Midland County Republican Women is one of the largest and most active Republican Women’s Clubs in the State of Texas. It is the backbone of the Midland County Republican Party and provides countlessvolunteer hours to national, state and local Republican candidates. In 2006, MCRW was recognized by Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst as the club which recruited the most new members in the Super Jumbo Group. Luncheon meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month from September through May at 11:30 a.m. at Midland Country Club. If you have any questions, please contact any of us and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Please note our new mailing address:
MCRW
P. O. Box 4024
Midland, TX 79704
We also have a new website under construction: www.mcrw.us
Remaining 2008 Program Luncheon dates are as follows:
- April 9 – Termite Watkins
- May 14 – Dr. Timothy Roth, El Paso, Texas
- *** Summer Break ***
- September 10 – State Representative Tom Craddick
- October 8 – U. S. Congressman Mike Conaway; Greentree Country Club; $17 per person; no valet parking available
- November 12 – Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and Installation of officers
- December 10 – Christmas Brunch, Location to be announced
For reservations email roxieblair@matthewblair.com or call 686-8215.
CORRESPOND AND SEND MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS TO”MCRW”
P. O. Box 4024, Midland, Texas 79704
You may download and/or print a copy of the MCRW Membership Application Form (updated 3/2008), in either Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word format:
Current Officers (2008):
- Linda Melson
President
432-638-1243 - Rhonda Lacy
1st Vice President – Programs Chairman
432-694-3037 - Roxie Blair
2nd Vice President – Membership Chairman
432-686-8215 - Cheryl Becker
Treasurer – PAC Chairman
432-689-4403 - Liz Taylor
Secretary
432-683-7195 - Kathy Reeves
Immediate Past President
694-5045
September 5, 2009 @ 7:29 am
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November 13, 2009 @ 10:35 am
Correct information about the transportation of illegals.
A news conference was held Tuesday at the Border Patrol Marfa Sector Headquarters. This was done to provide information about a program that will soon be used to deal with illegal immigrants.
It’s called ATEP, or the Alien Transfer and Exit Program. It’s pretty self explanatory. Illegal aliens, in this case, are transferred from Tucson , Arizona to Presidio. At that point they exit the United States and re-enter Mexico . Now you may be asking…why spend time and money to transfer them? Well it all deals with smugglers.
“The program is basically designed to break the smuggling cycle between the smugglers and the aliens who pay them to get into the United States, especially out of the Tucson Sector area where the majority of entries are occurring,” John Smietana, Chief Patrol Agent of the Marfa Sector, said.
Beginning on November 1st, two busloads of illegal immigrants will be transferred from Tucson to Presidio each day…a trip of more than 500 miles. They will then be returned to Mexico through the Presidio port of entry.
“What we’ve been told by our contacts from the government of Mexico at all levels is that they do have a temporary shelter to house these individuals temporarily. But their primary goal is to remove them from the local border area, get them back to their place of origin,” Victor M. Velazquez, Assistant Chief Patrol Agent of the Marfa Sector, said.
94 aliens will be transported each day, seven days a week. It may sound like a lot until you compare it to the number of apprehensions in Tucson .
“Tucson Sectors apprehensions vary day-to-day…could be anywhere from maybe 300 to up to 1,000 a day,” Smietana said.
All the departures will be voluntary and will only include males between the ages of 20 and 60. The program will be funded by the Department of Homeland Security and shouldn’t cost very much.
“We do have a transportation contract with Wackenhut and we’re using existing resources already as we shuttle them across so [the cost is] minimal,” Smietana said.
In order to find out if this program works, they plan to do a recidivism study. Fingerprints and photographs will be taken of those apprehended. So, through the use of biometric data, the border patrol agents will know exactly who’s been caught.
November 13, 2009 @ 10:52 am
Thanks for the update Rochelle. We always appreciate updates whenever possible. Thanks again. – Admin