Who does your US House Representative represent?!?!
I'm running for the US House of Representatives TX CD9. The incumbent Al Green has clearly demonstrated that he listens to, caters too and patronizes immigrants, both legal and illegal.
I understand the sentiment for immigrants since my family came to this country as French, German, and Scottish immigrants to name a few. We took on some native American genealogy through the French side of the family tree. Ojibwe, Chippewa, and Iroquois I'm told, but when researching this my sister could only find references to spouses listed in the records as... wife (Indian). We are pretty sure which reservations but not absolutely sure which tribes.
My wife's family is Spanish and Mexican Indian mix, probably Olmec on her mother's side, and her Father claimed full blooded Tarascan Indian. Also on her mother's side were Sephardic Jews its rumoured who settled in Mexico, but that would be part of the Spanish side.
My daughter married a man who is descended from Irish, and English among other things, on his Father's side, and Chinese Mexican (Spanish and Indian, don't know which one or ones) on his Mother's.
So when it comes to my grandchildren, they are pretty much AMERICAN THOROUGHBREDS!.
All of our family lineage came to America in a very different time, when there was open immigration.The difference was that there was also no welfare. When you came to America, you had to make it on your own or end up destitute or possible dead in some cases. I know that sounds harsh but the founders of this country faced that very reality on a regular basis. Most of the first settlers perished, succumb to weather, disease and wilderness conditions.
So why am I telling you all of this? Because there big is a difference between understanding the challenges of modern day immigrants (legal or not) and representing them in Congress.
You see, the Constitution is quite clear about who you are supposed to represent while you are seated in Congress. You represent American citizens who reside in a particular State's Congressional District. They should be your only concern. Not Citizens in other districts or other States; which is why I am not a fan of term limits. You can read my ideas about that in another post "An Alternative to Term Limits", but I digress.
They also do not represent US "residents" who are here legally, but are not expected to have allegiance to America. It should go without saying that you do not represent non-citizens. Unfortunately, recently this has become increasingly the case leading me to wonder... who is your representative representing? Americans or others?
Do not make the mistake that being an American citizen is enough to be represented in Congress however. It is not! there are two conditions that apply. The first is being a Citizen, the Second is residing in one of the States that makes up the Union. You must reside in a State. actually in a Congressional District.
That is why American citizens in Puerto Rico has no vote in Congress. Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands all citizens too. American Samoans too if they have a parent who was a citizen, due to a court ruling back in the 1920. All of these American citizens have no representation in the House.
It occurs to me that this should be proof that the power of the States supersede that power of the Federal Government, but we'll save that discussion for another day...
The point I am trying to make is the Representatives need to represent the citizens in their district. They need to get in touch with them and communicate with them and avoid the distraction from special interest groups, lobbyist, residents, and non citizens. That is what I plan to do if elected. I am sure it is very feasible with today technology.
It just dawned on me there is one other group of citizens who are not represented and do not get a vote in Congress. Those who reside in Washington, DC. .... maybe that's for the better, don't you think!
I understand the sentiment for immigrants since my family came to this country as French, German, and Scottish immigrants to name a few. We took on some native American genealogy through the French side of the family tree. Ojibwe, Chippewa, and Iroquois I'm told, but when researching this my sister could only find references to spouses listed in the records as... wife (Indian). We are pretty sure which reservations but not absolutely sure which tribes.
My wife's family is Spanish and Mexican Indian mix, probably Olmec on her mother's side, and her Father claimed full blooded Tarascan Indian. Also on her mother's side were Sephardic Jews its rumoured who settled in Mexico, but that would be part of the Spanish side.
My daughter married a man who is descended from Irish, and English among other things, on his Father's side, and Chinese Mexican (Spanish and Indian, don't know which one or ones) on his Mother's.
So when it comes to my grandchildren, they are pretty much AMERICAN THOROUGHBREDS!.
All of our family lineage came to America in a very different time, when there was open immigration.The difference was that there was also no welfare. When you came to America, you had to make it on your own or end up destitute or possible dead in some cases. I know that sounds harsh but the founders of this country faced that very reality on a regular basis. Most of the first settlers perished, succumb to weather, disease and wilderness conditions.
So why am I telling you all of this? Because there big is a difference between understanding the challenges of modern day immigrants (legal or not) and representing them in Congress.
You see, the Constitution is quite clear about who you are supposed to represent while you are seated in Congress. You represent American citizens who reside in a particular State's Congressional District. They should be your only concern. Not Citizens in other districts or other States; which is why I am not a fan of term limits. You can read my ideas about that in another post "An Alternative to Term Limits", but I digress.
They also do not represent US "residents" who are here legally, but are not expected to have allegiance to America. It should go without saying that you do not represent non-citizens. Unfortunately, recently this has become increasingly the case leading me to wonder... who is your representative representing? Americans or others?
Do not make the mistake that being an American citizen is enough to be represented in Congress however. It is not! there are two conditions that apply. The first is being a Citizen, the Second is residing in one of the States that makes up the Union. You must reside in a State. actually in a Congressional District.
That is why American citizens in Puerto Rico has no vote in Congress. Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands all citizens too. American Samoans too if they have a parent who was a citizen, due to a court ruling back in the 1920. All of these American citizens have no representation in the House.
It occurs to me that this should be proof that the power of the States supersede that power of the Federal Government, but we'll save that discussion for another day...
The point I am trying to make is the Representatives need to represent the citizens in their district. They need to get in touch with them and communicate with them and avoid the distraction from special interest groups, lobbyist, residents, and non citizens. That is what I plan to do if elected. I am sure it is very feasible with today technology.
It just dawned on me there is one other group of citizens who are not represented and do not get a vote in Congress. Those who reside in Washington, DC. .... maybe that's for the better, don't you think!
????? WOW
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