The devastating effects of Texas’ campaign against local control
AN EDITORIAL BY GLENN M. ROGERS
CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
WHEN I NAIVELY ENTERED the political arena after 40 years as a veterinarian, my platform focused on my deeply held beliefs in limited government and local control. Until relatively recently, conservatives in the U.S. held local control as a core tenet. For decades, the Republican Party held that value too.
STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
DPS officers arrest thousands of undocumented immigrants
In an operation being called “Lone Star 2.0,” more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants have been arrested by Texas Department of Public Safety officers this year, according to records obtained by The Texas Tribune. As illegal border crossings plunge, state police are shifting their energies toward aiding the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort.
