By Alex Gonzalez
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas In something that would have been considered unfeasible two years ago this weekend the Republican Party of Texas passed a 2012 Party Platform that creates a Guest-Worker Program to alleviate the stresses on businesses and Hispanic 
communities brought on by the failure of Obama to deliver on immigration. So unlike the unfulfilled piecemeal solutions the Obama Administration has promised the Texas Republican Party once again showed that Big Things Happen in Texas".
While the number of deportations of immigrants have increased to almost 1.4 million and the expansion of the Secure Communities Program was made mandatory by the Obama Administration in all 50 states the Republican Party of Texas managed to actually pass The Texas Solution" which makes it possible for all those here in the U.S. illegally with good moral character to apply for Guest worker program.
Under the leadership of Art Martinez (above left) and Artemio (Temo) Muniz (above right) members of the newly formed Federation of Hispanic Republicans Hispanic Republicans tenaciously worked to craft a proposal that would reflect the economic need of the state of Texas by proposing Guest-Worker program to allow unskilled foreign workers to fill the job labor demands in times of full-employment here in Texas and the nation.
The Texas Solution Because of decades-long failure of the federal government to secure our borders and address the immigration issue there are now upwards of 11 million undocumented individuals in the United States each of whom entered and remain here under different circumstances.
Mass deportation of these individuals would neither be equitable nor practical; while blanket amnesty as occurred with the Simpson-Mazzoli Act of 1986 would only encourage future violations of the law we seek common ground to develop and advance a conservative market- and law-based approach to our nations immigration issues by following these principles.
Crafting this proposal was not an easy task and it required knowledge of the parliamentary system utilized during the Convection and leadership skill to keep the proposal together in the full floor for a final vote which both Martinez and Muniz did. Drafting this
proposal was monumental since it required that all those committee members which included Minutemen to caucus together to daft this proposal.
In the end it could not be voted down by the majority delegates. The Texas Solution also required that these members not be intimated during the full floor session by about 2000 delegates who could have easily voted to strip the plan or amend it from the Party Platform. These leaders held their ground.
Just two years ago the Texas Republican Platform passed one of the most restricted immigration proposals of its kind in the nation. However this time the Hispanic Republican delegates Martinez and Munoz stood their ground took the heat from the crowds and defended their plan until it was cleared from the <http://latinosreadytovote.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Temio.jpg> floor with about 65 of the delegates supporting the Texas Solution.
Temo" Muniz President of the Federation of Hispanic Republicans said that they worked and waited for two years to replace the old immigration plan of 2010 because it proved ineffective in dealing with the economic realities of Texas who needs unskilled labor workers.
Additionally the 2010 plan was perceived by many Latinos in Texas as anti-Immigrant and anti-Latino which made the more vital for Martinez and Muniz to craft a plan that sends the message that the Republican Party of Texas is the Party that welcomes all those who wish to work hard and strive to be part of the great states of Texas a meritocracy not a welfare state.
This plan rewards only handwork and the good moral character of those who wish to be part of Texas and America. Once again thanks to leadership of the Martinez (chairman of the committee) and Muniz the Republican Party can claim that it is the Party of solutions.
Though the platform is non-binding Democrats can no longer say at least in Texas the GOP is the Party of anti-immigrant and anti-Latinos because Texas introduced a solution.
Moreover this new platform reinforces the idea Texas can lead the nation on big ideas and Latinos currently are in need of big ideas.
Obama never brought immigration legislation to Congress when the Democrats had a super majority. And since they failed to deliver 
on immigration reform Obama opted for piecemeal approach in 2010 to appease Latino voters who felt deceived.
But even when Harry Reid brought the Dream Act to the floor in the Senate during the lame duck session in 2010 Obama could not hold his caucus together and five Senators voted against the Dream Act. And since the failure of the Dream Act in the Senate Obama keeps dreaming about passing a Dream Act that would only legalize about 1.6 million of Dreamers."
Unlike Obama however who just would have legalized 1.6 million undocumented immigrants the Texas Proposal deals with compressive solution that includes 11 million.
In a recent op-ed Michael Barone states that Texas is the Future. He is right. And the Republican Party of Texas is ready to lead the way to deal with on issues that have often divided the Republican Party and Latinos.
More importantly this new Texas Proposal demonstrates that the GOP is the party of action not a Party of unfulfilled promises for Latinos. Finally this proposal shows that if Latino Republicans stick to their convictions on the direction of the Party and are not intimated by tough crowdsthey can make big things happen in Texas.
Texas is the future and Latinos are the Future of the Republican Party. It is an inescapable reality.
