A Whole New County Council Next Year
I just learned that Howard County Councilman David Rakes is resigning his seat due to health problems. That means there will be no incumbants running in the county-level elections next fall. Everyone else is either running for a different office or is being pushed out by term limits. It will be interesting to see how effective the new Council will be when they take their seats next year. It will also be interesting to see if the 3-2 Democrat edge will change.
A Key Date to Immigration Problems
According to the AP's "Today In History", on this day (March 28th)
In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the United States to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen.
In my mind, this is a key ruling that leads to today's illegal immigration problems. It is on the basis of this ruling that an illegal immigrant can come to this country, give birth to a child, and then stay here until said child is grown. (No, I'm not saying that there a hordes of people coming here expressly to give their unborn children US citizenship - but it does work out that way.) The big question is, has there been a Supreme Court ruling saying the this right carries over to the US-born children of illegal immigrants?
