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OPINION
DAILY NEWS
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States came legally and overstayed their visas.
including the executive editor,
Today In History
some unauthorized foreigners out, they also kept
If false, they could damage The
rose. How’s that for a solution?
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cities. “It used to be that you could literally sit at
Both appointments are subject to Senate con-
admissions information. McRaven had the legal
Wes Beall
PRESS ROOM
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STERLING
Nancy Harris
BOOKKEEPING
Hughes Ellis
SPORTS EDITOR
Joy Slaymaker
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
committed to signing legislation that bans sanc-
tuary cities throughout the state of Texas.
always change their minds.
But when enforcement was stepped up, they
into San Diego, wait for the Border Patrol to drive
in the other direction and make a run for it,”
from the university.
The Court of Appeals for the Third District on
eties in the admissions process of UT Austin and
requested information to conduct his own inves-
STEVE
CHAPMAN
YOU WANT TO WATCH
FAKE NEWS NETWORK
OR THE ALTERNATIVE
FACTS CHANNEL ?
how the newspaper handled an
investigation of Trump’s rival.
The Times treated FBI Director
James Comey’s highly irregu-
lar Oct. 28 letter reopening the
agency’s fruitless probe into Hill-
ary Clinton’s emails like the Pearl
Harbor attack. There was hardly
anything else on the front page.
Then on Oct. 31, the Times
torial cowardice is a demonstra-
tion of editorial courage. The
Gene Lyons is a Arkansas Times col-
umnist. You can email Lyons at eugene-
lyons2@yahoo.com.
© 2017, United Feature Syndicate Inc.
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helpful to carry a bucket of feed.
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electing Mr. Trump.”
Since the election, the Times
has reversed itself: “Both intel-
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Hall was appointed to the
board of regents by then-Gov. delivered itself of a front-page
Rick Perry in 2011. Hall’s term exclusive headlined “Investigat-
of office ends in February.
GOV. ABBOTT ON Jan.
ing Donald Trump, FBI Sees No
Clear Link to Russia.” Anony-
25 reappointed Charles Smith mous “law enforcement officials”
as executive commissioner of said so. Russian hacking of Demo-
the Texas Health and Human cratic emails, the article conclud-
Services Commission, effective ed, “was aimed at disrupting the
Feb. 1, for a term to expire on presidential election rather than
Feb. 1, 2019.
Smith, first selected for the
Abbott to sheriff: Reverse sanctuary policy
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“Conversations over what to
Other Voices
The good and bad of
Trump’s trade policies
resident Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from
1-^ the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement was a
A. positive step, but what comes next is a great concern.
Trump made it official with an executive order signed
last week in the Oval Office. “Great thing for the American
worker, what we just did,” Trump told reporters.
It was even better for consumers, both in America and
abroad. The behemoth TPP, which involved 12 Pacific Rim
nations, was negotiated in secret and ended up being more
than 5,000 pages long. It took WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
to break the news that only a handful of the TPP’s 30 sec-
tions had to do with traditional trade. As with other such
agreements, much of it concerned labor and environmental
regulations and special treatment for various industries
and products.
For all the talk of “free trade,” governments tend to use
such accords, at the behest of politically influential special
interests and large corporate lobbies, to intervene in trade,
and forget about the “free” part. This is government-man-
aged trade, not free trade.
One of the few areas in which economists virtually uni-
versally agree is that free trade is a good thing — for both
parties involved. People only trade when they feel it will
make them better off. This is true whether you are doing
business with someone down the street, across the country
or on the other side of the world.
The problem is Trump, bewitched by the centuries-old
mercantilist fallacies that somehow exports are “good” and
imports are “bad,” has adopted a dangerous “us versus
them” attitude, and seeks to replace the government inter-
ventions of large trade agreements with his own govern-
ment trade interventions.
Trump has argued that we need to reduce our high cor-
porate tax rate to attract greater investment and economic
growth. He should seek to do the same by reducing our
trade barriers as well.
Trade is done between individuals, not nations. To truly
restore the freedom in free trade, we need only to eliminate
the tariffs, quotas, subsidies and other barriers that we
have erected. To increase the competitiveness of American
businesses large and small, we need only reduce or elimi-
nate the taxes and regulations which have artificially driven
up the cost of doing business here.
If other nations continue to subsidize domestic indus-
tries and tax imports, forcing their citizens to pay higher
costs for goods and services, then let them. We will ben-
efit from cheaper prices and increased investment. More
importantly, the U.S. was born a nation based on freedom,
and it should act the part.
— Orange County Register
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off the hook
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taken to public
bickering about who left the stalls
unlatched.
Not that it’s doing the rest of us
much good.
How the Times retains its pre-
eminent place in American jour-
nalism after decades of politicized
bungling at the highest levels con-
tinues to mystify. Almost regard-
in 2015. less of how many fruitless “inves-
When security improved at tigations” it flogs or catastrophic
major ports of entry, it pushed wars the newspaper enables, its
illicit migrants into areas with
more rattlesnakes than peo-
ple, which are harder to police.
That phenomenon would
persist if the 653 miles of fenc- public challenge to the Times’
ing now in place were extend- high opinion of itself comes from
ed, because filling in the other inside the building. Public editor
1,300 miles would take years. Liz Spayd wrote a recent column
In the meantime, landowners arguing that regarding Donald
who have rarefy seen migrants Trump’s strange “bromance” with
His promised wall is supposed to stop the flow before may play host to a steady procession. Vladimir Putin, the newspaper
of unauthorized immigrants and reduce the num- Trump wants to punish sanctuary cities — definitely left the stall doors ajar.
Headlined “Trump, Russia,
Trump’s crackdown will likely backfire
overnment failures come in two basic
I . forms. The first kind is not achieving the
intended result — say job training that
leads to no jobs or a Marine recruiting campaign
that gets few takers. The second kind is doing
damage that wouldn’t have been done otherwise.
It’s roughly the difference between a cigar that
fails to light and one that explodes.
The immigration measures announced last
week by President Donald Trump fall in the latter
category. The consequences will mostly be more
or less the opposite of what he and his supporters
imagine.
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Trump wants to punish sanctuary cities
ber of undocumented foreigners living here. But whose policies bar police from making arrests for Headlined “Trump, Russia,
it’s not likely to do either. immigration violations or asking about immigra- and the News Story That Wasn’t,”
Stop the flow? Even if you assume smugglers tion status. He decries these accommodations as Spayd’s column argues that
won’t find ways to breach the wall, it will con- a threat to public safety. In fact, they enhance it despite having plenty of poten-
by encouraging 11 million undocumented for- tially explosive information about
people stream over the border from Mexico with eigners living here to cooperate with cops. an ongoing FBI probe into the
The Major County Sheriffs’Association warned Trump campaign’s alleged ties
undocumented foreigners living in the United in 2015 that cutting off funds to these cities with Russian intelligence opera-
would “prevent law enforcement from effectively tives, the newspaper sat on the
Putting up a wall won’t keep out people we protecting their communities and themselves.”
knowingly admit — and it won’t help find those Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police
who decline to leave. It will merely encourage Executive Research Forum, told USA Today, “If publish were prolonged and live-
more people to drive or fly in on a tourist visa people are afraid to come to the police, that ly,” she writes, “involving Wash-
rather than swim the Rio Grande. domestic violence incident today will be a homi- ington and New York, and often
If past measures to fortify the border shut cide tomorrow, and that’s in no one’s interest.” including the executive editor,
Most of what Trump says on this topic is lack- Dean Baquet. If the allegations
millions of others in. Princeton sociologist Doug- ing evidence. During his campaign, he accused were true, it was a huge story,
las Massey notes that in 1986, nearly half of the undocumented immigrants of “taking our jobs.”
Mexicans here without permission eventually But if he expects tougher enforcement to create Times’s reputation. With doubts
went back to Mexico, knowing that they could jobs and raise wages for American workers, he’s about the material and with the
in for a crushing disappointment. FBI discouraging publication, edi-
A study by economists Gihoon Hong of Indi- tors decided to hold their fire.”
learned a lesson: Once you’re here, you had better ana University South Bend and John McLaren Spayd believes the Times was
stay. The number choosing permanent residence of the University of Virginia concluded that by too timid by half. “If you know
rose. How’s that for a solution? raising demand for goods and services in the the FBI is investigating, say, a
One complaint about people sneaking over communities where they take up residence, new presidential candidate, using sig-
the border comes from ranchers whose lands immigrants serve to create 1.2 new jobs each and nificant resources and with explo-
they cross and befoul. But the migrants are there boost the pay of Americans. Cutting down on sive consequences, that should be
because of tight enforcement. illegal immigration wouldn’t save jobs, on net; it enough to write.”
In the old days, they sneaked across in border would eliminate them. It may also be worthwhile
Right now, Trump is happy to brag about his recalling, although Spayd some-
a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, look across the border crackdown. Will he still own it when it backfires? what downplays the comparison,
Steve Chapman blogs daily at <newsblogs.chicagotribune.
com/steve_chapman>. The Chicago Tribune columnist is dis-
Steve Atkiss, a former chief of staff of Customs tributed by Creators Syndicate Inc.
and Border Protection, told The Washington Post © 2017, Creators Syndicate inc.
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Les Linebarger
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Gov. Greg Abbott has stepped up the pres-
sure on Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez to
participate in immigration enforcement, warning
that she could lose state funding if she refuses.
In a Jan. 23 letter, Abbott urged the sheriff
to reverse her policy directive “forbidding Travis
County Sheriffs Office employees from cooperat-
ing with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment detainer requests.”
Failure to reverse her directive would put
in jeopardy millions of dollars in funding from
the governor’s office to Travis County, Abbott
warned. Abbott mentioned that last year, he con-
ditioned all Criminal Justice Grant funds from his post by the governor on June 1, 2016, earlier
office to counties on their enforcement of federal served as deputy for child support in the attorney ligence and law enforcement offi-
immigration law. Furthermore, Abbott said, he is general’s office. cials agree that there is a moun-
Abbott also reappointed Donna Bahorich of tain of circumstantial evidence
Houston as chair of the Texas State Board of suggesting that the Russian hack-
Sheriff Hernandez posted a news release in Education, effective Feb. 1, for a term to expire ing was primarily aimed at help-
reaction to the governor’s letter, saying: “I respect Feb. 1, 2019.
the job of our state leaders, but I will not allow Bahorich was elected to the board in Novem-
fear and misinformation to be my guiding prin- ber 2012. She serves on the board’s Committee
ciples as a leader sworn to protect this commu- on School Initiatives that oversees agenda items
nity. I am following all state and federal laws, and related to charter schools, State Board for Edu- also be speaking on behalf of
upholding constitutional rights to due process for cator Certification rules and the appointment of Times reporters whose stories got
all in our criminal justice system. Our community school board members for districts located on spiked. Either way, we’ve likely
is safer when people can report crimes without military bases. not heard the last of this intramu-
fear of deportation. I trust the court system and Both appointments are subject to Senate con- ral conflict.
our judges to assess the risks and set appropriate firmation. Of course, the most effective
bonds and conditions for all who are incarcerat- THE U.S. DEPARTMENT of Transporta- response to an accusation of edi-
ed. The voters, who elected state leaders and me, tion has picked Texas as one of 10 testing loca-
expect and deserve a collaborative effort to come tions for autonomous vehicle technology.
In a Jan. 24 news release, the Texas Depart- incoming Trump administration
ment on Transportation suggested the designa- will give surely Baquet and every-
OUTGOING UNIVERSITY OF Texas tion establishes Texas as a leader in the research body else plenty of chances. As the
regent Wallas L. Hall Jr. has lost the latest round and development of new transportation tech- Times has since reported, Trump
in his legal battle to obtain admissions records nologies that could make roads safer and less took office amid an ongoing coun-
congested. terintelligence probe of numerous
TxDOT will be involved in a “Texas Autono- associates. Short of a high-level
Jan. 27 ruled unanimously in favor of the defen- mous Vehicle Proving Grounds Partnership” with Russian defector, however, it’s
dant, UT System Chancellor William H. Raven, in the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, The hard to imagine Americans will
a lawsuit brought by Hall. University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Trans- ever know the complete truth.
Hall sued over McRaven’s refusal to grant Hall portation Research, Southwest Research Institute
complete access to records containing student- and 32 municipal and regional entities.
“This partnership puts Texas at the forefront Chasing them, however, is futile;
standing to deny Hall’s requests for certain infor- of automated vehicle technologies that likely will you’ve got to let the animals come
mation, the court ruled. shape the future of transportation around the to you.
The underlying dispute began in 2013, when world,” said Marc Williams, deputy executive
Hall raised concerns about potential impropri- director of TxDOT.
Ed Sterling is Director of Member Services with Austin-
based Texas Press Association.
Today is Tuesday, Jan. his 16 1/2-minute suborbital
31, the 31st day of 2017. flight.
There are 334 days left in In 1971, astronauts Alan
the year. Shepard, Edgar Mitchell
Today’s Highlight in and Stuart Roosa blasted off
History: On Jan. 31, 1917, aboard Apollo 14 on a mis-
during World War I, Germa- sion to the moon.
ny served notice that it was In 1980, Queen Juliana of
beginning a policy of unre- the Netherlands announced
stricted submarine warfare, she would abdicate on her
On this date: In 1797, birthday the following April,
composer Franz Schubert to be succeeded by her
was born in Vienna. daughter, Princess Beatrix.
In 1865, the U.S. House of In 1990, McDonald’s
Representatives joined the Corp, opened its first fast-
Senate in passing the 13th food restaurant in Moscow.
Amendment to the United In 2000, an Alaska Air-
States Constitution abolish- lines MD-83 jet crashed into
ing slavery, sending it to the Pacific Ocean off Port
states for ratification. (The Hueneme, California, killing
amendment was adopted in all 88 people aboard.
December 1865.) Today’s Birthdays:
In 1958, the United States Baseball Hall-of-Famer
entered the Space Age with Nolan Ryan is 70. Actor
its first successful launch of Anthony LaPaglia is 58.
a satellite into orbit, Explor- Singer Justin Timberlake
er I. is 36. Country singer Tyler
In 1961, NASA launched Hubbard (Florida Georgia
Ham the Chimp aboard a Line) is 30. Folk-rock sing-
Mercury-Redstone rocket er-musician Marcus Mum-
from Cape Canaveral; Ham ford (Mumford and Sons)
was recovered safely from is 30.
the Atlantic Ocean following — Associated Press
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