitutional executive actions are responsible for the problem in the first place, is disingenuousness and irresponsible,” he said.
As he left Branch’s picnic Friday, Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, blamed President Barack Obama for the crisis. He did not directly discuss Jenkins’ proposal.
“We must find the best way to stop this terrible invasion that’s turned into child trafficking,” Sessions said.
But Jenkins says the issue of the immigrant children has nothing to do with the ongoing debate over immigration reform.
“This is not a statement about immigration, but passion toward children,” he said.
Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Wade Emmert, who also attended Branch’s picnic, said “many Dallas County citizens don’t believe that there will be no tax implications to Dallas County.
“There should be significant debate on the president’s policy of encouraging unaccompanied minors to make the dangerous trek from Central America to the Texas border,” Emmert said. “Stronger immigration policies and a real effort to secure the border is the most humane response.”"
Image: "Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins at Rep. Dan Branch's Fourth of July picnic." photo DMN staff (Rep. Dan Branch recently lost a Texas Republican primary in a landslide).
5/27/14, Texas Attorney General-Republican Runoff
"Ken Paxton (R) 64%
Dan Branch (R-Crony) 36%
60% precincts reporting"
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May 23, 2014, "‘Tea Party Lawyer' Behind Attacks Against Texas Tea Party AG Candidate," Breitbart, Brandon Darby
"Dan Backer, the D.C. area attorney widely known for his work with TheTeaParty.net, has come forward as the one responsible for attacking Texas Attorney General candidate State Senator Ken Paxton in a massive half-million dollar Texas ad-buy. Ken Paxton is the Tea Party candidate who Senator Ted Cruz proudly honored. A media professional who works with TheTeaParty.net told Breitbart Texas that the group has no part in what their attorney is doing.
Paxton’s opponent, the clear beneficiary of Backer’s ads, is Texas State Rep. Dan Branch. Branch is a former AFL-CIO union group lobbyist who previously introduced an amendment to a bill that could have expanded the medical authority of abortionists to broaden the use of late-term abortions in Texas. The radical pro-abortion group NARAL was supportive of Dan Branch and what they called his "pro-choice vote."
Chuck Lindell of The Austin-American Statesman wrote on Backer introducing money into Texas politics from Virginia, “A Virginia nonprofit has poured more than a half-million dollars into a new TV ad that sharply criticizes Texas attorney general candidate Ken Paxton for taking ‘kickbacks’ that led to a recent reprimand from Texas securities regulators.” The kickbacks referred to here were actually referral fees of less than $5,000 per year on average, according to Anthony Holm, Paxton’s campaign spokesman. Holm spoke with Breitbart Texas on the matter.
The Statesman also wrote, “Airing in the closing days of the Republican runoff campaign in at least seven markets, including Austin, the 30-second spot was created by American Dream Initiative, a relatively new organization that advocates for ‘small, efficient government that is honorable and ethical and not overreaching,’ Chairman Dan Backer said Thursday.”
Breitbart Texas reached out to the Paxton campaign to discuss the out-of-state dollars being injected into Texas politics and they echoed the sentiment expressed to the Statesman. There it was written, “But Paxton campaign spokesman Anthony Holm dismissed the ad as 'yet another desperate attempt by a failing liberal candidate, Dan Branch.'" Adding, “Holm said ad-buying patterns indicate that Branch and Backer’s organization colluded to air the spot in violation of federal election laws that ban coordination between outside interest groups and candidates.”
Backer reportedly refused to reveal to the Statesman who funded the ad-buy and how he raised the money, instead indicating that he technically avoided advocating for a candidate and therefore stayed within law. This is not the first controversial issue Backer has had surrounding fundraising in politics. Recently, Backer was involved in an effort that used an image of Ted Cruz and Benghazi to raise money, which brought quick rebuke from Cruz’s staff.
A core staff member for Senator Cruz spoke with Breitbart Texas and stated, “We said that we did not authorize Senator Cruz’s name to be used on any such material and reached out to the group to ask them to remove his name from any of their materials used for that purpose.”
The debacle surrounding Backer’s fundraising using Senator Cruz’s image does not stand alone. Recently, Backer came under fire for using Sarah Palin’s image in fundraising ads as well. Appealing to the Tea Party’s heavy percentage of elderly Americans, another effort Backer participated in urged Americans to fight socialism and draft Sarah Palin--even though Palin indicated she had no intention of running.
State Senator Ken Paxton beat State Rep. Dan Branch by 11 points in the primary election. The Branch campaign began a series of attacks on Paxton that focused on previous administrative paperwork issues by Paxton. The attacks grew as left-of-center Texas media outlets and a Democratic trial lawyer began hammering Paxton for several issues, including Paxton having failed to disclose his position on the boards of several groups. The attacks largely fell short once the public learned the "undisclosed groups" included nonprofits that Paxton helped start that aided abused women, children, Alzheimer’s patients, and people who could not afford their own Bibles.
The recent polling suggests Branch’s attacks backfired, as Paxton now enjoys an even wider 17 point lead over Branch.
Though Branch and his left-leaning allies—and now Dan Backer with his secret donors—have what are seemingly unlimited funds to attack Paxton with ads, perhaps the most powerful political ad came free of charge for Paxton--from Senator Ted Cruz.
Senator Cruz had this to say about Ken Paxton, “Ken Paxton is a tireless conservative warrior. Ken Paxton stands and fights, whether it’s against Obamacare, whether it’s fighting for Voter I.D., or whether it’s fighting to defend our religious liberty. And I’m proud to say Ken Paxton is my friend in fighting hard for the State of Texas.”"
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Comment: What's the difference between an "angel" and a slave in this context? None. We've received our final punishment. The entire political class happens to agree with Obama's "fundamental transformation."
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