Brownsville Tea Party Association

We’ve been through this before. Something tells me we’ll go through this a few more rounds until these liberals are voted out of office. In spite of repeated attempts by this website to set the record straight, these open-border liberals will once more opine on the subject of illegal immigration and the racist state of Arizona.

It was not enough they spent time two months ago to condemning Arizona with no real purpose. It was not enough Commissioner Ricardo Longoria, who co-sponsored the condemnation did not have the proverbial cojones to show up and cast his vote. It was not enough Commissioner Edward Camarillo seemingly painted one of our fellow tea party member as a racist.

They will follow their illustrious record of condemnation with another resolution to “acknowledge” the Texas Border Coalition’s resolution questioning the Arizona law.

Personally, I do not believe the ink used to pen either resolutions are worth any time and money spent especially on such ridiculous, ill-advised chest-beating exercises. So why are Mayor Pat Ahumada and his co-sponsor Commissioner Melissa Zamora wasting Brownsville’s time on this? Is this another opportunity for our Mexican flag wearing mayor to express solidarity with his Mexican compadres and attack Arizona and their law?

The Arizona law states race cannot be used as a reason to inquire into immigrant status. A detained individual is presumed legally in the country if they provide some form of identification like a driver’s license. That immediately prevents any questioning of immigration status. So why the fuss over carrying identification?

Brownsville requires identification of street wandering cats. Nevertheless, our commission is against identification of humans in Arizona. Under our code of ordinance, Article IV Section 10-91

(c)   A cat that is allowed to run at large by the owner must be surgically altered (nonreproducing cats), must have an identification tag with the owner’s name and correct phone number listed on the tag, must be currently vaccinated against the rabies virus, and must not become a nuisance to other citizens in the city.

Moreover, speakers before any city board or commission must identify their name and address according to Section 38-96 of the municipal code. The city recognizes domestic partners when it comes to identification.

Article IV Sec. 38-97.  A person who represents, orally or in writing, the interest of another person, other than his spouse, minor children, or domestic partner, before the city commission, a city board or commission, another city body, or a city official or employee shall disclose the identity of the person represented.

Identification is not a problem here in Brownsville, so why your feigned concern for Arizona?

Do not forget the feds require premanent residents to cary identification at all times.

The to-be-acknowledged resolution essentially pronounces immigration is solely a federal issue. However, the Obama Department of Justice website calls for more local involvement in immigration issues.

A rising immigrant population in the U.S. has led to a dramatic increase in local, state, and tribal law enforcement encounters with both legal and illegal immigrants during routine police duties. As immigration continues to affect interior communities, there is an increasing demand for law enforcement officers to have a working knowledge of immigration law and policy.

It’s virtually the same blueprint for SB 1070. Why does this Basic Immigration Enforcement Training even exist if not to foster racism?  We await your condemnation of the federal government.