Governor Rick Perry visited Houston Thursday to introduce the Ranger Recon Team, a new border security task force aimed at beefing up the Texas-Mexico border from cartel violence spilling over into U. S. cities. Gov. Perry cited two occurrences of violence along the Texas-Mexico border in the last week in his address, including bullets that shut down the UT-Brownsville campus and an El Paso kidnapping where the victim's dismembered body was found in Mexico.The new dream team enlists "hi
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was in town this Saturday pimping his new book, Joe's Law. Usually, where Sheriff Arpaio goes, protest and controversy follow, and this event was no exception.Even before the Sheriff made it to Houston, problems ensued. Texans For Immigration Reform (T.F.I.R.) and U.S. Border Watch had intended to host the book signing at the Norris Convention Center in the new Town & County complex. But early in the week, the development company demanded that they c
CNN unveils its take on the Latino experience tonight with the widely publicized debut of Latino in America.Hair Balls admittedly enjoyed the broiled shrimp and free wine at the 50-minute preview two weeks ago when CNN was using Houston Latinos as a test audience for the program and we're somewhat interested to see if the full version puts some spice into what turned out to be a pretty bland presentation of several immigrant stories, a majority from California.There is a chance of real invest
