The Hard Country: Recent Episodes
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Joshua Treviño and Melissa Ford of the Texas Public Policy Foundation discuss past, present and ideas for a prosperous Texas and America.
Joshua Treviño and Melissa Ford discuss the latest headlines surrounding - and even below - our southern border, beginning with the exploitation of Mexican disfunction by foreign actors, circling around the history and current status of Bolivian government and society, and culminating into AMLO’s role in both.
- The Laredo City Election and Riot of April, 1886 by Seb. S. Wilcox. URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30235954
- Instances of cartel gunmen at the border
https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1688913982273560576
- https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/08/04/texas-troopers-spot-armed-migrant-smuggler-near-floating-buoy-barrier/
- Sheriff’s son pleads guilty to drug trafficking
https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/starr-county-sheriffs-son-pleads-guilty-to-federal-drug-trafficking-charge/
- Eagle Pass City Council takes back public park
https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2023-08-01/eagle-pass-city-council-takes-back-public-park-central-to-gov-abbotts-border-operation
- Migrants being targeted for extortion, US stops taking mobile app appointments
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-border-cbp-one-laredo-bfccf8c3f52d9cec2563b40da905a391
- Mexican cartels exploit US government's CBP One app
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/mexican-cartels-exploit-cbp-one-app
- The Meaning of Invasion Under the Compact Clause of the U.S. Constitution
https://www.texaspolicy.com/the-meaning-of-invasion-under-the-compact-clause-of-the-u-s-constitution/
Joshua Treviño and Melissa Ford discuss the latest headlines surrounding our southern border, primarily the controversy surrounding the buoys in the Rio Grande.
Joshua Treviño and Melissa Ford discuss the latest headlines surrounding our southern border, primarily the recently published Conservative US-Mexico Policy Coalition Statement regarding the US - Mexico Relations.