Friday editorial<\/a>.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s an idea for visa reform. Since Congress has no interest in visa reform, since the president has essentially identified all migrants as criminals, and since the Supreme Court says it must be true because the president says so, let us do the only reasonable thing we can do: eliminate all visas.<\/p>\n
Instead, visitors to these United States are welcome to visit, to vacation, to study and to stay as long as they choose to do so. All laws that apply to citizens of this country apply to all visitors. All businesses created by or for these visitors may prosper as long as they obey the business laws of the United States and the local city and state laws wherein they reside.<\/p>\n
After a brief period of acclimation to these United States, any visitor can apply to be a permanent resident and vote in our elections when they reach the voting age established by their state of residency.<\/p>\n
As current citizens of these United States, we promise not to discriminate against you because of your race, religion, political persuasion or prior association with another country, to listen to your issues and concerns, and to include you in our associations.<\/p>\n
May you live long, and prosper.<\/p>\n
Ray Johnston, Heath<\/p>\n
Try redistricting by AI<\/p>\n
If you want a fair redistricting plan, just ask AI. I did and it worked. I am sure some politicians will not like it.<\/p>\n
Craig Berry II, Highland Park<\/p>\n
GOP confidence questioned <\/p>\n
Are the Republicans not confident enough in their policies to win elections without redrawing the districts? It appears they feel that they can only win if they redraw the districts rather than convince the voters that their proposals are the best.<\/p>\n
Also, the president should not be telling the Texas Republicans what is best for Texas.<\/p>\n
Don DePuy, Richardson<\/p>\n
What\u2019s best for Texans?<\/p>\n
On Jan. 2, 2021, President Donald Trump famously urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to \u201c… find 11,780 votes.\u201d Raffensperger, to his credit, stood firm and upheld the integrity of Georgia\u2019s election.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to July 2025. Trump is now urging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to redraw the state\u2019s congressional map with the goal of gaining five additional Republican seats. And wouldn\u2019t you know it, the special session calendar just happens to have time to accommodate a redistricting push.<\/p>\n
What are we to make of this?<\/p>\n
To me, the contrast is striking. Raffensperger demonstrated backbone, choosing principle over pressure. As for Abbott, is redrawing the map for partisan gain really what\u2019s best for Texans?<\/p>\n
Draw your own conclusions.<\/p>\n
Gary Lee Parten, Richardson<\/p>\n
2 senators for Texadelphia<\/p>\n
Similar to the newly proposed Texas congressional map, the U.S. senatorial map will be changed to reduce the influence of those pesky blue cities. Chicago will be neutralized by including it in a new state that stretches all the way to Idaho. New York City will be lumped into West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.<\/p>\n
To counter Philadelphia, all Texadelphia restaurants will receive two senators and one representative each.<\/p>\n
Tommy Bean, Trophy Club<\/p>\n
Baseball used to be simple<\/p>\n
First, the Texas Rangers decide to stream their games. Next, I stop being able to get last night\u2019s score in The Dallas Morning News.<\/p>\n
I miss the days of simply turning on my TV rather than having to jump through hoops to stream. And I miss not getting an overnight score, which used to just be a West Coast road trip issue.<\/p>\n
It sure does make it hard to be a fan these days.<\/p>\n
Geoff Bratton, Dallas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Comerica Tower memories Re: \u201cComerica Tower Garage Isn\u2019t a Good Fit \u2014 Off-site parking would be better for…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":109822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,79,409,7281,80,62,358,7376,1278,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-120270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-immigration","12":"tag-letters-to-the-editor","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-texas-legislature","17":"tag-texas-rangers","18":"tag-tx","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114974927687634998","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}