Why we don't need to start an Austin vs. San Antonio feud

On Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, Eric Webb from American-Statesman published "Why we don't need to start an Austin vs. San Antonio feud." According to this editorial, there is a big debate between San Antonians and Austinites. The debate is over which city is better, but Webb argues that the whole debate is dumb and really uncalled for. He even started his article with "Do we really need San Antonio? Yes!" 

So why are some San Antonians trying to pick a fight with the great city of Austin? Apparently a San Antonio newspaper called "MySA" published "10 reasons to hate Austin beyond their breakfast-taco arrogance." That sparked some anger in some Austinites. Webbs response to the article was "To be honest, our feelings are hurt. Wounded, even. Austin doesn't have any particular quarrel with the Alamo City, aside from their Meek-Mill-esque desire to start a beef with our state's capital city." Sounds like San Antonio is angry that Austin has been getting a lot more attention lately. With Austin growing in popularity, San Antonio hasn't been receiving as much love as they are used to.

Although Webb mentions that there are many reasons why Austin is loved (making it clear that Austin is better than San Antonio), he also mentions that the feud should be buried and everyone should just get along. He even cracks jokes at the situation; for example he says, "there are enough tacos to go around, friends. No need to tear each other down." By making his argument a laughing matter, it shows how childish the whole debate is. But Webb makes it clear that Austin is not the city to mess with! 

After Deportation, Killer Returned Easily to U.S.

On Thursday, February 11, 2016 Jay Root published an article titled "After Deportation, Killer Returned Easily to U.S" on Texas Tribune. This article is focused on the issue of border security and immigration. The main discussion is over the case of Juan Leonardo Quintero. Quintero, an immigrant, shot and killed a Houston police officer and also sexually assaulted a 12 year old girl. After committing this crime, he was deported because he was an illegal immigrant, but he soon found himself back across the border. Quintero mentioned in a recent interview that he's still surprised at how easily he could return to the United States and resume work after being deported for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. “When they deported me, they just forgot about everything — that I had a driver’s license or whatever I had,” he said in fluent but heavily accented English. “They should be more ... I don’t know a word for that — pay more attention to everything they were supposed to have.” That raised a lot of controversy. Why was a deported criminal able to make his way back into the U.S without any issue?

I believe this article is worth reading because it shows the weak side of our government. We currently have many political figures, like Donald Trump, who make such hateful statements about immigrants. Articles like this one make it hard to disagree with those statements, but not all people are the same. Border control does indeed need to improve, but good people shouldn't be affected by it.