By Artemio Muniz
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas While other American states & municipalities are scrambling in dealing with a porous border and a federal government that appears to care more for NCAA Brackets and Brazils energy development Texas Republicans again cut through the confusion and fog of political war with todays introduction of House Concurrent Resolution 88 (HCR 88).
House Concurrent Resolution 88 (HCR 88) calls on Congress to fix the broken immigration system and address immigration not only as a criminal law issue but also as an economic issue. This resolution is joint and co-authored by eight (8) members of the
Hispanic Republican Conference.
Texas Republicans are shoving aside the context that the media or outside interest groups offer up as battlefields on immigration. Instead a bold group of Republicans are determined to focus our Republican policy proposals agenda on economic prosperity and national security.
In the past months we have been on a disappointing roller coaster ride of agendas by other groups.
In Arizona what was thought to be a sincere reestablishment of rule of law turned out to be a crusade against Anchor babies" and a piecemeal approach that was laying down the impractical populist legal foundation of a mass deportation by attrition approach.
As the state chairman of an organization dedicated to pure cutting edge outreach and vote mining it is extremely frustrating to see Republican politicians punt political footballs while offering no real solutions. You know there is a yearning and hunger for leadership when Russell Pearce masquerades as a conservative" only to reveal that his agenda was to
use the Republican Party as a tool to push forward the mass deportation by attrition agenda.
As a grassroots worker dedicated to bringing new voters to the Republican party it is pure fratricide straight and simple when a leader gains the attention of the media and only uses it for an agenda that is futile and founded not on conservative principles but in the notions of the 19th century where citizenship was discussed based on race.
As a missionary for the GOP I need sound doctrine without hypocrisy or hidden agenda to win over voters who are experts at sensing non truths.
In Utah fortunately Republicans have decided to respect the free market and approved a state guest worker program. Accountability and control won the day. This is a huge step forward in leadership because Utahans voted to protect and strengthen Utah.
Leadership does not garner ratings on television. Taking care of business and being responsible rarely garners the attention of the media.
Tragedy conflict and political bloodshed gives ratings and fuels the vanity of politicos.
Republican problem solvers like Paul Ryan Rand Paul Mitch Daniels and even Tim Pawlenty find themselves lost in a media whirlwind of hype. The American laboratories of democracies the states have given us hope that within the conservative context we can address the immigration issue.
Texas appears to be tipping towards a problem solving attitude. Republicans know that the federal level must be held accountable and state measures can only go so far.
Texas Republicans with House Resolution 88 have gotten it 100 right. In todays political world of bubble real estate schemes union and politician paybacks and subsidized markets working in conjunction with lobbyists it is very important we continue to keep an eye on the puppet-master as we deal with the immigration issue.
The leviathan called the federal government and its vast tentacles of bureaucratic hallways of experts" and political operatives is at fault. It is a slippery and cunning creature that recently has managed to escape fault and blame with its ridiculous energy policies EPA overreach irresponsible fiscal polices extremely amateur foreign policy and on and on.
The media in its ever decreasing relevance perhaps is seeking its own bailout and is providing Disney-like narratives for our President. Conservatives must lead and not fall into media traps. Conservatives must solve not just scream fire!" in the proverbial
political theater Conservatives must now more than ever fix problems at the root cause and stay away from the band aids in public policy.
I applaud these Republican Legislators of Texas for reminding us that we know exactly who is at fault when it comes to our immigration system.
2012 cannot come soon enough because we will make sure that the person to blame for the continued support of the failed immigration system and his entire Democratic machine will crumble.
Artemio Temo Munizs work includes founding the now defunct Conservador Alliance and volunteering as the state chair for the Latino National Republican Coalition of Texas. His contribution to the Republican Party in its efforts to grow its base within the Latino community was highlighted nationally in the Weekly Standard.
