Politics

The Webb County Democratic Party held a convention in order to pass new resolutions for their party platform. Held in the De La Garza Building at Laredo Community College, the convention took place a few weeks after the Texas Primary. On that Saturday morning, men and women of Laredo of all ages convened to discuss the new resolutions. The resolutions were mainly on ensuring that democratic voters unite to support the eventual nominee for the presidential election this November. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won Texas with 71% of the vote while also winning Webb County in particular. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton was in TAMIU to campaign for her before the primaries. However, even with the numbers, there are still dedicated supporters of Senator Bernie Sande...

Texas Congressmen Henry Cuellar (D) and Blake Farenthold (R) have recently introduced a new bill called the Correcting Unfair Benefits for Aliens Act or (CUBA). As stated by its acronym, the legislation deals with Cuban immigration. The bi-partisan bill aims to establish the same immigration standards for Cuban immigrants as they would be set for any other immigrant. Currently, Cuban immigrants are protected by the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, four years after the tense Cuban Missile Crisis. The legislation allowed easier migration for Cubans into the United States. They were given special treatment, usually as refugees, to seek asylum in America and escape Fidel Castro’s Communist regime. The bill also allowed for U.S. citizens to bring...

This is the final installment of a three-part series covering Bill Clinton’s visit to TAMIU and related topics. By Iris Vasquez Guerrero Students seem to feel like they make up a large part of the voting population. While this may be true, they are not showing up to vote. (more…)

This is the second installment of a three-part series covering Bill Clinton's visit to TAMIU and related topics. By Rebekah Rodriguez When it comes to describing former President Bill Clinton’s visit to TAMIU, adjectives such as “historic” and “amazing” have been spoken by students, faculty, and the general public in recent days. However, it is impossible to find one word to describe the myriad of opinions found among students in wake of this event. A majority of these students compose the exact demographic --- middle class, minority college students --- being targeted by Hillary Clinton in her presidential campaign. (more…)

This is the first installment of a three-part series covering Bill Clinton's visit to TAMIU and related topics. Story and photos by I.M. Kero. Texas A&M International University was given the historic honor of having former President Bill Clinton speak at a campaign rally to an audience of students, professors, general public, and other faculty. The event took place on February 22 at the Kinesiology and Convocation Building during the afternoon. Clinton came to campaign for his wife as she continues to seek the Democratic presidential nomination. (more…)

By I.M Kero The Student Government Association sponsored a mock presidential primary poll during the fall semester in 2015. It was one of the few rare instances where the SGA actually performed an event that dealt in government and politics. On their Facebook page, an info graphic was developed  to present some of the statistics and the primary results. (more…)