CD 23: The Immigration Issue

I suspected things were  so quite in CD 23 that something would be stirred up soon. It’s not too much, but the San Antonio Express-News is talking about immigration:

U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla’s campaign Web site doesn’t include a stance on immigration or border security reform. Neither does the site belonging to his best-known challenger, Democrat Ciro Rodriguez, a former four-term congressman and former chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Still, not everyone’s quiet online. On his Web site, Lukin Gilliland, an Alamo Heights businessman and the best-funded Democrat in the race, calls for giving Border Patrol agents more resources, and notes, “Here’s my bottom line on immigration reform: We need to secure our borders and protect our economy. In Washington, they don’t understand the realities on the ground here in Texas.”

Well, we know why Bonillia hasn’t posted anything on his website. It’s hard for him to tow the GOP line of building walls and deporting people given the demographics of his district. Hopefully, however, Ciro Rodrigues of Gilliliand will call him on the carpet over his party’s stance.