Tom Leppert Reviews Obama's Immigration Policy Speech Given in El Paso Tuesday

cash loans

It’s not a secret that many Americans are out of work now. Home foreclosures are at record numbers. One million foreclosure filings by banks in December. I knew a drywall installer that was paid $12.50 per sheet by local builders but since 2006, illegals have flooded the construction job market and are being paid $4 per sheet cash, taking jobs away from construction workers that were paid $15 per hour. Good jobs. Companies like Swift, Chipolte, Target all had illegal workers making over $10 per hour until caught by e-verify fingerprint scanning. Most worked there for 5-9 years. When someone says illegal do work and Americans won't, that is totally false.

Larry Brown

President Obama has told a recent closed door meeting at the White House of La Raza radicals he is committed to giving United States citizenship to 12-20 million "undocumented migrants"...a.k.a. "Democrat voters in wating". It seems the audacious amnesty dream of President Obama to fundamentally change the United States into a third world socialist nation depends on his "open borders/amnesty" immigration policy.

Accionamerica

Tom Leppert is a Political Fraud

Rtgolden

Perhaps, if we could get the liberal bedwetters and the conservative shysters to ALL shut up for 10 minutes and have an Intelligent, Moderate discussion, we could solve many of these vexing issues. Marijuana- it's here, it's staying, legalize it, tax it. Illegals- they're here, they're staying, teach them English, legalize them, tax them. Gay Marriage- they're here, they're staying, let them suffer a nagging spouse the way us straights suffer. The problem isn't politics, it's passion. People get passionate of stupid things, which produces stupid actions, like voting either Democrat or Republican. Better to think clearly, and vote Libertarian, or Green, or anything but those two.

Holybloke

No, the problem is money, not passion. Politicians want power to get money for their friends and themselves, so until you can shut the revolving door from politics to high priced lobbying contracts and other such shenanigans, we're stuck with these idiots like mayor tom

dallas

Anyone know who his Democratic challenger is? I guess because he was mayor he seems to get a lot of free publicity

Cliff Dweller

Funny you should ask. This story just hit Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article...

Guest

We might have more money to pay for increased border security if someone had paid better attention to the goings-on at Washington Mutual before they cost the taxpayers billions of dollars.

Cliff Dweller

I know whenever the President gives a national policy speech my first thought is - "What does Tom Leppert think about this?"

/sarcasm off

Wylie H.

It would be interesting to hear what sort of objections/concerns Leppert 2.0 (the Senate candidate) has regarding Leppert 1.0 (the big spending, big government Mayor).

Catbird

The system is broken because BHO and his democrat pals broke it and like it and fully intend to keep it that way to skew the demographics in their favor.

Don't like Leppert much but Roger Williams is a guy that's got my attention...he says he'll work to secure the border and repatriate the criminal aliens already here. Maby he will.

I'm starting to get excited about 2012!

Montemalone

BOO!

Rod

Glad to know Obama has sealed the border and there is no more crime by illegals. He need to put up his "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" banner.

Howard

The most boldly opportunistic, self-centered mayor this city has ever had, and that says a lot.

Cliffhanger

Poor Tom. The more he talks, the less he says.

Montemalone

There's a very simple answer to the "problem" of illegal immigration.

Set up "Immigration Stations" in every city and town along the border, and charge a fee for each wannabe American that enters. Get fingerprints and photos, issue IDs and SS numbers, and get them in the system.

It has been my experience as a Realtor here in Dallas that many folks are here illegally, no green card, no social security number, yet they have jobs. That means they're getting paid as "contract labor" and mucho dollars that should be flowing into the IRS and FICA aren't being collected.

It makes much more sense to simply get all these people on the books. They're here, they've bought houses, they rent apartments, they use services, and they supply services. (How do you think all the lawns get mowed, dishes get washed, fruit gets picked, and cars get washed?)

One requirement, though. Leaf blowers are to be outlawed, and only rakes and brooms will be allowed. I'm fucking tired of coughing and sneezing from the crap those things stir up, the noise, and the fact that guys on one side of the street blow their crap to the other side, and then it gets blown, back, and ends up clogging the storm drains so when it rains the streets flood.

sick of corruption

"Montemalone" - - Easy to tell from your moniker that you would be in favor of issuing them SS numbers at the border. Dude - they already steal them by the scores and make $$ free from that pesky tax consideration. Then they can send the "stinkin' gringos' " money out of this country while they continue to suck social programs, funded by legitimate taxpayers, dry. Our education, medical and welfare programs are drying up and like this once-great country - sinking fast. Texas is just behind California and the illegal immigrants from Mexico have bankrupted that huge state. Jesus - give them SS cards - can you even be serious?

Montemalone

My "moniker" is the name of that cat in the picture. I'm a middle-aged white guy raised in Dallas. I've seen the change in demographics in this city. Fact is, the Feds don't want to stop immigration. Like I said, the answer is to get them on the books asap. I also said charge an entrance fee. They'd be happy to pay, as quite a few are already paying coyotes to smuggle them in. Why not collect that money ourselves.Immigrants that are on the books, we know who they are, where they're from, and have the ability to track them down if necessary, would go a long way towards reducing the burden on the rest of us. Employers would have to pay better wages, and make sure withholding and FICA taxes were paid. This country started with immigrants, and we've had wave after wave through the years. Might as well get used to the fact that the people from the south want to come here.

MattL1

I'm with you here, especially when it comes to those damn leaf blowers. Not only do they stir up all that dust and shit (which sometimes finds its way into my open windows, screen be damned), but their operators often choose to operate them on Saturday mornings. I mean, I have a hangover I'm trying to deal with here. It's like they do it on purpose...

Texaspainter

Don't count Skeletor out. If he's anything like North Dallas State Rep. Stefani Carter, he will

get in under everyone's noses. He could 'ho' himself into office.

Jack E. Jett

I think Tom Leppert is a less than honest man, or to put it more bluntly he should shut the fuck up and suck my dick.

Chris Danger

Jack, with or without his dentures ;)

Jack E. Jett

OMG...if he can take his dentures out, then he may actually be worth something to somebody...someday.

Montemalone

I think I'd go straight before I let that vampire anywhere near my manhood.

Oak Cliff Townie

Some where there must be a video or at least a photo of TOM in a Logotype T-Shirt saying the the opposite of what he said yesterday

Chris Danger

Ex-Mayor Scarecrow is a total jackass, he's only now showing his true colors. He wont get elected to congress, as he doesn't possess a lick of sense, not to mention burning his bridges with many of his constituency..