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In a move opposed by almost every chief law enforcement officer in the State of Texas, the Texas Senate has decided that there are just too damn many Mexicans in Texas.

The bill, SB 9 by state Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, would deny state funds to entities that prohibit peace officers and employees of special districts from inquiring into the status of a person arrested or detained for the investigation of crime. It also expands the federal government’s Secure Communities initiative to all detention facilities, and codifies tighter regulations for applicants for driver’s licenses and state-issued IDs. Gov. Rick Perry added the measure to the special session agenda last week.

“This, of course, turns our already understaffed police departments into immigration officers, because apparently there is not enough crime in Texas to keep them busy,” Juanita comments.  “So while Jim Bob is shootin’ up the parking lot at The Mustang Lounge because Darlene danced with some outta town cowboy who needs to die for it, our police officers will be busy toting Jaime off to jail for minding his own business while washing dishes at Trudy’s Taco Plaza.”

“I have to suspect this bill would exclude undocumented workers who work at the Senate Republicans houses for dirt pay,” she smirks.

I am a fifth generation Texan.  One of my neighbors is a woman my age who is a sixth generation Texan.  She’s proudly Hispanic, and likes to say, “I didn’t cross the border.  The border crossed me.”  Now you tell me which one of us is going to asked to prove our citizenship in a traffic stop.

Today’s Vacation Bible School Verse for Republicans:  Exodus 22:21