Elections results in Texas are often much more interesting than the races because you can generally always predict which candidate will win based entirely on the district they are seeking a seat. Heavily blue ward or county, you are likely looking at a very dominantly Democrat run municipality, and as you span out to statewide level elections and national seats, you will see an overwhelmingly majority of Republican office holders.

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Deportation and splitting up families is always going to be a very contentious subject, but if I were in a country illegally, I would gladly accept the deportation over incarceration. No two people's story is the same, but avoiding jail, being sent back to my country of citizenship, and maintaining a status of being welcomed back to the United States through legal channels sounds a lot more appealing than prison.

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I truly hope that families will find ways to stay together, and that each case will be judged on its own individual circumstances. I imagine a whole lot of paper work, and long over due forms will be getting expedited in the coming days as getting current on authorized resident status will be everyone's highest priority.

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In the meantime, I certainly hope that everyone can continue to assemble and disagree in a civilized and legal manner because after all, we are the United States of America.

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UPDATE 10/6/23 - Lockett has been arrested.

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